Study Desk

I am referring to the other person's conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience?

If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.

For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;

neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.

For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.

for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,

and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."

For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.