You must not refuse each other what is due, unless you agree to do so for a while, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then to come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

If she does separate, she must remain single or else become reconciled to him. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

To other people I would say, though not as Christ's command, if a Christian has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her,

and a woman who has a husband who is not a believer, but is willing to live with her, must not divorce her husband.

Only, everyone must continue in the station which the Lord has appointed for him, and in which he was when God's call came to him. This is the rule I make in all the churches.

If a man was circumcised when he was called, he must not try to alter it. If a man was uncircumcised when he was called, he must not have himself circumcised.

You have been bought and paid for; you must not let yourselves become slaves to men.

Brothers, everyone must remain in fellowship with God in the station in which he was called.

But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous.

For if I do it of my own accord, I have my pay, but if I do it because I must, it is still a responsibility that I am charged with.

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one wins the prize? That is the way you must run, so as to win.

You must not become idolaters, like some of them, for the Scripture says, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to dance."

You must not grumble, as some of them did, for they were destroyed for it by the destroying angel.

So the man who thinks he can stand must be on his guard against a fall.

You must not be hindrances to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God either,

You must follow my example in this, as I am following Christ's.

Doubtless there must be parties among you, if those who are right are to be recognized among you.

Therefore, I must tell you that no one who is speaking under the influence of the Spirit of God ever says, "Curse Jesus!" and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord!" without being under the influence of the holy Spirit.

But you must cultivate the higher endowments.

You must pursue love, while you are cultivating the spiritual endowments, and especially inspired preaching.

So since you are ambitious for spiritual endowments, you must try to excel in them in ways that will do good to the church.

Brothers, you must not be children mentally. In evil be babies, but mentally be mature.

Then what is the right course, brothers? When you meet together, suppose every one of you has a song, a teaching, a revelation, an ecstatic utterance, or an explanation of one; it must all be for the good of all.

and if anything is revealed to another who is seated, the one who is speaking must stop.

Women are to keep quiet in church, for they are not allowed to speak. They must take a subordinate place, just as the Law says.

for he must retain the kingdom until he puts all his enemies under his feet.

For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality.

Why, I felt in my heart that the end must be death. That was to keep me from relying on myself instead of on God, who can even raise the dead.

You must help me by your prayers, so that many will give thanks to God on my behalf for the blessing granted me in answer to many prayers.

and so you must now turn around and forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by his remorse.

If there was splendor in the religion of condemnation, the religion of uprightness must far surpass it in splendor.

For if what faded away came with splendor, how much more splendid what is permanent must be!

For we must all appear in our true characters before the tribunal of the Christ, each to be repaid with good or evil for the life he has lived in the body.

To pay me back, I tell you, my children, you must open your hearts too.

I must tell you, brothers, how the favor of God has been shown in the churches of Macedonia,

Just as you excel in everything else??aith, expression, knowledge, perfect devotion, and the love we have awakened in you??ou must excel in this generous undertaking too.

So you must give proof to them before all the churches of your love, and justify my pride in you.

Everyone must give what he has made up his mind to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion; God loves a man who is glad to give.

The way you stand the test of this service must do honor to God, through your fidelity to what you profess as to the good news of Christ, and through the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others;

To my shame I must admit that I was too weak for that sort of thing. But whatever anyone else dares to boast of?? am playing the part of a fool?? will dare to boast of too.

If there must be boasting, I will boast of the things that show my weakness!

And I know that this man?? do not know whether it was in the body or out of it, God knows??4 was caught up into Paradise, and heard things that must not be told, which no human being can repeat.

For what is there in which the other churches had the better of you, except in the fact that I would not permit myself to be a burden to you? You must forgive me that wrong!

This will be my third visit to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!

and yet what must have tried you in my physical condition, you did not scorn and despise, but you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus himself.

For the whole Law is summed up in one saying: "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

But if a man is caught doing something wrong, brothers, you are spiritual, and you must set him right, in a spirit of gentleness. Think of yourself, for you may be tempted too.

