1 Corinthians 2 - 7
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And I, when I came to you, brothers, x did not come proclaiming to you y the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
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For I decided to know nothing among you except z Jesus Christ and him crucified.
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And a I was with you b in weakness and in fear and much trembling,
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and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of c the Spirit and of power,
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that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but d in the power of God.
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Yet among e the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not f a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, g who are doomed to pass away.
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But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, h which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
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None of i the rulers of this age understood this, for j if they had, they would not have crucified k the Lord of glory.
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But, as it is written,
l "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has m prepared n for those who love him" -
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these things o God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even p the depths of God.
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For who knows a person's thoughts q except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
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Now r we have received not s the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
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And we impart this t in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, u interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
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The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are v folly to him, and w he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
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The x spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
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y "For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But z we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3
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But I, brothers, could not address you as a spiritual people, but as b people of the flesh, as c infants in Christ.
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d I fed you with milk, not solid food, for e you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
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for you are still of the flesh. For while there is f jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
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For g when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," h are you not being merely human?
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What then is Apollos? What is Paul? i Servants through whom you believed, j as the Lord assigned to each.
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k I planted, l Apollos watered, m but God gave the growth.
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So n neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
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He who plants and he who waters are one, and each o will receive his wages according to his labor.
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For we are p God's fellow workers. You are God's field, q God's building.
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r According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a s foundation, and t someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.
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For no one can lay a u foundation other v than that which is laid, w which is Jesus Christ.
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Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw -
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x each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed y by fire, and z the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
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If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, a he will receive a reward.
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If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, b but only as through fire.
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c Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
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If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For d God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
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e Let no one deceive himself. f If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
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For g the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, h "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
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and again, i "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
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So j let no one boast in men. For k all things are yours,
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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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and l you are Christ's, and m Christ is God's.
1 Corinthians 4
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This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and n stewards of the mysteries of God.
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Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
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But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.
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o For I am not aware of anything against myself, p but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
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Therefore q do not pronounce judgment before the time, r before the Lord comes, s who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. t Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
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I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may u be puffed up in favor of one against another.
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For who sees anything different in you? v What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
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Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!
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For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, w like men sentenced to death, because we x have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
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y We are fools for Christ's sake, but z you are wise in Christ. a We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
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To the present hour b we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and c buffeted and d homeless,
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and we e labor, working with our own hands. f When reviled, we bless; g when persecuted, we endure;
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when slandered, we entreat. h We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, i the refuse of all things.
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I do not write these things j to make you ashamed, but to admonish you k as my beloved children.
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For l though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For m I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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I urge you, then, n be imitators of me.
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That is why o I sent you Timothy, p my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, q as I teach them everywhere in every church.
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Some are r arrogant, s as though I were not coming to you.
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But t I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.
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For u the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
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What do you wish? v Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
1 Corinthians 5
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It is actually reported that there is w sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, x for a man has his father's wife.
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And y you are arrogant! Ought you z not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
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For though a absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.
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When you are assembled b in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
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you are c to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so d that his spirit may be saved e in the day of the Lord.
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f Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that g a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
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Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
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Let us therefore celebrate the festival, h not with the old leaven, i the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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I wrote to you in my letter j not to associate with sexually immoral people -
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k not at all meaning l the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, m since then you would need to go out of the world.
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But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone n who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler - not even to eat with such a one.
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For what have I to do with judging o outsiders? p Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
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God judges those outside. q "Purge the evil person from among you."
1 Corinthians 6
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When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous r instead of the saints?
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Or do you not know that s the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
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Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!
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So if you have such cases, t why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?
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u I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,
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but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers?
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To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. v Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
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But you yourselves wrong and defraud - even w your own brothers!
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Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: x neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
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nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
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And y such were some of you. But z you were washed, a you were sanctified, b you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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c "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything.
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d "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" - and God will destroy both one e and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but f for the Lord, and g the Lord for the body.
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And h God raised the Lord and i will also raise us up j by his power.
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Do you not know that k your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
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Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, l "The two will become one flesh."
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But he who is joined to the Lord m becomes one spirit with him.
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n Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person o sins against his own body.
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Or p do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? q You are not your own,
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r for you were bought with a price. s So glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 7
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Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: t "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."
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But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
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u The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
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For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
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v Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, w so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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Now as a concession, x not a command, I say this.
