If one of you has a grievance against an opponent, does he dare to go to law before irreligious men and not before God's people?

I say this to put you to shame. Has it come to this, that there does not exist among you a single wise man competent to decide between a man and his brother,

Food of all kinds is meant for the stomach, and the stomach is meant for food, and God will cause both of them to perish. Yet the body does not exist for the purpose of fornication, but for the Master's service, and the Master exists for the body;

So that he who gives his daughter in marriage does well, and yet he who does not give her in marriage will do better.

What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk?

Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?

That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air,

The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of Christ?

Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.

Man does not take his origin from woman, but woman takes hers from man.

Does not Nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him,

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

She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs.

He who speaks in an unknown tongue does good to himself, but he who prophesies does good to the Church.

How then does the matter stand? I will pray in spirit, and I will pray with my understanding also. I will praise God in spirit, and I will praise Him with my understanding also.

Otherwise, if you bless God in spirit only, how shall he who is in the position of an ungifted man say the 'Amen' to your giving of thanks, when he does not know what your words mean?