Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor's good .

Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts , seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.

but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do: