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For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for I am under obligation; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel!

For if I do this thing willingly, I have my reward: but if against my will, it is like a stewardship intrusted to me.

And this I do for the gospel''s sake, that I might be partaker of it.

I therefore so run, not for something that is uncertain; and I so fight, not as one who beats the air:

And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

But with many of them God was not well pleased; for they were smitten in the wilderness.

Neither should we commit adultery, as some of them committed, for in one day twenty-three thousand of them fell dead.

Neither should we tempt Christ, as some of them tempted; for they were destroyed by snakes.

Neither should you murmur, as some of them murmured; for they were destroyed by the hand of the destroyer.

Now all of these things which happened to them are an example for us: and they are written for our admonition, for the world will come to an end in our day.

For just as the loaf of bread is one, so we are all one body; for we are all partakers of that one bread.

Everything is lawful for me, but not everything is expedient: everything is lawful for me, but everything does not edify.

But let no man seek for himself alone, but let every man seek for his neighbor also.

Anything for sale in the market place, that eat without question for conscience sake:

For the earth is the LORD''s and the fulness thereof.

If any pagan invite you, and you wish to go, whatever is set before you eat, without question for conscience sake.

But if any man say to you, This meat has been offered as a sacrifice, then do not eat it for the sake of him who told you and for conscience sake.

But the conscience of which I speak, is not yours, but the conscience of him who told you: for why is my liberty judged by another man''s conscience?

For if I by grace am made worthy why should I be reproached for that for which I give thanks?

And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered, dishonors her head: for she is equal to her whose head is shaven.