Study Desk

God paid a great price for you. So don't become slaves of anyone else.

Stay what you were when God chose you.

But God has no doubts about who loves him.

Even though food is offered to idols, we know that none of the idols in this world are alive. After all, there is only one God.

We have only one God, and he is the Father. He created everything, and we live for him. Jesus Christ is our only Lord. Everything was made by him, and by him life was given to us.

But food doesn't bring us any closer to God. We are no worse off if we don't eat, and we are no better off if we do.

I am not saying this on my own authority. The Law of Moses tells us not to muzzle an ox when it is grinding grain. But was God concerned only about an ox?

I don't have any reason to brag about preaching the good news. Preaching is something God told me to do, and if I don't do it, I am doomed.

If I preach because I want to, I will be paid. But even if I don't want to, it is still something God has sent me to do.

And when I am with people who are not ruled by the Law, I forget about the Law to win them. Of course, I never really forget about the law of God. In fact, I am ruled by the law of Christ.

But most of them did not please God. So they died, and their bodies were scattered all over the desert.

You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations.

When we drink from the cup that we ask God to bless, isn't that sharing in the blood of Christ? When we eat the bread that we break, isn't that sharing in the body of Christ?

No, I am not! That food is really sacrificed to demons and not to God. I don't want you to have anything to do with demons.

When you eat or drink or do anything else, always do it to honor God.

Now I want you to know that Christ is the head over all men, and a man is the head over a woman. But God is the head over Christ.

Men were created to be like God and to bring honor to God. This means that a man should not wear anything on his head. Women were created to bring honor to men.

It is true that the first woman came from a man, but all other men have been given birth by women. Yet God is the one who created everything.

After the meal, Jesus took a cup of wine in his hands and said, "This is my blood, and with it God makes his new agreement with you. Drink this and remember me."

and we can each do different things. Yet the same God works in all of us and helps us in everything we do.