It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.

For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave.

So, too, the Master has appointed that those who tell the Good News should get their living from the Good News.

But, if any one should say to you 'This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,' then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the Church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

The eye cannot say to the hand 'I do not need you,' nor, again, the head to the feet 'I do not need you.'

For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of the dead.