for the kingdom of God isn't just talk, but also power.

The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather just accept the wrong? Why not rather be cheated?

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved.

For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, form a single body, so it is with the Messiah.

and she is never rude; she never thinks just of herself or ever gets annoyed. She never is resentful;

Just as we have borne the likeness of the man who was made from dust, we will also bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

I do not want to visit with you now just in passing, because I hope to spend a longer time with you if the Lord permits.

Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but he was not inclined to do so just now. However, he will visit you when the time is right.