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"Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food," and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is meant not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

And God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his power.

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind.

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.

However that may be, let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but obeying the commandments of God is everything.

In whatever condition you were called, brothers and sisters, there remain with God.

But in my judgment she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

but anyone who loves God is known by him.

Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "no idol in the world really exists," and that "there is no God but one."

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

"Food will not bring us close to God." We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness.

No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.

No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,