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Thanksgiving
I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
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What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.
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By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.
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Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
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To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
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Concerning the Unmarried
Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
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Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
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but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
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and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
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Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions.
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Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
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To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
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For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
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If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
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But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.
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But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.
