For through union with him you were enriched in every way-in your power to preach, and in your knowledge of the Truth;

For I myself, though absent in body, have been present with you in spirit, and in the name of our Lord Jesus I have already passed judgment, just as if I had been present, upon the man who has acted in this way.

I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another.

But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.

In this way, by sinning against your Brothers and injuring their consciences, while still weak, you sin against Christ.

Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come.

No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.

And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying "This cup is the new Covenant made by my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me."

Ways of serving differ, yet the Master is the same;

Strive for the greater gifts. Yet I can still show you a way beyond all comparison the best.

When I was a child, I talked as a child, I felt as a child, I reasoned as a child; now that I am a man, I have done with childish ways.

What! did God's Message to the world originate with you? or did it find its way to none but you?

Awake to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.

And I shall probably make some stay with you or, perhaps, remain for the winter, so that you may yourselves send me on my way, wherever I may be going.

No one, therefore, should slight him. See him safely on his way to me, for I am expecting him with some of our Brothers.