Study Desk

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup and said, "This cup is God's new covenant, sealed with my blood. Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me."

So then, you should each examine yourself first, and then eat the bread and drink from the cup.

But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.

So then, my friends, when you gather together to eat the Lord's Supper, wait for one another.

And if any of you are hungry, you should eat at home, so that you will not come under God's judgment as you meet together. As for the other matters, I will settle them when I come.

So then, the eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" Nor can the head say to the feet, "Well, I don't need you!"

And so there is no division in the body, but all its different parts have the same concern for one another.

I would like for all of you to speak in strange tongues; but I would rather that you had the gift of proclaiming God's message. For the person who proclaims God's message is of greater value than the one who speaks in strange tongues—unless there is someone present who can explain what is said, so that the whole church may be helped.

So when I come to you, my friends, what use will I be to you if I speak in strange tongues? Not a bit, unless I bring you some revelation from God or some knowledge or some inspired message or some teaching.

Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.

So then, the gift of speaking in strange tongues is proof for unbelievers, not for believers, while the gift of proclaiming God's message is proof for believers, not for unbelievers.

All of you may proclaim God's message, one by one, so that everyone will learn and be encouraged.

So then, my friends, set your heart on proclaiming God's message, but do not forbid the speaking in strange tongues.

So then, whether it came from me or from them, this is what we all preach, and this is what you believe.

When buried, it is a physical body; when raised, it will be a spiritual body. There is, of course, a physical body, so there has to be a spiritual body.

Just as we wear the likeness of the man made of earth, so we will wear the likeness of the Man from heaven.

So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed into the immortal, then the scripture will come true: "Death is destroyed; victory is complete!"

So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless.

Every Sunday each of you must put aside some money, in proportion to what you have earned, and save it up, so that there will be no need to collect money when I come.

No one should look down on him, but you must help him continue his trip in peace, so that he will come back to me; for I am expecting him back with the believers.