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For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

And so all Israel will be saved, [fn] as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion,And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.

so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him;If he is thirsty, give him a drink;For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head." Proverbs 25:21, 22 ">[fn]

So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation,

so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed.

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren?

Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, [fn] does well.

So then he who gives her [fn] in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.