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God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
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Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
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For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
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But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
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And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
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Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
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There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
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If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
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For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
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To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
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And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
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But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
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By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
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Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
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And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
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And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
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Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.