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For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—
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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
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For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
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For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
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for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
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Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
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and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
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Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?
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Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
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Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
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Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men
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Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
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Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
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Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
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How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
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Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
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Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.
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But whoever loves God is known by God.
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So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.”
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But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
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For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?
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So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
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Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?
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The Need for Self-Discipline
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
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You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