Those who are taught the message must share all their goods with their teacher.

and through your faith to let Christ in his love make his home in your hearts. Your roots must be deep and your foundations strong,

We must not be babies any longer, blown about and swung around by every wind of doctrine through the trickery of men with their ingenuity in inventing error.

We must lovingly hold to the truth and grow up into perfect union with him who is the head??hrist himself.

So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

You must lay aside with your former habits your old self which is going to ruin through its deceptive passions.

You must adopt a new attitude of mind,

So you must lay aside falsehood and each tell his neighbor the truth, for we are parts of one another.

Be angry, but do not sin. The sun must not go down upon your anger;

you must not give the devil a chance.

The man who stole must not steal any more; he must work with his hands at honest toil instead, so as to have something to share with those who are in need.

No bad word must ever pass your lips, but only words that are good and suited to improve the occasion, so that they will be a blessing to those who hear them.

You must not offend God's holy Spirit, with which you have been marked for the Day of Redemption.

You must give up all bitterness, rage, anger, and loud, abusive talk, and all spite.

You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

But immorality or any form of vice or greed must not be so much as mentioned among you; that would not be becoming in God's people.

There must be no indecency or foolish or scurrilous talk??ll that is unbecoming. There should be thanksgiving instead.

For once you were sheer darkness, but now, as Christians, you are light itself. You must live like children of light,

you must make sure what pleases the Lord.

You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,

Just as the church is in subjection to Christ, so married women must be, in everything, to their husbands.

You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her,

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.

But each one of you must love his wife just as he loves himself, and the wife, too, must respect her husband.

"You must honor your father and mother"??hat is the first commandment accompanied with a promise??3 "so that you may prosper and have a long life on earth."

You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.

You who are masters, too, must treat your slaves in the same way, and cease to threaten them, for you know that their Master and yours is in heaven, and that he will show no partiality.

Henceforth you must grow strong through union with the Lord and through his mighty strength.

You must put on God's armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.

So you must take God's armor, so that when the evil day comes you will be able to make a stand, and when it is all over to hold your ground.

just as you must be glad and congratulate me.

But I feel that I must send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow-laborer, and fellow-soldier, whom you sent to look after my needs.

Only we must live up to what we have already attained.

So just as you once accepted the Christ, Jesus, as your Lord, you must live in vital union with him.

You must be rooted and built up in him and made strong in faith, just as you were taught to be, overflowing with it in your gratitude.

Such people lose their connection with the head, from which the whole body through its ligaments and sinews must be governed and united if it is to grow in the divine way.

"You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch"??22 referring to things that are all meant to be used up and destroyed? This is to follow mere human rules and regulations.

But now you too must put them all aside??nger, rage, spite, rough, abusive talk??hese must be banished from your lips.

You must not lie to one another. For you have stripped off your old self with its ways

As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.

You must bear with one another and forgive one another, if anyone has reason to be offended with anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.

Let the ruling principle in your hearts be Christ's peace, for in becoming members of one body you have been called under its sway. And you must be thankful.

You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, for that is your duty as Christians.

You who are husbands must love your wives and not be harsh to them.

You who are slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord.

You who are masters must treat your slaves justly and fairly, and remember that you have a Master too, in heaven.

and encourage you not to be led astray, any of you, in all these troubles. You know yourselves that this is what we must expect,

Now, brothers, we ask and entreat you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, to live as you learned from us that you must live, to please God??s indeed you are doing, only do it more and more.

We do not want you to be under any misapprehension, brothers, about those who are falling asleep. You must not grieve for them, as others do who have no hope.

So we must not sleep like other men, but we must be vigilant and composed.

but we who belong to the day must be composed, wearing faith and love for a coat of mail, and helmeted with the hope of salvation.

You must not let anyone deceive you at all. For that is not until the rebellion takes place and the embodiment of disobedience makes his appearance??e who is doomed to destruction,