1CO EN_UST en_English_ltr Fri Jan 14 2022 18:08:04 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) tc

{I,} Paul, {write this letter to you,} and Sosthenes our fellow believer {is with me}. God chose to send me to represent the Messiah Jesus, because that is what God wanted.

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{I send this letter} to {you who are part of} the groups of believers that belong to God, which are in the city of Corinth. {God has} set {you} apart for himself by uniting you to the Messiah Jesus, and {he has} chosen {you} to be his own people. {You are} part of the group of believers who worship our Lord Jesus the Messiah in many countries and cities. {Jesus the Messiah is} their {Lord} and our {Lord}.

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{May} God, {who is} our Father, and the Lord Jesus the Messiah {continue to be} kind to you and {make you} peaceful.

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I often thank my God about you. {I do this} because {I know how} God is acting kindly towards you by uniting you to the Messiah Jesus.

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{When I say that God has acted kindly towards you, I mean} that he has abundantly blessed you by uniting you to the Messiah in every area {of your lives}, including whatever you say and whatever you know.

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{God has blessed you} because he has proved to you that what we told you about the Messiah was true.

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{God has done these things for you} so that you are completely equipped spiritually {during this time when you} confidently expect our Lord Jesus the Messiah to return.

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{Just as he proved our message to be true,} God will also prove your trust {in the Messiah} true until {your earthly lives} end. {Because of this,} he will judge you not guilty when our Lord Jesus the Messiah returns {to earth}.

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God always does what he promises, {and he is the one} who has specially chosen you to share everything with his Son, Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.

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My fellow believers, as one whom our Lord Jesus the Messiah has authorized, I appeal to you, {asking} that all of you agree with one another. {I ask that} you do not split up into rival groups but that you reconcile with each other by agreeing in what you think and by agreeing in what you decide to do.

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{I appeal to you} because some {members} of Chloe’s {household} have talked to me about you, my fellow believers. {They said} that you quarrel among yourselves.

{\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w appeal|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w members|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Chloe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w household|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w talked|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w They|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w said|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w quarrel|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w among|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w yourselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

What I am talking about is how many of you are claiming that you belong to Paul’s group, for example, or that you belong to Apollos’s group, or that you belong to Cephas’s group, or that you belong to the Messiah’s group.

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No one has split the Messiah into pieces{, so you also should not split into pieces}. No one crucified Paul in your behalf, and no one baptized you so that you belong to Paul.

\w No|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w split|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w into|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w pieces|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*{, \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w split|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w into|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w pieces|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w No|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w crucified|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Paul|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w behalf|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w baptized|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w belong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Paul|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

I give thanks {to God} that I baptized no people who belong to your group except for {two individuals:} Crispus and Gaius.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w give|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thanks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w baptized|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w belong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w except|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w two|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w individuals|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*:} \w Crispus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Gaius|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Because {I baptized so few of you,} no person is able to claim that I baptized you so that you belong to my group.

\w Because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w baptized|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w few|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*,} \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w able|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w claim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w baptized|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w belong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Oh yes, I remember that I also baptized those who live in the house of Stephanas. Other than that, I do not think that I baptized any other people {in your group}.

\w Oh|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w yes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w remember|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w baptized|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w live|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w house|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Stephanas|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w baptized|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

The reason {I baptized so few of you} is that the Messiah did not commission me to baptize {people}. Rather, {he commissioned me} to proclaim the good news. {I do this} without using words that are wise {by human standards}. That way, I do not destroy {the power of the message about} the Messiah dying on the cross.

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{I do not use wise words} because the message that I proclaim about {the death of the Messiah on} the cross sounds foolish to people who are bringing destruction on themselves. However, God works powerfully in this message for us whom he is rescuing.

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{\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,

“\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w render|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w useless|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*,

and I will make the intelligent things that intelligent people think worthless.”

\w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w intelligent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w intelligent|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w worthless|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

{So then,} wise people are not really wise, and experts are not really experts, and people who are good at arguing are not really good at it, as they all belong to the current world system. {In fact,} God has shown that what seems to be wise in this current world is not wise at all.

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Here is how {God has done this}. Just as God wisely chose, unbelievers did not get to know God by means of their wise thinking. So, God decided to rescue those who have faith {in the Messiah} by means of the foolish message that believers proclaim.

\w Here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w done|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w Just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w wisely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w chose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w unbelievers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w get|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w means|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w decided|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w rescue|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w faith|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w by|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w means|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w foolish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

On the one hand, {many} Jewish people want to see powerful deeds. On the other hand, {many} Greek people search for wise thinking.

\w On|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, {\w many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w Jewish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w want|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w see|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerful|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w deeds|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w On|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, {\w many|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w Greek|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w search|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

We, however, proclaim that the Messiah died on a cross. {Many} Jewish people {find this message} offensive, and {many} non-Jewish people {think that this message is} foolish.

\w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w however|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cross|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w Many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w Jewish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w find|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w offensive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w non|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*-\w Jewish|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w foolish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

We, however, whom God has chosen, whether {we are} Jewish {people} or Greek {people}, have learned that God works powerfully and wisely through {this message about} the Messiah.

\w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w however|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w whom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w chosen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w whether|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w Jewish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Greek|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}, \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w learned|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w works|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerfully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wisely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w through|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{This is} because what God does that seems foolish is wiser than {anything that} humans {do}, and what God does that seems weak is stronger than {anything that} humans {do}.

