Study Desk

Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won't be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Don't you wives realize that your husbands might be saved because of you? And don't you husbands realize that your wives might be saved because of you?

Because of the present crisis, I think it is best to remain as you are.

So because of your superior knowledge, a weak believer for whom Christ died will be destroyed.

Am I not as free as anyone else? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus our Lord with my own eyes? Isn't it because of my work that you belong to the Lord?

For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.

If the foot says, "I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand," that does not make it any less a part of the body.

And if the ear says, "I am not part of the body because I am not an eye," would that make it any less a part of the body?

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.

And you are helping us by praying for us. Then many people will give thanks because God has graciously answered so many prayers for our safety.

But I had no peace of mind because my dear brother Titus hadn't yet arrived with a report from you. So I said good-bye and went on to Macedonia to find him.

We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ.

Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies.

But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, "I believed in God, so I spoke."

Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too.

We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry.

Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.

Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way.

I am very happy now because I have complete confidence in you.