while our testimony about the Messiah has been confirmed among you.

For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah, and him crucified.

For in the Law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not only concerned about oxen, is he?

For as you eat, each of you rushes to eat his own supper, and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk.

Now, while we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so we won't be condemned along with the world.

Foreign languages, then, are meant to be a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers, while prophecy is meant, not for unbelievers, but for believers.

and will probably stay with you for a while or even spend the winter with you. Then you can send me on my way, wherever I decide to go.

If Timothy comes, see to it that he does not have anything to be afraid of while he is with you, for he is doing the Lord's work as I am.