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so that no one would say you were baptized in my name!

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

and the insignificant things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,

so that no human may boast before God.

so that, just as it is written: "LET THE ONE WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD."

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of mankind, but on the power of God.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God.

Take care that no one deceives himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos on your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other.

You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you!

You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst.

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.

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you anyone wise who will be able to decide between his brothers and sisters,

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;

Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to sin.

If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

But I have used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make my boast an empty one!

For though I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may gain more.