but the animal man does not receive the effusions of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; neither can he understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

for how can he, that does not know the mind of the Lord, instruct another? but as for us, we are acquainted with the mind of the Lord.

for the gospel dispensation does not consist in talk, but in power.

flee licentiousness. no other sin that a man commits does affect the church as a body: but the licentious commits a fraud against the whole body to which he belongs.

does a Jew turn Christian? let him not pretend to be uncircumcised: does a Gentile turn Christian? let him not become circumcised.

so that he who marries, does well; but he who lives single, may have less trouble.

meat does not recommend us to God: if we eat, we are not the better men; if we don't eat, we are not the worse.

but take care that this liberty of yours does not prove a scandal to the weak.

who ever serves in war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of the fruit? or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

is this only the voice of reason? does not the law express the same too?

does not settled custom show it is a shame for a man to have long hair?

so that whosoever eats this bread, and drinks this cup without respect to the Lord, does make a criminal use of the body and blood of the Lord.

Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently,

it does not countenance injustice, but smiles upon virtue;

otherwise if you should give thanks by the spirit in an unknown tongue, the hearer cannot but appear unlearned upon this occasion; how then can he say Amen to thy thanksgiving? since he does not conceive what you say.

and if they desire to have information about any point, let them consult their husbands at home: for it does not become women to ask questions in the church.