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For {proof that this is so,} think about the fact that God chose you {the way you are}, fellow believers. From a human perspective, most of you did not think wisely, do powerful deeds, {or} belong to important families.

\w For|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w proof|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w fact|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w chose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w From|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w perspective|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w most|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wisely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerful|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w deeds|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w belong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w important|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w families|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Rather, God decided to use what seems foolish to humans to humble those who think wisely. God decided to use what seems weak to humans to humble those people and things that act powerfully.

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God decided to use what seems unimportant to people and what people look down on. {It is as if} these things do not {even} exist, {but God decided to use them} to make the things that everyone knows about insignificant.

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{God did these things with the goal} that no humans would say great things about themselves in God’s sight.

{\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w goal|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w humans|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w great|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w themselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sight|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

It is God who has united you to the Messiah Jesus. By working through the Messiah, God has made us wise. He has declared us innocent, chosen us to be his own people, and delivered us {from evil powers}.

\w It|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w united|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w By|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w working|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w through|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w declared|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w innocent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w chosen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w own|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w delivered|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* {\w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w evil|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

So, {because God is the one who does all these things, we should do what} the scripture says:

\w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*:

“If people want to say great things about something, they should say those great things about the Lord.”

“\w If|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w want|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w great|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w something|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w great|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

My fellow believers, I also {acted according to this pattern} when I visited you and told you about what God has now revealed to us. I did not speak in more powerful ways than others do. I did not argue in wiser ways than others do.

\w My|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w acted|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w according|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w pattern|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w visited|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w told|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w revealed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerful|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ways|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w argue|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wiser|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ways|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

{I did this} because I chose {to speak and act as if} the only things I understood while I was with you were Jesus the Messiah and how he died on the cross.

{\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w chose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w if|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w understood|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w while|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w were|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w cross|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

I also {lived according to this pattern} when I was staying with you. I was sick, I was afraid, and I frequently shivered and shook.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w lived|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w according|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w pattern|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w staying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w sick|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w afraid|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w frequently|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w shivered|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w shook|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

I did not speak wisely and persuasively {according to human standards} when I talked {to you} and shared my message {with you}. Instead, I proved that God’s Spirit works powerfully {through me when I shared my message}.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wisely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w persuasively|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w according|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w standards|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w talked|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w shared|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w Instead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w proved|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w works|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerfully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w through|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w shared|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}.

{I shared my message in this way} in order that you might trust {in God} because he acts powerfully, not because humans spoke wise words {to you}.

{\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w shared|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w order|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w might|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w trust|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w acts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerfully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w humans|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w spoke|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}.

Despite {what I have said,} we {who proclaim the good news} do speak wisely when we are with spiritually mature people. However, people who think in only human ways and people who rule right now do not think that we speak wisely. {Soon,} these people will no longer rule.

\w Despite|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w said|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* {\w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wisely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w spiritually|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w mature|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*. \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ways|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w rule|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w right|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wisely|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. {\w Soon|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w longer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rule|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

No, we speak wisely {because we proclaim} the things that God has revealed to us. God concealed these things {until now}, although he had already decided to do them before he created anything. {He has done all of this} so that he might honor us.

\w No|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wisely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w revealed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w concealed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w until|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w although|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w had|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w already|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w decided|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w before|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w created|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w done|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w might|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w honor|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

The people who rule right now did not know about these wise things. {You can tell that} they did not know because they killed our glorious Lord on the cross.

\w The|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rule|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w right|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w killed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w glorious|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cross|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

\w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w acted|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w fits|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*:

“\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ready|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w love|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*

\w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w witnessed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w before|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*,

\w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w heard|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w before|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*,

\w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w even|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w imagined|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w before|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.”

God has made these things known to us by the {power of God’s} Spirit. {God works by the power of his Spirit} because God’s Spirit explores all people and things. He even explores things about God that are very difficult to understand.

\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w known|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w power|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*. {\w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w works|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w by|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w power|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w explores|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w even|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w explores|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w very|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w difficult|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{You can tell that God’s Spirit explores everything about God} because everyone knows that only each human being understands everything about himself or herself. In the same way, only God’s Spirit understands everything about God.

{\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w explores|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w knows|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w each|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w being|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w understands|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w himself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w herself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w same|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w only|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w understands|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*.

We did indeed receive the Spirit who comes from God. We did not receive a spirit that belongs to the current world. {We received God’s Spirit} in order that we might understand everything that God has done for us.

\w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w indeed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w receive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w comes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w We|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w receive|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w current|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w world|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w We|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w received|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w order|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w might|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w done|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

These are the very things that we also talk about. We do not use words that humans wisely teach. Instead, we use words that the Spirit teaches, so that we explain spiritual truths with spiritual words.

\w These|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w very|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w use|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w humans|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wisely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w teach|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Instead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w use|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w teaches|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w explain|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w spiritual|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w truths|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w spiritual|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

Now, people who do not have God’s Spirit reject the things that God’s Spirit gives and teaches. {They reject these things} because they think that they are foolish. They cannot know about {the things that God’s Spirit gives and teaches} because only people who have God’s Spirit can judge rightly about them.

\w Now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w reject|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w gives|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w teaches|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. {\w They|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w reject|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w foolish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w They|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w cannot|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w gives|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w teaches|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w judge|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rightly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

On the other hand, people who have God’s Spirit {can} judge rightly about everything. However, no {other} person {can} judge rightly about them.

