For who makes you superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not receive it?

That's why I sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and dependable son in the Lord and will help you remember how I live for the Messiah Jesus as I teach everywhere in every church.

So if you have cases dealing with this life, why do you appoint as judges people who have no standing in the church?

The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather just accept the wrong? Why not rather be cheated?

I mean, of course, his conscience, not yours. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else's conscience?

If I eat with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of what I am thankful for?

This is why a woman should have authority over her own head: because of the angels.

That's why so many of you are weak and sick and a considerable number are dying.

Otherwise, what will those people do who are being baptized because of those who have died? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they being baptized because of them?

And why in fact are we being endangered every hour?