'Man' in the Bible

Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.

As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.

For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?

But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.

Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.

But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.

And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?

But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.

But if the sense of the voice is not clear to me, I am like a man from a strange country to him who is talking, and he will be the same to me.

For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.

But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.

For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.

Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.

Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.

And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).