May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

And as for us, it is not the Spirit of the World that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.

For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?

A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.

With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and it is that of a man whom the Master in his mercy has made worthy to be trusted.

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?

What is my reward, then? To present the Good News free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.

If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?

A woman's long hair is her glory? Her hair has been given her to serve as a covering.

For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you-how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,

And, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said "This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me."

To each man there is given spiritual illumination for the general good.

To one is given the power to speak with wisdom through the Spirit; to another the power to speak with knowledge, due to the same Spirit;

In the Church God has appointed, first, Apostles, secondly Preachers, thirdly Teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

But he who preaches is speaking to his fellow men words that will build up faith, and give them comfort and encouragement.

God gives it the body that he pleases-to each seed its special body.

It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.