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y I wish that all were z as I myself am. But a each has his own gift from God, b one of one kind and one of another.
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To the unmarried and the widows I say that c it is good for them to remain single d as I am.
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But if they cannot exercise self-control, e they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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To the married f I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): g the wife should not separate from her husband
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(but if she does, h she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and g the husband should not divorce his wife.
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To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
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If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
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For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. i Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
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But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you j to peace.
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For how do you know, wife, k whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
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Only let each person lead the life l that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. m This is my rule in n all the churches.
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Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? o Let him not seek circumcision.
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p For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but q keeping the commandments of God.
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r Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
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Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)
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For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is s a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is t a slave of Christ.
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u You were bought with a price; v do not become slaves of men.
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So, brothers, w in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
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Now concerning the betrothed, x I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as y one who by the Lord's mercy is z trustworthy.
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I think that in view of the present distress a it is good for a person to remain as he is.
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Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
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But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
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This is what I mean, brothers: b the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
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and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy c as though they had no goods,
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and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For d the present form of this world is passing away.
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I want you to be e free from anxieties. f The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
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But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,
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and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
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I say this for your own benefit, g not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
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If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry - it is no sin.
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But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.
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So then he who marries his betrothed h does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
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i A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only j in the Lord.
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Yet k in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think l that I too have the Spirit of God.
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1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
1 Corinthians 2:13
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
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Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
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Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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Acts 18:1
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
Acts 18:6
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
Acts 18:12
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal.
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2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things tha...
2 Corinthians 12:5
On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my o...
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for ...
2 Corinthians 13:4
For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by ...
2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad when we are weak and you are st...
Galatians 4:13
You know it was because of a bodily ailment tha...
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1 Corinthians 4:20
For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:19
By the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God - so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
2 Peter 1:16
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
2 Corinthians 6:7
By truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left.
Zechariah 4:6
Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
2 Corinthians 10:4
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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Philippians 3:15
Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
1 Corinthians 3:1
But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
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James 3:15
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
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1 Corinthians 1:28
God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are.
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Romans 16:25 - 26
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
Ephesians 3:5
Which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.
Ephesians 3:9
And to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.
Colossians 1:26
The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.
2 Timothy 1:9
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.
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Acts 13:27
For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
Luke 24:20
And how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
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Acts 3:17
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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James 2:1
My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
Psalms 24:7 - 10
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
Acts 7:2
And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
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Isaiah 64:4
From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.
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Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
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Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon...
Galatians 1:12
For I did not receive it from any man, nor was ...
Galatians 1:16
Was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order t...
Ephesians 3:3
How the mystery was made known to me by revelat...
Ephesians 3:5
Which was not made known to the sons of men in ...
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Fathe...
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Revelation 2:24
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden.
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Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
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Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!
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1 John 4:4
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
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1 Corinthians 2:1
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
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2 Corinthians 10:12
Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
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1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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Romans 8:7
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
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1 Corinthians 3:1
But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
1 Corinthians 14:37
If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.
Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.
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Isaiah 40:13
Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
Romans 11:34
"For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
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John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
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Isaiah 40:13
Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
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1 Corinthians 2:15
The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.
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1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
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Hebrews 5:13
For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.
1 Corinthians 2:6
Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
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Hebrews 5:12 - 13
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food.
1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation -
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John 16:12
I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
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Galatians 5:19 - 20
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality.
1 Corinthians 1:11
For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers.
1 Corinthians 11:18
For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part.
Romans 13:13
Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.
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1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ.
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1 Corinthians 3:3
For you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
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2 Corinthians 6:4
But as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities.
Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.
Colossians 1:25
Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known.
2 Corinthians 3:3
And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
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Romans 12:6
Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith.
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1 Corinthians 4:15
For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand.
Acts 18:4 - 11
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
2 Corinthians 10:14 - 15
For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you. For we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.
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Acts 18:27
And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.
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1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
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2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Galatians 2:6
And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality) - those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.
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1 Corinthians 3:14
If the work that anyone has built on the founda...
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, i...
2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what...
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the ...
Galatians 6:4 - 5
But let each one test his own work, and then hi...
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is going to come with his an...
Romans 2:6
He will render to each one according to his works:
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Mark 16:20
And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
2 Corinthians 6:1
Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
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Ephesians 2:20 - 22
Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
Psalms 127:1
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
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2 Peter 3:15
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him.
