Study Desk

I am not there with you in person, but I am with you in spirit. And I have already judged the man who did that sin as if I were really there.

So let us celebrate this feast, but not with the bread that has the old yeast—the yeast of sin and wickedness. Let us celebrate this feast with the bread that has no yeast—the bread of goodness and truth.

But I did not mean you should not associate with those of this world who sin sexually, or with the greedy, or robbers, or those who worship idols. To get away from them you would have to leave this world.

I am writing to tell you that you must not associate with those who call themselves believers in Christ but who sin sexually, or are greedy, or worship idols, or abuse others with words, or get drunk, or cheat people. Do not even eat with people like that.

It is not my business to judge those who are not part of the church. God will judge them. But you must judge the people who are part of the church. The Scripture says, "You must get rid of the evil person among you."

But now one believer goes to court against another believer—and you do this in front of unbelievers!

But you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do this to other believers!

In the past, some of you were like that, but you were washed clean. You were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

"I am allowed to do all things," but not all things are good for me to do. "I am allowed to do all things," but I will not let anything make me its slave.

"Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food," but God will destroy them both. The body is not for sexual sin but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

But the one who joins with the Lord is one spirit with the Lord.

So run away from sexual sin. Every other sin people do is outside their bodies, but those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.

But because sexual sin is a danger, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

I wish that everyone were like me, but each person has his own gift from God. One has one gift, another has another gift.

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry. It is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

But if she does leave, she must not marry again, or she should make up with her husband. Also the husband should not divorce his wife.

The husband who is not a believer is made holy through his believing wife. And the wife who is not a believer is made holy through her believing husband. If this were not true, your children would not be clean, but now your children are holy.

But if those who are not believers decide to leave, let them leave. When this happens, the Christian man or woman is free. But God called us to live in peace.

But in any case each one of you should continue to live the way God has given you to live—the way you were when God called you. This is a rule I make in all the churches.

If you were a slave when God called you, do not let that bother you. But if you can be free, then make good use of your freedom.