Study Desk

Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this.

hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord's people?

Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church?

You say, "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both." The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

Now for the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord's freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ's slave.

Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.

those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.