whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,

The Life that the Lord Has Assigned

However that may be, let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches.

It is the same way with lifeless instruments that produce sound, such as the flute or the harp. If they do not give distinct notes, how will what is being played on the flute or harp be recognized?

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.