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Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
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Paul’s Appeal and Warning
I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children.
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Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
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Dealing With a Case of Incest
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.
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And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?
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hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
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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 since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
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For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
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Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.
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Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
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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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I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord.
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But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his 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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For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
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Paul’s Use of His Freedom
Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
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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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Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
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even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
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But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
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Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
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A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.
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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
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neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
