Study Desk

But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will) and has decided in his heart to keep her as his fiancée, will do well.

So then he who marries his fiancée does well, but he who does not marry will do better.

For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

No one is to seek his own good, but the good of the other person.

Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head.

A man should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God. So too, woman is the glory of man.

For at the meal, each one eats his own supper. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

The secrets of his heart will be revealed, and as a result he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is really among you.”

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

But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to Christ.

For he must reign until he puts all his enemies under his feet.

For God has put everything under his feet. Now when it says “everything” is put under him, it is obvious that he who puts everything under him is the exception.

So let no one look down on him. Send him on his way in peace so that he can come to me, because I am expecting him with the brothers.

He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.

We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from gazing steadily until the end of the glory of what was being set aside,

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf: “Be reconciled to God.”

and not only by his arrival but also by the comfort he received from you. He told us about your deep longing, your sorrow, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

And his affection toward you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, and how you received him with fear and trembling.