Study Desk

And you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

People should think of us as servants of Christ, the ones God has trusted with his secrets.

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.

But it seems to me that God has put us apostles in last place, like those sentenced to die. We are like a show for the whole world to see—angels and people.

because the kingdom of God is present not in talk but in power.

It is actually being said that there is sexual sin among you. And it is a kind that does not happen even among people who do not know God. A man there has his father's wife.

It is not my business to judge those who are not part of the church. God will judge them. But you must judge the people who are part of the church. The Scripture says, "You must get rid of the evil person among you."

When you have something against another Christian, how can you bring yourself to go before judges who are not right with God? Why do you not let God's people decide who is right?

In the past, some of you were like that, but you were washed clean. You were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

"Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food," but God will destroy them both. The body is not for sexual sin but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

By his power God has raised the Lord from the dead and will also raise us from the dead.

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,

because you were bought by God for a price. So honor God with your bodies.

I wish that everyone were like me, but each person has his own gift from God. One has one gift, another has another gift.

But if those who are not believers decide to leave, let them leave. When this happens, the Christian man or woman is free. But God called us to live in peace.

But in any case each one of you should continue to live the way God has given you to live—the way you were when God called you. This is a rule I make in all the churches.

Each one of you should stay the way you were when God called you.

If you were a slave when God called you, do not let that bother you. But if you can be free, then make good use of your freedom.

Brothers and sisters, each of you should stay as you were when you were called, and stay there with God.

But if any person loves God, that person is known by God.