Study Desk

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.

So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours,

I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us the meaning of the saying, "Nothing beyond what is written," so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another.

Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Quite apart from us you have become kings! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we might be kings with you!

And you are arrogant! Should you not rather have mourned, so that he who has done this would have been removed from among you?

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

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.

Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called you.

and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband.

If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his fiancée, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry.

So then, he who marries his fiancée does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.

Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as in fact there are many gods and many lords—

It is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so accustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are destroyed.

Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.