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
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1 Corinthians 3:11 - 12
For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Romans 15:20
And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation.
Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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1 Corinthians 4:15
For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
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2 Corinthians 11:4
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
Galatians 1:6 - 7
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel -
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Ephesians 2:20
Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
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1 Corinthians 3:15
If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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1 Peter 1:7
So that the tested genuineness of your faith - more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire - may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 3:8
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
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Psalms 66:12
You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
Jude 1:23
Save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
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1 Corinthians 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ephesians 2:21
In whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
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Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Jeremiah 8:8 - 9
How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
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1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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Psalms 94:11
The Lord - knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
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Psalms 94:11
The Lord - knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
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1 Corinthians 3:4 - 6
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not being merely human?
1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:6
I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
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Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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2 Corinthians 10:7
Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
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1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
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1 Corinthians 9:17
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship.
1 Peter 4:10
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
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Acts 23:1
And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.
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Job 9:2
Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?
Job 9:15
Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
Psalms 130:3
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Psalms 143:2
Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
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Matthew 7:1
Judge not, that you be not judged.
Romans 2:1
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
Matthew 13:29
But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
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John 21:22
Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!
Romans 2:16
On that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
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1 Corinthians 3:13
Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
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2 Corinthians 10:18
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
1 Corinthians 3:8
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
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1 Corinthians 4:18 - 19
Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
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John 3:27
John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
1 Chronicles 29:14
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
1 Peter 4:10
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
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Romans 8:36
As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Hebrews 10:33
Sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
Isaiah 20:3
Then the Lord said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush.
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Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities" - because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Acts 26:24
And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.
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2 Corinthians 11:19
For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves!
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1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling.
2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for.
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Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
2 Corinthians 11:27
In toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
Philippians 4:12
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.
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2 Corinthians 11:20
For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one - I am talking like a madman - with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
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Matthew 8:20
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
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Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
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John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
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Isaiah 30:22
Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, "Be gone!
Isaiah 64:6
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
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Lamentations 3:45
You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples.
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1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
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2 Corinthians 6:13
In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
For you know how, like a father with his children.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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1 Corinthians 3:10
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.
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Philemon 1:10
I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment.
Galatians 4:19
My little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!
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1 Corinthians 11:1
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
Philippians 3:17
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
Philippians 4:9
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me - practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
2 Thessalonians 3:9
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
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1 Corinthians 16:10
When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am.
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1 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1 Corinthians 7:17
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
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1 Corinthians 4:6
I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
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1 Corinthians 4:21
What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 10:2
I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.
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1 Corinthians 11:34
If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home - so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:5 - 6
I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia.
Acts 19:21
Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
Acts 20:2
When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.
2 Corinthians 1:15 - 16
Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace.
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1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
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2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God to witness against me - it was t...
2 Corinthians 2:1
For I made up my mind not to make another painf...
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I mig...
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find ...
2 Corinthians 13:2
I warned those who sinned before and all the ot...
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I write these things while I am...
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2 Corinthians 12:21
I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
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Leviticus 18:8
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.
Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not uncover his father's nakedness.
Deuteronomy 27:20
"'Cursed be anyone who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's nakedness.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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1 Corinthians 4:6
I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
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2 Corinthians 7:7 - 10
And not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
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Colossians 2:5
For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:17
But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of ou...
Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heav...
Matthew 18:18
Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth...
John 20:23
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiv...
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in...
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I write these things while I am...
1 Timothy 5:20
As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in...
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1 Timothy 1:20
Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Job 2:6
And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
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Proverbs 23:14
If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
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1 Corinthians 1:8
Who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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James 4:16
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
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Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals.
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Exodus 12:15
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
Deuteronomy 16:3
You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction - for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste - that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.
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Matthew 16:6
Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 16:12
Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 8:15
And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
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1 Corinthians 10:27
If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
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Ephesians 5:5
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous ( that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Colossians 3:5
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality.
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John 17:15
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
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Mark 4:11
And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables.
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1 Corinthians 6:1 - 4
When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?
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Deuteronomy 13:5
But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shal...
Deuteronomy 17:7
The hand of the witnesses shall be first agains...
Deuteronomy 17:12
The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying ...
