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And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
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God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
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The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
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Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
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Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
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But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.
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What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
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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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The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
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Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
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Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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I say this as a concession, not as a command.
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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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Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts.
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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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Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.
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But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing.
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In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
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For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
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Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
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We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
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These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.
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No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
