I have applied these things figuratively, brothers, to myself and Apollos on your account, that you may learn by us not to [go beyond] what is written, that you may not be puffed up for one against another.

I write these things not to shame you, but as my beloved children, I admonish you.

Do I say these things in the manner of men? or does not the law also say the same?

But I have used none of these things, and I have not written these things that it should be so done to me; for I prefer to die, rather than that any one should make my boasting vain.

But these things are examples for us, that we should not desire evil things, as they did.

All these things happened to them as examples, and are recorded for our admonition on whom the ends of the ages have come;

but all these [works] performs one and the same Spirit, distributing to each in particular as it wills.

and those which we esteem to be less honorable members of the body, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our uncomely members have more abundant comeliness,

And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

And when I come, whom you shall approve, these will I send with letters to carry your charity to Jerusalem;