\w On|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w judge|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w rightly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w other|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w can|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w judge|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w rightly|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

\w This|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fits|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}:

“\w No|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w knows|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

\w No|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w teach|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

 We, however, can think the same things that the Messiah is thinking.

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My fellow believers, {when I visited you,} I was unable to teach you in the way I would teach people who have God’s Spirit. Rather, {I had to teach you} in the way I would teach people who think in only human ways. {I had to do this} because you believed in the Messiah in an immature way.

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I taught you about things that are simple. I did not teach about things that are complex. {I did this} because you were not ready for complex teachings. In fact, you are still not ready for complex teachings.

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{I know that you are not ready for complex teachings} because you are still people who think in only human ways. Some of you are jealous of each other, and some of you are fighting with each other. When you do these things, it proves that you are people who think in only human ways and who act in only human ways.

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Further, some of you are claiming that you belong to Paul’s group, for example, or that you belong to Apollos’s group. When you make claims like these, it proves that you are thinking and acting in only human ways.

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You need to realize that Apollos and I, Paul, are only people who serve {the Messiah}. Each of us does what the Lord has assigned us to do. When we told you about the Messiah, you trusted in him{, not in us}.

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{God assigned} me to proclaim the good news to you first. I was like someone who plants seeds. {God assigned} Apollos to proclaim even more about the good news to you. He was like someone who waters the seeds {so that they grow}. However, God himself enabled you to believe in and understand the good news. In the same way, he is the one who makes the plants grow.

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You can see that the person who first proclaims the good news to people is not important. The person who proclaims even more about the good news to people is not important. These people are like those who plant the seeds and those who water the plants, since they too are not important. Instead, it is God who is important because he enables people to believe in and understand the good news. In the same way, he is important because he causes the plants to grow.

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In fact, the person who first proclaims the good news to people and the person who proclaims more about the good news to people have the same goal. They are like the person who plants the seeds and the person who waters the plants, who also have the same goal. God will reward people who do either task in a way that matches what they did.

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We {who proclaim the good news} all work for God, but you belong to God. It is as if you were farmland that God owns{, in which we planted and watered seeds}. Indeed, it is as if you were a house that God owns.

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God gave me the skills to wisely proclaim the good news to you first. I am like a wise head builder who puts a foundation in the ground before building a house. Others{, such as Apollos,} proclaim more about the good news to you. They are like other builders who construct a house on top of that foundation. In the end, all the people who proclaim more about the good news should make sure that they proclaim it correctly. They should be like builders who construct a house on top of a foundation correctly.

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No one can put a foundation in the ground if another person has already put it in the ground. So also, no one else can first proclaim the good news to you, because I already did that. What I proclaimed to you is {what} Jesus the Messiah {accomplished}. This message about Jesus is like the foundation of a house.

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Builders can use many difficult building materials when they construct a house on its foundation. They can use {more durable materials like} gold, silver, and jewels, {and less durable materials like} lumber, grass, and straw. In the same way, some of those who proclaim more about the good news teach things that are more pleasing to God. Others teach things that are less pleasing to God.

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On the day when the Messiah returns to judge everyone, he will reveal what kind of work each person has done. The quality of the materials that builders use to construct a building becomes clear when the building catches on fire. In a similar way, a judgment like fire will occur on the day when the Messiah returns. This judgment will show the quality of what those who proclaim more about the gospel have taught.

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Any builders who constructed a building that survives a fire gain honor and money. In the same way, God will honor and reward all those who teach more about the good news in a way that God accepts when he judges everyone.

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Any builders who constructed a building that fire consumes lose respect and money. However, the builders do not die in the fire, but they escape from the flames. In the same way, God will not honor or reward all those who teach more about the good news in a way that God does not accept when he judges everyone. However, God will still accept them, despite the wrong things that they have taught.

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You need to remember that you are like God’s temple in Jerusalem {because God is present among you like he was present in the temple}. You need to remember that you are like a house in which God’s Spirit lives {because he is always present with you}.

\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w remember|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w temple|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Jerusalem|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w present|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w among|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w present|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w temple|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w You|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w remember|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w house|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w which|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w lives|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w because|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w always|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w present|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*}.

God will act against any person who acts against his temple. This is because God’s temple belongs to him alone. {Since} you are like God’s temple{, God will act against any person who acts against you}.

\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w acts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w temple|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w This|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w temple|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w Since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w temple|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*{, \w God|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w acts|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}.

Do not believe what is not true about yourselves. You who consider yourselves to be wise according to human standards should become foolish {according to human standards}. In this way, you will {really} become wise people.

\w Do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w yourselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w consider|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w yourselves|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w according|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w standards|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w become|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w foolish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w according|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w standards|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w really|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w become|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{I speak these words} because the things that humans consider to be wise are things that God considers to be foolish. {You know that this is true} because the scripture says,

{\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w humans|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w consider|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w considers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w foolish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,

“God is the one who disrupts the clever schemes that wise people plan.”

“\w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w disrupts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w clever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w schemes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w plan|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

{\w The|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,

“The Lord is aware of everything that wise people plan, {and he knows} that these plans will not succeed.”

“\w The|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w aware|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w plan|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w knows|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w plans|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w succeed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

Therefore, none of you should boast about {how you follow other} humans. {I say this} because you have everything{, so boasting about following other humans is foolish}.

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You have {leaders such as} Paul, Apollos, and Peter. You have everything that God made, {you do not fear when} you live, and {you can find comfort when you} die. You have everything that exists now and everything that will exist in the future. Indeed, you have everything.

