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so that no human beingno flesh">[fn] may boast in God's presence.Romans 3:27; Ephesians 2:9;">[xr]

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on God's power.2 Corinthians 4:7; 6:7;">[xr]

Now, we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we can understand the things that were freely given to us by God.Romans 8:15;">[xr]

ForJob 1:15:8; Isaiah 40:13; Jeremiah 23:18; John 15:15; Romans 11:34;">[xr] "Who has known the mind of the Lord so that he can advise him?"Isaiah 40:13">[fn] However, we have the mind of Christ.

Brothers, I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will stop boasting about one person at the expense of another.Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 1:12;">[xr]

You already have all you want! You have already become rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you really were kings so that we could be kings with you!Revelation 3:17;">[xr]

hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh,sinful nature">[fn] so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.Lord Jesus; still other mss. read our Lord Jesus Christ">[fn]Job 1:2:6; Psalm 109:6; Acts 26:18; 1 Timothy 1:20;">[xr]

Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, since you are to be free from yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.Isaiah 53:7; John 1:29; 19:14; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 5:6,12;">[xr]

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time in order to devote yourselves to prayer.to fasting and prayer">[fn] Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.Exodus 19:15; 1 Samuel 21:4-5; Joel 2:16; Zechariah 7:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:5;">[xr]

and so his attention is divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, that is, about how she can please her husband.Luke 10:40;">[xr]

But I have not used any of these rights, and I'm not writing this so that they may be applied in my case. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason forreason for">[fn] boasting.Acts 18:3; 20:34; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 9:12; 2 Corinthians 11:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8;">[xr]

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.Romans 11:14; 15:1; 1 Corinthians 7:16; 10:33; 2 Corinthians 11:29;">[xr]

No, I keep on beating my body and making it my slave so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.Jeremiah 6:30; Romans 6:18-19; 8:13; 2 Corinthians 13:5-6; Colossians 3:5;">[xr]

Now these things became examples for us so that we won't set our hearts on evil as they did.Numbers 11:4,33-34; Psalm 106:14;">[xr]

No temptation has overtaken you that is unusual for human beings. But God is faithful, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. Instead, along with the temptation he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to endure it.Psalm 125:3; Jeremiah 29:11; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Peter 2:9;">[xr]

just as I myself try to please everybody in every way, not looking for my own advantage but for that of many people, so that they might be saved.Romans 15:2; 1 Corinthians 9:19,22, 24;">[xr]

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.1 Corinthians 4:19; 7:17; 11:21-22; Titus 1:5;">[xr]

so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.

Even if I give away all that I have and surrender my body so that I may boastmy body to be burned">[fn] but have no love, I get nothing out of it.Matthew 6:1-2;">[xr]

Now I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but especially that you could prophesy. The person who prophesies is more important than the person who speaks in a tongue, unless he interprets it so that the church may be built up.