¹⁶ “The man who hates and divorces his wife,^(A)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”^[a](B) says the Lord Almighty.

So be on your guard,^(C) and do not be unfaithful.

² For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.^{(A) 3} I came to you^(B) in weakness^(C) with great fear and trembling.^{(D) 4} My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,^(E) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,^{(F) 5} so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.^(G)

² I gave you milk, not solid food,^(A) for you were not yet ready for it.^(B) Indeed, you are still not ready.