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\w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

I want people to think of us {who proclaim the good news} as those who serve the Messiah and who are in charge of proclaiming what God has now revealed to us.

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Whenever a leader puts another person in charge, the leader requires that person to do his or her tasks faithfully. {In the same way, God requires that we who proclaim the Gospel do our task faithfully.}

\w Whenever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w leader|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w puts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w another|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w charge|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w leader|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w requires|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w her|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tasks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w faithfully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. {\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w same|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w requires|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Gospel|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w task|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w faithfully|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.}

I do not worry about what you or any other human authority decides {about whether I have acted faithfully or not}. In fact, I do not even worry about what I myself decide {about whether I have acted faithfully or not}.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w worry|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w authority|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w decides|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w whether|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w acted|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w faithfully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*}. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fact|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w even|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w worry|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w myself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w decide|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w about|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w whether|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w acted|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w faithfully|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*}.

In fact, I do not know about anything I have done wrong. However, what I know about myself does not prove that I have acted faithfully. Rather, it is the Lord who will decide {whether I have acted faithfully or not}.

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So then, you should not finally decide about anything until the Lord comes back {to judge everyone and everything}. He will make clear what is now hidden, and he will show everyone what each person desires and plans. At that time, God will praise each person {who has acted faithfully}.

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My fellow believers, I have talked in this way about myself and Apollos for your benefit. I want you to learn from our example that you should act only in ways that fit with what the scriptures say. Then, nobody will speak great things about one leader and bad things about another leader.

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Nobody has set you apart {from every other believer}. In fact, God has given to you every good thing that you have. Since these things are gifts from God, you should not say proudly that you yourself earned them.

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{You are acting as if} you currently have everything that you need spiritually. {You are acting as if} you currently have more spiritual blessings than you need. {You are acting as if} you have currently begun to rule with Christ, even though we {who proclaim the good news} are not ruling with Christ now. Indeed, I wish that you really were ruling with him, in order that we {who proclaim the good news} could be ruling with you.

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Rather {than thinking that we rule with Christ now}, I consider us apostles to be those whom God has appointed to suffer humiliation and to die. We suffer humiliation and die publicly, and everything that God has created, including spiritual beings and humans, can see us.

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We {seem to} be foolish people because we serve the Messiah, but {you think that} you are wise people because God unites you to the Messiah. We {seem to} be people who do not have power or influence, but {you think that} you do have these things. {You think that} people praise you, but those people shame us.

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Even now {as I write this letter to you}, we {whom Christ has sent} have often not had enough food or drink. We wear ragged clothing, and others repeatedly strike us. We constantly travel and do not return to a home.

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We do manual labor {to earn a living}. When people speak badly to us, we say good things about them. When people hurt us {because we serve the Messiah}, we patiently live through it.

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When people say bad things about us, we say encouraging words to them. From a human perspective, we are worthless, like filthy garbage that needs to be thrown away. {All these things are true about us} even now {as I write this letter to you}.

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I do not include in my letter what I have just finished saying because I want to make you ashamed. Rather, {I include these things} because I want to admonish you, since you are like my own children, whom I love.

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When I first preached the good news to you and God united you to Jesus the Messiah, I became your spiritual father. So, even if you had a million teachers who helped you to live in union with the Messiah, I would still be the only spiritual father you have.

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Because {I am your spiritual father}, I require you to imitate how I live.

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Because {I want you to imitate me}, I had Timothy visit you. He is like my own child, and I love him. He faithfully {serves the Messiah} as one whom God has united to the Lord. He will teach you again about how I behave as one whom God has united to the Messiah Jesus. I instruct every church in every place {that I visit} to behave in these ways.

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Some of you are saying great things about yourselves. These people act as if I were not about to visit you.

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However, I will visit you very soon, as long as the Lord wants {me to do so}. I already know what these people who say great things about themselves claim. {When I visit you}, I will learn whether they are actually powerful or not.

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{I will do this} because God’s kingdom functions because God works powerfully through people, not because people say great things.

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When you choose how you will respond to what I am saying, you are also choosing how I will act {when I visit}. When I visit you, I can either harshly discipline you {because you did not listen}, or I can act gently and lovingly {because you did listen}.

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I have learned that you are in fact allowing people from your group to have improper sex. Even those who do not worship God do not allow some of the things that you allow. {The worst thing that I have learned is} that a man from your group is having sex with his stepmother.

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{Despite this,} you still say great things about yourselves instead of lamenting {that sin}. {You should have lamented} with the goal of expelling the man who committed this sexual sin.

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{You should expel him} because I have already declared the man who did this evil thing to be guilty. Although I am not with you physically, I think about you and care about you. {Therefore, when I declare this man to be guilty, it is as valid} as if I were with you.

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{I act} as one who represents our Lord Jesus the Messiah. When you gather together, and I am thinking of you, {you should punish this man} as our Lord Jesus authorizes you to do.

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You should expel this man so that Satan rules over him. That will destroy his sinful parts, and then God will save him when the Lord returns.

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Saying great things about yourselves is not the right thing to do. Surely you realize that one person doing evil things is like fermented dough. Even a little fermented dough makes a whole lump of dough fermented, and even one person doing evil things makes the whole church guilty.

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Just as Jews remove the yeast from their houses {during the Passover festival}, so you should remove anyone does evil things from your group. Then, you will be free of sin, just like fresh, unleavened dough is free of yeast. In fact, you live in a time that is like the festival of Passover. {This is because} the Messiah has died for you, just like the lamb that Jews sacrifice during the Passover festival represents how God delivered them.

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Since {the Messiah has died for us}, let us act as if we were participating in the festival of Passover and remove the old leaven. We should get rid of the leaven, which stands for doing what is evil and wicked. Instead, we should eat unfermented bread, which stands for doing what is honest and trustworthy.

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In the letter {that I sent to you before this one}, I told you not to keep company with people who act in sexually improper ways.

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{I did} not {mean that you should} entirely {disassociate} with unbelieving people who act in sexually immoral ways, or with people who want more than they need or who cheat others, or with people who worship false gods. To avoid these kinds of people, you would need to get away from the entire world. {That is not what I have commanded you to do.}

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Now, in this letter, I am telling you not to keep company with any person whom you call a fellow believer who is acting sinfully. This includes doing anything that is sexually immoral, wanting more than one needs, worshiping other gods, abusing others with words, getting drunk, and cheating others. Do not have meals with a person who does any of these things.

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{I want you to act in this way only with fellow believers} because {you and} I do not need to decide whether someone who is not part of our group is guilty or innocent. Rather, you need to focus on deciding whether people who are part of your group are guilty or innocent.

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{Do not worry about people who are not part of your group because} God is the one who decides whether they are guilty or innocent. {You should focus on people who are part of your group because the scripture says,}

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“You must get rid of any evil person who is part of your group!”

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When someone from your group quarrels with another person from your group, you should never settle the quarrel {in a public court} in front of people who do not believe. Rather, {you should settle the quarrel in private} among the people whom God has set apart for himself.

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Surely you know that the people whom God has set apart for himself will decide whether all things and people that God has created are guilty or innocent. Since you will decide whether all these things and people are guilty or innocent, you can surely decide about small quarrels {within your group}.

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You need to realize that we will decide whether angels are innocent or guilty. {Since we will do that,} we are certainly able to decide about disputes related to our current lives.

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Therefore, whenever you quarrel with one another concerning your current lives, you should not choose people who are not part of your group of believers to decide who is guilty or innocent.

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I include what I have just said in order to make you feel ashamed. Surely there are people in your group who are wise enough to be able to decide about disputes with fellow believers.

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But instead, some believers among you accuse other believers in a legal court, and people who do not believe settle the dispute.

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Because you have disputes with each other, you have already completely failed to follow Jesus. Rather {than failing in this way}, you should instead forgive fellow believers when they harm or defraud you.

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Rather {than forgiving others}, however, you have harmed and defrauded {other people}. In fact, {you have done} these things to fellow believers!

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{I am shocked that you do these things}, even though you realize that people who harm others will not participate in God’s kingdom. Do not believe anyone who tells you something else. Anyone who has improper sex, or who worships other gods, or who has sex with a married person, or who receives sexual acts from a person of the same gender, or who initiates sexual acts with a person of the same gender,

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or who steals from others, or who wants more than he or she needs, or who gets drunk, or who abuses others with words, or who cheats others will not participate in God’s kingdom.

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Some of you used to behave in these ways. However, now God has cleansed you, he has made you holy, and he has declared you to be innocent. {You experience these things} because the Lord Jesus the Messiah and the Holy Spirit work powerfully {to give them to you}.

\w Some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w used|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w behave|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w ways|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w cleansed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w*, \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w holy|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w declared|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w innocent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w experience|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Holy|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w work|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerfully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w give|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w*}.

{Some of you say,} “I can do anything and not become guilty.” However, {I say that} some things are not helpful {to anybody}. {Again, some of you say,} “I can do anything and not become guilty.” However, {I say that} I will not serve anything that will make me its slave.

{\w Some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*,} “\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w become|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w guilty|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*.” \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, {\w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w helpful|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anybody|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. {\w Again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w some|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*,} “\w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w become|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w guilty|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.” \w However|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, {\w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w I|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w serve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w its|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w slave|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{Some of you say,} “Food exists for a person’s stomach to digest it, and a person’s stomach exists to digest food.” Indeed, {I also say that} God will make food and stomachs unimportant. {While it is true that food exists for a person’s stomach,} the human body does not exist for a person to have improper sex with it. Instead, {the human body} exists to serve the Lord, and the Lord has worked to save the human body.

{\w Some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*,} “\w Food|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w exists|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w stomach|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w digest|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w stomach|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w exists|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w digest|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w food|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*.” \w Indeed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w food|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w stomachs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unimportant|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w While|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w food|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w exists|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w stomach|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*,} \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w exist|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w improper|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sex|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Instead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w exists|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w serve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w worked|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w save|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

In fact, God made the Lord alive again, and he will work powerfully to make us also alive again.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fact|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w work|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerfully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Surely you know that your bodies belong to the Messiah, just as if you were his body parts. Because of that, you should not take your body back and then give it to a prostitute so that your body belongs to her, just as if you were her body parts. Never do that!

\w Surely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w bodies|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w belong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w if|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w were|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w take|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w back|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w then|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w give|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w prostitute|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w her|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w just|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w if|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w were|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w her|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*!

Surely you know that a man who has sex with a prostitute unites himself to her as closely as if they shared the same body. {You should know this} because the scripture says, “The {man and the woman, although} two people, will become {like} one person.”

\w Surely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sex|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w prostitute|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unites|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w himself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w her|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w closely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w if|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w shared|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w same|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, “\w The|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w man|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w woman|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w although|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w two|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w become|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

In a similar way, any people who unite themselves to the Lord become spiritually one {with the Lord}.

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Intentionally avoid having improper sex. When people sin, they usually do so without directly hurting their bodies. However, when people have improper sex, they do hurt their own bodies.

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Surely you know that God has given the Holy Spirit to you. Therefore, your bodies are like temples for the Holy Spirit, since he unites himself to you {like how a god unites himself to his temple}. Because of that, you do not belong to yourselves.

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{Rather, you belong to God, since the Messiah died for you. When he died for you,} it was as if God payed money to buy you. Because {you belong to God}, you must honor him whenever you do anything with your body.

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Moving on to what you asked me about, in your letter you said that it is appropriate for people not to have sex with each other.

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On the other hand, people often desire having sex, even improper sex. Because of that, a husband should stay with his own wife, and a wife should stay with her own husband.

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Husbands should regularly have sex with their wives. Similarly, wives should regularly have sex with their husbands.

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Wives’ bodies belong to their husbands, not to themselves. Similarly, husbands’ bodies belong to their wives, not to themselves.

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You should only stop having sex regularly when both of you agree to do so for a brief time. You should only do this when you want to focus on praying to God, and you should soon resume having sex regularly. If you do not do this quickly, Satan will use how you desire to have sex to entice you to do what is wrong.

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I do not command you {to stop having sex regularly in order to focus on praying}. Rather, I am only allowing you {to do so}.

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If it were up to me, all people would be like me {and remain unmarried}. However, God gives each person his or her own way to live. Some {people live in} one way, while other people {live in} another way.

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Here I am speaking to people who have not married and to women whose husbands have died. The best thing {for these people} is to stay {unmarried} like I do.

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However, some people will struggle to control how they desire to have sex. These people should get married because that is a better choice than constantly desiring to have sex.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w struggle|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w control|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w desire|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w sex|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w These|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w get|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w married|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w better|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w choice|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w constantly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w desiring|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w sex|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Here I am speaking what the Lord himself said to people who have gotten married. I require the wives to stay with their husbands.

\w Here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speaking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w himself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w said|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w gotten|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w married|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w require|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wives|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w stay|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Now whenever they do not stay with their husbands, they should not marry again or they should go back to their husbands. Further, husbands should stay with their wives.

\w Now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whenever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w stay|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w they|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w marry|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w go|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w back|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w husbands|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w stay|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w wives|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Now to the rest {of you who have a spouse who is not a believer}, the Lord did not speak about this, so I am speaking what I myself command. Some fellow believers have unbelieving wives, and the wives may wish to stay with their believing husbands. In this situation, the husbands should stay with their wives.

\w Now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w rest|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w spouse|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speaking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w myself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w command|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w unbelieving|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wives|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w wives|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w may|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w stay|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w situation|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stay|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wives|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

Similarly, some fellow believers have unbelieving husbands, and the husbands may wish to stay with their believing wives. In this situation, the wives should stay with their husbands.

\w Similarly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unbelieving|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w may|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stay|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wives|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w situation|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wives|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stay|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

{You should remain with an unbelieving husband or wife} because God considers the unbelieving husband to be an acceptable spouse for the believing wife. Similarly, God considers the unbelieving wife to be an acceptable spouse for the believing husband. Because of this, God treats the children in this situation just like he treats the children of two believing parents. If what I have said were not true, God would treat the children in this situation just like he treats the children of two unbelieving parents.

{\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w remain|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w unbelieving|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w husband|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wife|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w considers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="8"\w* \w unbelieving|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w husband|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w acceptable|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w spouse|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="8"\w* \w believing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w wife|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Similarly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w considers|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="8"\w* \w unbelieving|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w wife|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w acceptable|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w spouse|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="8"\w* \w believing|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w husband|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w treats|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="8"\w* \w children|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w situation|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w treats|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="6" x-occurrences="8"\w* \w children|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w two|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believing|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w parents|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w If|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w said|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w were|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w treat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="7" x-occurrences="8"\w* \w children|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w situation|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w just|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w treats|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="8" x-occurrences="8"\w* \w children|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w two|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w unbelieving|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w parents|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

On the other hand, some unbelieving husbands or wives may want to leave their believing spouses. In this situation, the believing spouses should allow them to leave. The believing spouses do not have to stay with their unbelieving husbands or wives. {In any situation like this, remember that} God requires us to be peaceful people.

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{You should allow an unbelieving spouse to leave} because each wife does not know whether she can help her husband to believe in Jesus. Each husband also does not know whether he can help his wife to believe in Jesus.

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In general, all people need to behave in ways that fit with what the Lord has appointed them to do and with how God requires them to act. I require people to follow this teaching in every group of believers {that I visit}.

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There are some people whom others circumcised before they believed in Jesus. These people should not try to become uncircumcised again. There are other people whom others did not circumcise before they believed in Jesus. These people should not try to become circumcised.

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Whether someone has circumcised a person or not does not matter {to us or to God}. On the other hand, doing what God requires of us {does matter to us and to God}.

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All people should serve God faithfully while doing the normal things they were already doing when God changed them.

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Some people were slaves when they believed in Jesus. These people should not worry about being slaves. On the other hand, they should make use of any chance they have to become free.

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{Do not worry about your social position} because the Lord considers all people who were slaves when they believed in him to be free people. Similarly, the Messiah considers all people who were free people when they believed in him to be his slaves.

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{When Jesus died for you,} it was as if God payed money to buy you. {Because of that,} you should not serve other humans but only God.

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My fellow believers, all people should serve God faithfully while doing the normal things they were already doing when God changed them.

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I am now moving on to speak about those who have not gotten married. On this issue, I do not have anything that the Lord said to tell you. However, I will tell you what I think is best. {I do this} because God has acted kindly towards me by making me a trustworthy {teacher}.

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What I suggest is that people should not change how they are living. I say this because I know that dangerous things are going to happen soon.

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Some people have gotten engaged. They should not break up. Other people have never gotten engaged. They should not try to become engaged.

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However, a single man or woman who gets married does not sin. I only advise you against getting married because people who get married will experience bodily troubles.

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My fellow believers, what I am about to tell you {is important}. The end times are not far away. Therefore, until then, each man who has a wife should live like a man who does not have a wife.

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Each person who cries should live like a person who does not cry. Each person who is glad should live like a person who is not glad. Each person who acquires anything should live like a person who does not own anything.

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Each person who utilizes worldly things should live like a person who does not utilize these things. {You should act in these ways} because God will soon abolish the worldly way of doing things.

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I want you to care about few things. Single men care about what they can do to serve the Lord.

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On the other hand, married men care about worldly things, particularly how they can serve their wives. Because of this, they care about two different things{: serving their wives and serving the Lord}. Single women and woman who have never gotten married

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care about what they can do to serve the Lord. Their goal is to be completely holy. On the other hand, married women care about worldly things, particularly how they can serve their husbands.

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I have said these things because I think they are helpful for you. I do not want to force you into acting in only one way. Rather, I want you to be able to act honorably and serve the Lord well and attentively.

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In some cases, an engaged man may consider that he might act in sexually improper ways with his fiancée. Further, his fiancée may be fully mature and ready to have sex. In these cases, here is what to do: the man should marry his fiancé. He does not sin {when he does this}, and the two of them should get married.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cases|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w engaged|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w may|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w consider|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w might|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sexually|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w improper|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ways|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w fiancée|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w his|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w fiancée|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w may|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w mature|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w ready|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sex|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cases|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*: \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w marry|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w fiancé|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w two|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w get|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w married|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

In other cases, an engaged man may have made up his mind, and no person or thing has forced him {not to marry}. He can control what he desires, and he has decided for himself {not to marry}. In this case, he can rightly choose not to marry his fiancée.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cases|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w engaged|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w may|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w mind|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w forced|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w marry|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*}. \w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w control|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w desires|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w decided|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w himself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w marry|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*}. \w In|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w he|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w rightly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w choose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w marry|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w fiancée|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

In the end, any man who gets married to his fiancée does a good thing. Further, any man who does not get married {to his fiancée} does a better thing.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w end|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w gets|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w married|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w fiancée|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w any|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w get|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w married|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w his|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w fiancée|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w does|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w better|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thing|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Wives must stay married to their husbands unless their husbands die. Then, they can marry any believing man whom they want to marry.

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However, {I think that} any woman whose husband has died will be more blessed if she does not marry again. While that is my opinion, I think that God’s Spirit speaks through me.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w woman|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w husband|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w blessed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w if|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w she|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w marry|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w While|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w opinion|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speaks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w through|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

I am now moving on to speak about meat that someone has offered to another god. All of us {who believe} do know {what is true about other gods. However,} knowing {what is true often} makes people proud. It is loving others that really helps other believers.

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All people who reckon that they understand something do not yet understand it in the way that they should understand it.

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Now {I will go back to speaking} about whether to eat meat that someone has offered to another god. We who believe understand that other gods do not really exist. In fact, {we understand} that the only god is the one God.

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It is true that there are many things that are in heaven or on earth that people call “gods.” In this way, many “gods” and “lords” exist.

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However, we {who believe} acknowledge one God, who is the Father. He created everything, and we exist to honor him. We also acknowledge one Lord, who is Jesus the Messiah. He created everything with the Father, and we exist by means of what he does {for us}.

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However, some people do not fully understand {what I have said}. They used to worship other gods in the past, and they incompletely understand what is right and wrong. When they eat meat that someone has offered to another god, they feel guilty.

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Now food does not connect us with God. Those who do not eat {certain foods} do not miss out {on anything from God}. Also, those who do eat {certain foods} do not receive something extra {from God}.

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However, you need to be careful about how you live if you know {that food is not significant}. How you live should not cause someone who incompletely understands what is right and wrong to struggle {to follow Jesus}.

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{You need to be careful} because fellow believers might observe a believer who knows {what is true about other gods} sitting down to eat {meat} in another god’s temple. Those fellow believers, who incompletely understand what is right and wrong, will become confident that they also can eat meat that someone has offered to another god.

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As a result, by acting based on what you know {is true about other gods}, you harm others who incompletely understand what is right and wrong. These are fellow believers, and the Messiah died for them.

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When you act in these ways, you sin against fellow believers by leading them, who incompletely understand what is right and wrong, to do what they think is wrong. {When do you this,} you sin against the Messiah too.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ways|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w leading|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w incompletely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w right|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. {\w When|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w too|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Consequently, in cases where what I eat can lead a fellow believer to sin, I will never ever eat meat again{, whether someone has offered it to another god or not}. This way, I do not lead any of my fellow believers to sin.

