For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.

If one of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions of conscience.

gave thanks, broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.

On the first day of the week, each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he prospers, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,