Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now.

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

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.

It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.