so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions,

Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways.

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?

Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly.

also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. So then, recognize people like this.