Study Desk

So then, my friends, because of God's great mercy to us I appeal to you: Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer.

So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin.

So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another.

So then, where does that leave the wise? or the scholars? or the skillful debaters of this world? God has shown that this world's wisdom is foolishness!

So then, as the scripture says, "Whoever wants to boast must boast of what the Lord has done."

So then, we do not speak in words taught by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual truths to those who have the Spirit.

So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God.

So then, if food makes a believer sin, I will never eat meat again, so as not to make a believer fall into sin.

So then, my dear friends, keep away from the worship of idols.

So then, you should each examine yourself first, and then eat the bread and drink from the cup.

So then, my friends, when you gather together to eat the Lord's Supper, wait for one another.

So then, the eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" Nor can the head say to the feet, "Well, I don't need you!"

So then, the gift of speaking in strange tongues is proof for unbelievers, not for believers, while the gift of proclaiming God's message is proof for believers, not for unbelievers.

So then, my friends, set your heart on proclaiming God's message, but do not forbid the speaking in strange tongues.

So then, whether it came from me or from them, this is what we all preach, and this is what you believe.

So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless.

All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.

So then, you are no longer a slave but a child. And since you are his child, God will give you all that he has for his children.

So then, my friends, we are not the children of a slave woman but of a free woman.

So then, as often as we have the chance, we should do good to everyone, and especially to those who belong to our family in the faith.