But I am coming, and coming soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out, not only what those conceited fellows say but what they can do,

Only, everybody must continue to live in the station which the Lord assigned to him, in that in which God called him. These are my orders in all the churches.

I am not saying this only by way of human illustrations, am I? Does not the law say so too?

For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox that is treading out your grain." Is it that God is concerned about oxen only?

Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.

Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.

Because there is only one loaf, so we, though many, are only one body, for we all partake of one loaf.

A man, then, must examine himself, and only in this way should he eat any of the bread and drink from the cup.

If I could speak the languages of men, of angels too, and have no love, I am only a rattling pan or a clashing cymbal.

What is my conclusion then? I will certainly pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind in action too. I will certainly sing with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind in action too. For if you give thanks with your spirit only,

If anybody speaks in ecstasy, there must be only two, or three at most, and let one speak at a time, and someone explain what he says.

Did the message of God begin with you Corinthians? Or, are you the only people it has reached?

If for this life only we Christians have set our hopes on Christ, we are the most pitiable people in the world.