Study Desk

I have no right to boast just because I preach the gospel. After all, I am under orders to do so. And how terrible it would be for me if I did not preach the gospel!

If I did my work as a matter of free choice, then I could expect to be paid; but I do it as a matter of duty, because God has entrusted me with this task.

Because there is the one loaf of bread, all of us, though many, are one body, for we all share the same loaf.

You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience.

If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat what is set before you, without asking any questions because of your conscience.

I praise you because you always remember me and follow the teachings that I have handed on to you.

A man has no need to cover his head, because he reflects the image and glory of God. But woman reflects the glory of man;

In the following instructions, however, I do not praise you, because your meetings for worship actually do more harm than good.

If the foot were to say, "Because I am not a hand, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body.

And if the ear were to say, "Because I am not an eye, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body.

Those who speak in strange tongues do not speak to others but to God, because no one understands them. They are speaking secret truths by the power of the Spirit.

because God does not want us to be in disorder but in harmony and peace. As in all the churches of God's people,

For I am the least of all the apostles—I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God's church.

More than that, we are shown to be lying about God, because we said that he raised Christ from death—but if it is true that the dead are not raised to life, then he did not raise Christ.

For just as all people die because of their union with Adam, in the same way all will be raised to life because of their union with Christ.

If Timothy comes your way, be sure to make him feel welcome among you, because he is working for the Lord, just as I am.

Now, if anyone has made somebody sad, he has not done it to me but to all of you—in part, at least. (I say this because I do not want to be too hard on him.)

I wrote you that letter because I wanted to find out how well you had stood the test and whether you are always ready to obey my instructions.

When you forgive people for what they have done, I forgive them too. For when I forgive—if, indeed, I need to forgive anything—I do it in Christ's presence because of you,

But I was deeply worried, because I could not find our brother Titus. So I said good-bye to the people there and went on to Macedonia.