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Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.

but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife,

and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband.

If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his fiancée, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry.

But if someone stands firm in his resolve, being under no necessity but having his own desire under control, and has determined in his own mind to keep her as his fiancée, he will do well.

So then, he who marries his fiancée does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband is the head of his wife, and God is the head of Christ.

Any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head disgraces his head,

For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection of God; but woman is the reflection of man.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

For "God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "All things are put in subjection," it is plain that this does not include the one who put all things in subjection under him.

therefore let no one despise him. Send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me; for I am expecting him with the brothers.

by putting his seal on us and giving us his Spirit in our hearts as a first installment.

And we do this so that we may not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

For we are not peddlers of God's word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.

Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses' face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside,

not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside.

because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence.