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1 Corinthians · read by Dean Taylor
135 verses, in order. Only the verses Dean read aloud are shown.
1 Corinthians 1
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I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.Read from NKJV · Sectarianism and the Hard Work of Unity
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What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ."Read from NKJV · Sectarianism and the Hard Work of Unity
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Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?Read from ESV · The Quest for Community
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I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,Read from ESV · Sectarianism and the Hard Work of Unity
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so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.Read from NKJV · Sectarianism and the Hard Work of Unity
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Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.Read from NKJV · Sectarianism and the Hard Work of Unity
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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.Read from NKJV · Sectarianism and the Hard Work of Unity
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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.Read from NKJV · Theology of the Cross and Martyrdom
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For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."Read from NKJV · Theology of the Cross and Martyrdom
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Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?Read from NKJV · Theology of the Cross and Martyrdom
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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.Read from NKJV · Theology of the Cross and Martyrdom
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but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,Read from NKJV · Theology of the Cross and Martyrdom
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but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.Read from ESV · Theology of the Cross and Martyrdom
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so that no one may boast in His presence.Read from NKJV · (Youth Bible School 2007) a Chosen Generation
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It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.Read from NKJV · Battle Plan (Video)
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Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."Read from KJV · Jesus and Discipleship
1 Corinthians 2
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For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.Read from NKJV · Christ Holiness Within Us
1 Corinthians 3
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What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man's work.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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Do you not know that you yourselves are God's temple, and that God's Spirit dwells in you?Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
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If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.Read from NKJV · The Judgment of Works
1 Corinthians 4
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So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
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Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?Read from NKJV · Paul's Warning To The Hyper Spiritual
1 Corinthians 5
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It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father's wife.Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
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What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?Read from KJV · Anabaptist History (Day 11) the Birth of the Amish
1 Corinthians 6
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If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!Read from NKJV · Anabaptist History (Day 17) the Church Splits of Holland - Lessons for Today
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Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?Read from NKJV · Anabaptist History (Day 17) the Church Splits of Holland - Lessons for Today
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Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!Read from NKJV · Anabaptist History (Day 17) the Church Splits of Holland - Lessons for Today
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So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?Read from NKJV · Lawsuits Through The Eyes Of Radical Christianity
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I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?Read from NKJV · Lawsuits Through The Eyes Of Radical Christianity
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Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!Read from ESV · Lawsuits Through The Eyes Of Radical Christianity
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Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!Read from NKJV · Lawsuits Through The Eyes Of Radical Christianity
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nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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"Everything is permissible for me," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me," but I will not be mastered by anything.Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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Or don't you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
1 Corinthians 7
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But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
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In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.Read from KJV · Divorce & Remarriage--words of Paul & Early Church
1 Corinthians 8
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Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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But the one who loves God is known by God.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
1 Corinthians 9
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This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:Read from NASB1995 · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.Read from KJV · (Youth Bible School 2007) a Chosen Generation
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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
1 Corinthians 10
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No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.Read from NKJV · Addictions and Sexual Sin
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Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.Read from ESV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?Read from NKJV · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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"Everything is permissible," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible," but not everything is edifying.Read from KJV · Principles of Godly Music--sing a New Song
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No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.Read from NASB1995 · Surrender： Through the Eyes of Radical Christianity
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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
1 Corinthians 11
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You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.Read from ESV · Anabaptist History (Day 12) Early Anabaptist Concept of Missions and the Kingdom of God
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Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.Read from NKJV · 1 Corinthians Through The Eyes Of Radical Christianity
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If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
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Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
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In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
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For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
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Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
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Doesn't nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
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but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.Read from KJV · Biblical Principles of Godly Dress
1 Corinthians 16
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Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.Read from NKJV · Lawsuits Through The Eyes Of Radical Christianity