Study Desk

This was so that your faith would be in God's power and not in human wisdom.

Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but we received the Spirit that is from God so that we can know all that God has given us.

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom but with words taught us by the Spirit. And so we explain spiritual truths to spiritual people.

So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God, who makes things grow, is important.

Do not fool yourselves. If you think you are wise in this world, you should become a fool so that you can become truly wise,

So you should not brag about human leaders. All things belong to you:

So do not judge before the right time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light things that are now hidden in darkness, and will make known the secret purposes of people's hearts. Then God will praise each one of them.

Brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself as examples so you could learn through us the meaning of the saying, "Follow only what is written in the Scriptures." Then you will not be more proud of one person than another.

You think you already have everything you need. You think you are rich. You think you have become kings without us. I wish you really were kings so we could be kings together with you.

so I beg you, please follow my example.

And you are proud! You should have been filled with sadness so that the man who did this should be put out of your group.

then hand this man over to Satan. So his sinful self will be destroyed, and his spirit will be saved on the day of the Lord.

Take out all the old yeast so that you will be a new batch of dough without yeast, which you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

So let us celebrate this feast, but not with the bread that has the old yeast—the yeast of sin and wickedness. Let us celebrate this feast with the bread that has no yeast—the bread of goodness and truth.

Surely you know that God's people will judge the world. So if you are to judge the world, are you not able to judge small cases as well?

You know that in the future we will judge angels, so surely we can judge the ordinary things of this life.

Surely you know that your bodies are parts of Christ himself. So I must never take the parts of Christ and join them to a prostitute!

It is written in the Scriptures, "The two will become one body." So you should know that anyone who joins with a prostitute becomes one body with the prostitute.

So run away from sexual sin. Every other sin people do is outside their bodies, but those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.

You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. So you do not belong to yourselves,