So no one should boast about men. For it all belongs to you??22 Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, the future??ll of it belongs to you.

I should like to have everyone be just as I am myself; but each one has his own special gift from God, one of one kind, and one of another.

But this I do say, brothers. The appointed time has grown very short. From this time on those who have wives should live as though they had none,

In just that way the Lord directed that those who preach the good news should get their living from it.

Now these things happened to warn us, so that we should not long for what is evil as they did.

No one should look after his own advantage but after that of his neighbor.

his scruples, I say, not yours. For why should my liberty of action be limited by another's scruples?

If I give thanks for what I eat, why should I be denounced for eating what I give thanks over?

A man should examine himself, and only when he has done so should he eat any of the bread or drink from the cup.

Therefore, the man who can speak ecstatically should pray for the power to explain what he says.

If they want to find out about anything, they should ask their husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.

They have cheered my heart, and yours too. You should appreciate such men.