Like an expert builder, I laid a foundation, as God commissioned me to do, and now someone else is building upon it. But let everyone be careful how he does so.

For while my conscience does not trouble me at all, that does not prove that I am innocent. It is the Lord who must examine me.

When one of you has a disagreement with his neighbor, does he dare to bring the matter before a heathen court, instead of laying it before his Christian brothers?

If she does separate, she must remain single or else become reconciled to him. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

Being circumcised or being uncircumcised does not make any difference; all that matters is keeping God's commands.

So the man who marries her does what is right, and the man who refrains from doing so does even better.

If a man thinks he has acquired some knowledge, he does not yet know it as well as he ought to know it.

But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous.

What soldier ever pays his expenses out of his own pay? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of the grapes? Who tends a flock and does not get any of the milk?

Am I saying only what men say? Does not the Law say so too?

Does not the consecrated cup which we bless mean that in drinking it we share in the blood of Christ? Does not the bread that we break mean that in eating it we share in the body of Christ?

Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear his hair long is degrading,

For anyone who eats and drinks, eats and drinks a judgment upon himself if he does not recognize the body.

For the body does not consist of one part but of many.

If the foot says, "As I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body.

And if the ear says, "As I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body.

Even if I give away everything I own, and give myself up, but do it in pride, not love, it does me no good.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs.

It is not rude. It does not insist on its rights. It does not become angry. It is not resentful.

But the inspired preacher does his fellow-men good and encourages and comforts them.

Anyone who speaks ecstatically does himself good, but the inspired preacher does a congregation good.

If the bugle does not sound a clear call, who will prepare for battle?

For if you utter blessings in ecstatic speech, how is an ordinary man to say Amen to your thanksgiving? For he does not know what you are saying.