Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² I am free to do anything I want, but some things are not good for me to do. I am free to do anything, but I will not become a slave of anything.

¹³ `Food is for the body, and the body is for food.' But God will bring both to an end. The body is not made to be used for wrong sex behaviour, but for the Lord. And the Lord is for the body.

¹⁴ God raised up the Lord and he will also raise us up by his power.

¹⁵ Do you not know that your bodies belong to Christ? Shall I take parts of Christ and join them to a bad woman? No, never!

¹⁶ Do you not know that the person who joins himself to a bad woman becomes one person with her? The holy writings say, `The two people shall be like one body.'

¹⁷ But the one who joins himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

¹⁸ Run away from every kind of wrong sex! Every other wrong thing which a person does is done outside of his body. But the person who uses sex the wrong way does a wrong thing to his own body.

¹⁹ Do you not know that your body is the house of the Holy Spirit who lives in you? God gave the Holy Spirit to you. Remember, you do not belong to yourself.

²⁰ But you were bought and paid for. So then, bring glory to God with your bodies.

⁴³ The next day Jesus said, `I will go to Galilee.' He found Philip and said to him, `Come with me.'

⁴⁴ Philip was from the town of Bethsaida. Andrew and Peter were also from that town.

⁴⁵ Philip went to find Nathanael. He said `We have found the man about whom Moses wrote in the books of the law. The prophets also wrote about him. He is Jesus, from Nazareth. He is the son of Joseph.'

⁴⁶ Nathanael said, `From Nazareth? Can any good thing come from there?' Philip said, `Come and see for yourself.'

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him. He said, `Here is a man who is truly of Israel. He does not fool people.'

⁴⁸ Nathanael asked, `How do you know me?' Jesus answered, `I saw you when you were under the fig tree. That was before Philip called you.'

⁴⁹ Nathanael said, `Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel.'

⁵⁰ Jesus answered, `I told you that I saw you under the fig tree. Is that why you believe in me now? You will see more wonderful things than that!

⁵¹ I tell you the truth,' said Jesus. `You will see heaven open. You will see God's angels going up and down to the Son of Man.'