Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that bother you. Of course, if you have a chance to become free, take advantage of the opportunity.

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

Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!

and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.