He will also make you stand firm [in the faith] to the end [of your lives], so that you will be [considered] without just blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ [returns].

for he, who has called you to the communication of his son Jesus Christ our Lord, will make good his promise.

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent will I make useless."

where is the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

But God chose what is nonsense in the world to make the wise feel ashamed. God chose what is weak in the world to make the strong feel ashamed.

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

So that-in the words of Scripture-'Let him who boasts make his boast of the Lord!'

for I made the decision to know nothing [that is, to forego philosophical or theological discussions regarding inconsequential things and opinions while] among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified [and the meaning of His redemptive, substitutionary death and His resurrection].

And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

But the Spirit we have received is not that of the world, but the Spirit that comes from God, which we have to make us realize the blessings God has given us.

But the spiritual person [i.e., one who has the Holy Spirit] is able to discern all things [i.e., has the ability to make right judgments about things], and he himself [i.e., his conduct] cannot be [critically] discerned by any [unbelieving] man.

So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for anything, but only God who makes the plants grow.

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit makes its home in you?

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

So let no one make boast in men. For all things are yours;

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

I do not write this to make you blush with shame but to give you counsel as my dear children.

So I beg you, make it your habit to follow my example,

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

Some make their boast as if I would not come to you.

This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

If ye have judgments of worldly matters, take them which are despised in the congregation, and make them judges.

I ask this to make you blush with shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a grievance of one brother against another,

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

the meats are for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body is not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

Or, are you not aware that a man who has to do with a prostitute makes his body one with hers? For God says, "The two shall be physically one."

don't desert one another, unless you mutually consent to retire for a time, to the solemnity of prayer; and then come together again, lest satan make an attempt upon your continency.

Only, everyone must continue in the station which the Lord has appointed for him, and in which he was when God's call came to him. This is the rule I make in all the churches.

If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

Being circumcised or being uncircumcised does not make any difference; all that matters is keeping God's commands.

If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.

Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

I now want to reply to the matter of idolatrous sacrifices [which you wrote to me about]. We know that we all possess knowledge. [Note: This may be a statement posed to Paul by the Corinthians, who seemed quite preoccupied with "knowledge"]. Knowledge [only] makes people arrogant, while love builds them up [spiritually].

Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

The defense that I make to my critics is this:

Who makes war at any time at his own charges who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who proclaim the gospel should make their living from the gospel.

But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run [their very best to win], but only one receives the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours!

But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

And you must not be idolaters, like some of them; as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to make sport.

Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

I appeal to your good sense. Make up your minds about what I say.

Inasmuch as there is one loaf of bread that we all share, we who are many make up one body [of believers].

Or, are we [trying to] make the Lord jealous [by doing this]? [Do we think] we are stronger that He is?

Eat whatever is sold in the [public] meat markets, without asking any questions [about it] for [your] conscience' sake [i.e., do not inquire about the previous use of the food you buy, because you might discover something about it that would make you feel guilty of wrongdoing if you ate it].

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

But if someone says to you, "This meat has been offered as a heathen sacrifice," make it your rule not to eat it, for the sake of the man who warned you and for conscience' sake;

While any woman, who prays or preaches in public bare-headed, dishonors him who is her Head; for that is to make herself like one of the shameless women who shave their heads.

But in giving you these instructions, I have a criticism to make [about you people]. It is that your assemblies are doing more harm than good.

But this makes it impossible for you to eat the 'Lord's' supper when you hold your gatherings.

What! have ye not houses to eat in and to drink? or despise ye the church of God, and make those ashamed who have none? What shall I say unto you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

As often then as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye make a declaration of the Lord's death till he come.

so that whosoever eats this bread, and drinks this cup without respect to the Lord, does make a criminal use of the body and blood of the Lord.

Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

and there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who makes them all effectual in all.

But all these, the one and the same Spirit makes effectual, distributing to each, respectively, as he wills.

For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

For in one spirit are we all baptised to make one body, whether we be Jews or gentiles: whether we be bond or free, and have all drunk of one spirit.

If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body.

If the ear says, "Since I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body.

and the parts of the body that we think are less honorable are treated with special honor, and we make our less attractive parts more attractive.

so that there would not be any division in the body [Note: Paul here leaves the analogy of the physical body and makes application to the spiritual body, the church], but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.

If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

I may distribute all I possess in charity, I may give up my body to be burnt, but if I have no love, I make nothing of it.

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,

You should make loving [others] your aim, yet eagerly desire [to possess] spiritual gifts, and especially [the gift of] prophecy.

For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church.

Now, believers, if I come to you speaking in unknown tongues, how will I benefit you unless I also speak to you [clearly] either by revelation [revealing God’s mystery], or by knowledge [teaching about God], or by prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people], or by instruction [teaching precepts that develop spiritual maturity]?

Even inanimate things that produce sounds—whether flute or harp—if they don’t make a distinction in the notes, how will what is played on the flute or harp be recognized?

In fact, if the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will prepare for battle?

Well, it is the same with yourselves. Unless your tongue utters language that is readily understood, how can people make out what you say? You will be pouring words into the empty air!

So with yourselves; since your heart is set on possessing 'spirits,' make the edification of the church your aim in this desire to excel.

For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.

I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:

Yet in an assembly I would rather speak five words with my intellect, so that I might also make others understand, than countless words in a tongue.

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

Moreover, brethren, I make known unto you The joyful message, which I myself announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand;

then is the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He makes to cease all rule and all authority and power.

Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'

Come to your senses; do what is right and stop sinning. Some of you do not know God [i.e., in a personal way]. I am saying this to make you ashamed.

The victory is ours, thank God! He makes it ours by our Lord Jesus Christ.

And if it is worth while for me also to make the journey, they shall go as my companions.