Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel. And to preach it with no fine rhetoric, lest the cross of Christ should lose its power!

It matters very little to me that you or any human court should cross-question me on this point. I do not even cross-question myself;

(Should the unbelieving partner be determined to separate, however, separation let it be; in such cases the Christian brother or sister is not tied to marriage.) It is to a life of peace that God has called us.

But if someone tells you, 'This was sacrificial meat,' then do not eat it; you must consider the man who told you, and also take conscience into account ??29 his conscience, I mean, not your own; for why should one's own freedom be called in question by someone else's conscience?

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?

If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair as well. But she ought to veil herself; for it is disgraceful that a woman should have her hair cut off or be shaven.

so that there may be no disunion in the body, but that the various members should have a common concern for one another.

Should a revelation come to one who is seated, the first speaker must be quiet.

As for our brother Apollos, I urged him to accompany the other brothers on a visit to you; he will come as soon as he has time, but for the present it is not the will of God that he should visit you.

They refresh my spirit as they do your own. You should appreciate men like that.