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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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Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so.
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For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.
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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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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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A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.
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Paul’s Rights as an Apostle
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?
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What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
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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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To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.
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The Believer’s Freedom
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.
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I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
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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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Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
