Study Desk

So this is what I say about eating meat sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know there is only one God.

for us there is only one God—our Father. All things came from him, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord—Jesus Christ. All things were made through him, and we also were made through him.

But food will not bring us closer to God. Refusing to eat does not make us less pleasing to God, and eating does not make us better in God's sight.

It is written in the law of Moses: "When an ox is working in the grain, do not cover its mouth to keep it from eating." When God said this, was he thinking only about oxen? No.

But God was not pleased with most of them, so they died in the desert.

The only temptation that has come to you is that which everyone has. But you can trust God, who will not permit you to be tempted more than you can stand. But when you are tempted, he will also give you a way to escape so that you will be able to stand it.

But I say that what is sacrificed to idols is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to share anything with demons.

If I eat the meal with thankfulness, why am I criticized because of something for which I thank God?

The answer is, if you eat or drink, or if you do anything, do it all for the glory of God.

But I want you to understand this: The head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

But a man should not cover his head, because he is the likeness and glory of God. But woman is man's glory.

This is true because woman came from man, but also man is born from woman. But everything comes from God.

Decide this for yourselves: Is it right for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

Some people may still want to argue about this, but I would add that neither we nor the churches of God have any other practice.

But if we judged ourselves in the right way, God would not judge us.

And there are different ways that God works through people but the same God. God works in all of us in everything we do.

If each part of the body were the same part, there would be no body. But truly God put all the parts, each one of them, in the body as he wanted them.

The more respectable parts of our body need no special care. But God put the body together and gave more honor to the parts that need it

so our body would not be divided. God wanted the different parts to care the same for each other.

In the church God has given a place first to apostles, second to prophets, and third to teachers. Then God has given a place to those who do miracles, those who have gifts of healing, those who can help others, those who are able to govern, and those who can speak in different languages.