This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by any human court; I do not even judge myself.

But because of immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband

(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

Each one should remain in the state in which he was called.

I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; so that from now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,

In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living from the gospel.

the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?

For if a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head.

If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason be any less a part of the body.

And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason be any less a part of the body.

Therefore, he who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn; and one must interpret.

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as even the law says.

But all things should be done decently and in an orderly way.