Now I have applied what has been said above to myself and Apollos, to teach you ... that you are not to be puffed up with rivalry over one teacher as against another.

If others share this right over you, why not we all the more? We did not avail ourselves of it, you say? No, we do not mind any privations if we can only avoid putting any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

Why, free as I am from all, I have made myself the slave of all, to win over as many as I could.

To Jews I have become like a Jew, to win over Jews; to those under the Law I have become as one of themselves ??though I am not under the Law myself ??to win over those under the Law;

to those outside the Law I have become like one of themselves ??though I am under Christ's law, not outside God's Law ??to win over those outside the Law;

to the weak I have become as weak myself, to win over the weak. To all men I have become all things, to save some by all and every means.

If one partakes of food after saying a blessing over it, why should one be denounced for eating what one has given thanks to God for?

after that, he was seen by over five hundred brothers all at once, the majority of whom survive to this day, though some have died;

Then comes the end, when he hands over his royal power to God the Father, after putting down all other rulers, all other authorities and powers.