If his work is burned up, he will suffer loss. However, he himself will be saved, but it will be like going through fire.

For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display in last place, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.

But now I am writing to you to stop associating with any so-called brother if he is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunk, or a robber. You must even stop eating with someone like that.

I would like everyone to be unmarried, like I am. However, each person has a special gift from God, one this and another that.

I say to those who are unmarried, especially to widows: It is good for them to remain like me.

We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas, don't we?

To the Jews I became like a Jew in order to win Jews. To those under the Law I became like a man under the Law, in order to win those under the Law (although I myself am not under the Law).

To those who do not have the Law, I became like a man who does not have the Law in order to win those who do not have the Law. However, I am not free from God's Law, but I'm subject to the Messiah's law.

That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.

But if anyone wants to argue about this, we do not have any custom like this, nor do any of God's churches.

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways.

In the same way, lifeless instruments like the flute or harp produce sounds. But if there's no difference in the notes, how can a person tell what tune is being played?

Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. Be like infants with respect to evil, but think like adults.

Those who are made of the dust are like the man from the dust; those who are heavenly are like the man who is from heaven.

to submit yourselves to people like these and to anyone else who shares their labor and hard work.

They refreshed my spirit and yours, too. Therefore, appreciate men like that.