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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

so that no one can boast in his presence.

so that, as it is written, " Let the one who boasts , boast in the Lord ."

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

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

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

So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn "not to go beyond what is written," so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father's wife.

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 of dough—you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?