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But if the unbelieving partner desires to separate, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace.

For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.

For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.

I think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is.

and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away.

I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth--as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords" --

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

For if any one sees you, a man of knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, might he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?

And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.

If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?

For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?

Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop.

But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting.

For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.

For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

and all drank the same supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ.