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But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me. I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of this boast.

Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.

and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.

for, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it."

But if anyone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience' sake —

the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?

If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings, just as I passed them on to you.

If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;

neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.