For, though I am conscious of nothing against myself, that does not prove me innocent. It is the Lord who is my judge.

There is a wide-spread report respecting a case of immorality among you, and that, too, of a kind that does not occur even among the Gentiles-a man, I hear, is living with his father's wife!

But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.

Does any one ever serve as a soldier at his own expense? Does any one plant a vineyard and not eat its produce? Or does any one look after a herd and not drink the milk?

Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the Law also say the same?

Therefore let the man who thinks that he stands take care that he does not fall.

Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.

Does not nature herself teach us that, while for a man to wear his hair long is degrading to him,

For the man who eats and drinks brings a judgment upon himself by his eating and drinking, when he does not discern the body.

If the foot says 'Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body.

Or if the ear says 'Since I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body.

If you bless God with your spirit only, how can the man in the congregation who is without your gift say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving? He does not know what you are saying!

You foolish man! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies!