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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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What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.
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So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
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If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
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whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
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For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
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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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Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
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Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church?
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Concerning Married Life
Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
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But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
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Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?
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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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If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
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For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
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Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes?
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Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?
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If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
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How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
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So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
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For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
