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Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon it.

It is reported everywhere that there is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind which does not even exist among the Gentiles, so that someone has the wife of his father.

I have decided to hand over such a person to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

I say this to your shame. So is there not anyone wise among you who will be able to render a decision between his brothers?

And God both raised up the Lord and will raise us up by his power.

Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the one who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.

The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.

But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

Was anyone called after being circumcised? He must not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called in uncircumcision? He must not become circumcised.

But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

But if anyone thinks he is behaving dishonorably concerning his virgin, if she is past her prime and it ought to be thus, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin. Let them marry.

But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority concerning his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.

So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry her will do better.

For if someone should see you who has knowledge reclining for a meal in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, because it is weak, be strengthened so that he eats the food sacrificed to idols?

Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Who shepherds a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?