For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn "not to go beyond what is written," so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

"Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up.

Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

I do not mean yours but the other person's. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience?

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

Two or three prophets should speak and the others should evaluate what is said.

With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.