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for I indeed, as being absent as to the body, and present as to the spirit, have already judged, as being present, him who so wrought this thing:

to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,

for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?

the meats [are] for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body [is] not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good [it is] for a man not to touch a woman,

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];

and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

for he who [is] in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: --

and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.