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But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able,

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like ordinary people?

For when one person says, "I am with Paul," and another, "I am with Apollos," are you not ordinary people?

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

each one's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each one's work.

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE BY THEIR CRAFTINESS";

So then, no one is to be boasting in people. For all things belong to you,

For I am not aware of anything against myself; however I am not vindicated by this, but the one who examines me is the Lord.

For who considers you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

For I think, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all as men condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to mankind.

For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in power.

For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present.

I have decided to turn such a person over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.