Deuteronomy 21:21
Then all the men of the city shall stone him to...
Deuteronomy 22:21 - 22
Then they shall bring out the young woman to th...
Deuteronomy 22:24
Then you shall bring them both out to the gate ...
Judges 20:13
Now therefore give up the men, the worthless fe...
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Matthew 18:17
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
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Daniel 7:22
Until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.
Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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1 Corinthians 5:12
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
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1 Corinthians 15:34
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 4:14
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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Matthew 5:39 - 40
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
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1 Corinthians 15:50
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cann...
Galatians 5:21
Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like thes...
Ephesians 5:5
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who ...
1 Timothy 1:9
Understanding this, that the law is not laid do...
Hebrews 12:14
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the hol...
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and le...
Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the det...
Revelation 22:15
Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexu...
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1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans you were led...
Ephesians 2:2 - 3
In which you once walked, following the course ...
Ephesians 4:22
To put off your old self, which belongs to your...
Ephesians 5:8
For at one time you were darkness, but now you ...
Colossians 3:7
In these you too once walked, when you were liv...
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient...
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Acts 22:16
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
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Romans 8:30
And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
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1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
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Matthew 15:17
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?
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Colossians 2:22
( referring to things that all perish as they are used) - according to human precepts and teachings?
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1 Corinthians 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
1 Corinthians 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.
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Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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1 Corinthians 15:22 - 23
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
John 6:39 - 40
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
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Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Ephesians 1:19 - 20
And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
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1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" - and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Ephesians 5:30
Because we are members of his body.
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Romans 12:5
So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
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Matthew 19:5
And said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
Mark 10:8
And the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31
"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call -
John 17:21 - 23
That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
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2 Corinthians 12:21
I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
Ephesians 5:3
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
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Proverbs 5:11
And at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed.
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John 2:21
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
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Romans 14:7
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
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1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
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Philippians 1:20
As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
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1 Corinthians 7:8
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:26
I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
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Exodus 21:10
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
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Exodus 19:15
And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.
1 Samuel 21:4
And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread - if the young men have kept themselves from women.
Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
Zechariah 12:12 - 14
The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves.
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1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
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1 Corinthians 7:12
To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
2 Corinthians 8:8
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
1 Corinthians 7:10
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
1 Corinthians 7:40
Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
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Acts 26:29
And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am - except for these chains.
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1 Corinthians 7:8
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
1 Corinthians 9:5
Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
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1 Corinthians 12:4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:11
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
1 Peter 4:10
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
Romans 12:6
Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith.
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Matthew 19:11 - 12
But he said to them, "Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.
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1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26
I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
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1 Corinthians 7:7
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
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1 Timothy 5:14
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
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1 Corinthians 7:6
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
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Malachi 2:16
"For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless."
Matthew 5:32
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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Mark 10:12
And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.
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1 Corinthians 7:10
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
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Ezra 9:2
For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.
Malachi 2:15
Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.
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Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Romans 14:19
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
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1 Peter 3:1
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives.
Romans 11:14
In order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
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1 Corinthians 4:17
That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
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2 Corinthians 8:18
With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.
2 Corinthians 11:28
And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teac...
Acts 15:5
But some believers who belonged to the party of...
Acts 15:19
Therefore my judgment is that we should not tro...
Acts 15:24
Since we have heard that some persons have gone...
Acts 15:28
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and t...
Galatians 5:2
Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept ci...
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Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
Colossians 3:11
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
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1 John 2:3
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
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1 Corinthians 7:24
So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
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Colossians 3:24
Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Philemon 1:16
No longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother - especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
John 8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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1 Corinthians 9:21
To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
1 Peter 2:16
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
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1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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Leviticus 25:42
For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
Leviticus 25:55
For it is to me that the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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1 Corinthians 7:20
Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
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1 Corinthians 7:6
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
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2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
1 Timothy 1:13
Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief.
1 Timothy 1:16
But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
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1 Corinthians 4:2
Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
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1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:8
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
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Romans 13:11
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
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2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
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Psalms 39:6
Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
James 1:10
And the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls.
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
1 John 2:17
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Luke 10:41
But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.
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1 Timothy 5:5
She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
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Proverbs 22:25
Lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
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Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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Romans 7:2
For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.
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2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
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1 Corinthians 7:6
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
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Acts 15:28
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
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