But this I do say, brothers. The appointed time has grown very short. From this time on those who have wives should live as though they had none,

But food is not going to affect our standing with God. We are none the worse if we do not eat it, and none the better if we do.

Have you no houses to eat and drink in? Or do you mean to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate those who have none? What can I say to you? Can I approve of you? Not in this matter certainly.