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As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

…so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

…but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.

We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

…when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

…when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

…when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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.

…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.

…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.

But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

Have we no right to food and to drink?

Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?

If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

…and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

…and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.

Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

…in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

…who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

…who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.