I am thankful that I never baptized any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

It is a wisdom unknown to any of the authorities of this world, for otherwise they would never have crucified our glorious Lord.

But, as the Scripture says, there are things "Which no eye ever saw and no ear ever heard, And never occurred to the human mind, Which God has provided for those who love him."

Now, brothers, for your benefit I have applied all this only to Apollos and myself, by using us as illustrations to teach you the old lesson, "Never go beyond the letter," and to keep any of you from boasting of one teacher at the expense of another.

Do you not know that your bodies are parts of Christ's body? Am I then to take away from Christ parts of his body, and make them parts of a prostitute's? Never!

If you were a slave when you were called, never mind. Even if you can gain your freedom, make the most of your present condition instead.

Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.

If others enjoy such rights over you, have we not a still better claim? But, you say, we have never availed ourselves of this right. No, we will stand anything rather than put any hindrance in the way of the good news of the Christ.

Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither.

Love will never die out. If there is inspired preaching, it will pass away. If there is ecstatic speaking, it will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.

and we are found guilty of misrepresenting God, for we have testified that he raised Christ, when he did not do it, if it is true that the dead are never raised.

For if the dead are never raised, Christ was not raised;

You foolish man, the very seed you sow never comes to life without dying first;