\w Consequently|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cases|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w where|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w lead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w meat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*{, \w whether|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w offered|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w another|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w god|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w This|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w lead|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

I am not bound {to eat only certain foods}. Our Lord Jesus sent me to represent him, and I have seen him {with my own eyes}. God has united us to the Lord, and I have worked hard for you because of that.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bound|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w certain|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w foods|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w Our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w seen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w own|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w eyes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w united|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w worked|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hard|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Other people may not think that the Messiah sent me to represent him, but you do know that. {You know that} because you proved that the Messiah sent me when God united you to the Lord.

\w Other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w may|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w but|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*. {\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w proved|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w united|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

I will now defend myself against anyone who wants to question {whether the Messiah sent} me {to represent him or not}.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w defend|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w myself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wants|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w question|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w whether|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

Barnabas and I certainly can require you to send us food and drink.

\w Barnabas|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w certainly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w require|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w send|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w food|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w drink|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

We certainly can travel around with a wife who believes in the Messiah. This is what the others whom the Messiah has sent to represent him do, including Peter and the Lord’s brothers.

\w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w certainly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w travel|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w around|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wife|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w This|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w including|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Peter|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w brothers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

It is not true that Barnabas and I are the only ones {who represent the Messiah} who must work {to support ourselves}.

\w It|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Barnabas|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ones|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w must|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w work|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w support|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ourselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

No soldiers ever pay with their own money to serve in the army. No farmers plant vines and then do not eat what the vines produce. No shepherds take care of sheep and then do not drink the milk that they produce.

\w No|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w soldiers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w pay|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w own|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w money|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w serve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w army|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w No|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w farmers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w plant|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w vines|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w then|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w vines|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w produce|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w No|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w shepherds|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w take|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w care|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sheep|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w then|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w drink|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w milk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w produce|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

What I am arguing is not based on merely human thinking. Rather, you can read what I am arguing in the law {of Moses}.

\w What|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w arguing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w based|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w merely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w read|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w arguing|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w law|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

Here is what you can read in the law that Moses handed down: “You should not keep an ox from eating the grain when it is helping you separate grain from chaff.” God is not primarily interested in oxen{, however}.

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Rather, God speaks mostly about us {in this law}. God had Moses write this command for us because any person who plows a field should expect to receive some of the crop. Any person who separates the grain from the wheat stalks should also expect to receive some of the crop.

\w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w speaks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w mostly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w law|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w had|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w write|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w command|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w plows|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w field|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w expect|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w receive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w crop|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w separates|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w grain|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w wheat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stalks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w expect|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w receive|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w crop|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

We proclaimed the good news to you as if we were planting spiritual seeds. Because of that, it would be normal for us to receive financial help from you, as if we were receiving some of the crop that grew from the seed that we planted.

\w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w proclaimed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w if|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w were|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w planting|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w spiritual|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w seeds|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w normal|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w receive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w financial|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w as|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w if|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w were|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w receiving|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w crop|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w grew|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w seed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w planted|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Other people have received financial support from you. Barnabas and I deserve even more to receive it from you.

\w Other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w received|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w financial|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w support|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Barnabas|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w deserve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w even|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w receive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

However, we have not asked for any support from you. Rather, we choose to go without things so that we do not keep the good news about the Messiah from spreading.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w asked|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w support|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w choose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w go|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w without|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w keep|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w spreading|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Surely you know that the people who perform their duties in the temple eat some of the food that people offer in the temple. More specifically, the priests who offer sacrifices on the altar receive part of what people offer on the altar.

\w Surely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w perform|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w duties|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w temple|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w food|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w offer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w temple|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w More|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w specifically|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w priests|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w offer|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w sacrifices|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="6" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w altar|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w receive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w part|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w offer|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="7" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w altar|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Similarly, the Lord instructed that anyone who preaches the good news should make their living from {preaching} the good news.

\w Similarly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w instructed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w preaches|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w living|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w preaching|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

However, I have not asked for any of this support from you. Further, I am not now writing to you to ask for support for myself. I would prefer to die rather than to have someone take away what I can boast about.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w asked|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w support|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w writing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w ask|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w support|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w myself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w prefer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w take|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w away|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w boast|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Now I cannot boast about preaching the good news because God requires me to preach it. Indeed, were I to stop preaching the good news, God would discipline me.

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God would reward me if I preached the good news because I myself chose to. However, I have not chosen to do so, for God himself has told me what I need to do.

\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w reward|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w if|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w preached|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w myself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w chose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w chosen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w himself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w told|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

God still rewards me, however. {He does so} when I preach the good news without requiring people to pay me. I tell people about the good news in this way so that I do not misuse what I am able to require because I preach the good news.

\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w still|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rewards|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w however|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w preach|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w without|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w requiring|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w pay|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w misuse|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w able|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w require|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w preach|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

{Since I preach the good news for free,} I do not need to serve any humans. However, I choose to serve all humans so that I can help more of them {believe in the Messiah}.

{\w Since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w preach|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w free|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w serve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w humans|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w choose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w serve|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w humans|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

When I am with Jewish people, I act like a Jewish person. That way, I can help Jewish people {believe in the Messiah}. When I am with people who think they need to obey Moses’ law, I act like someone who thinks that he needs to obey Moses’ law. While I myself know that I do not need to obey Moses’ law, {I act this way} so that I can help the people who think they need to obey Moses’ law {believe in the Messiah}.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Jewish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Jewish|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w That|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Jewish|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* {\w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w When|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*’ \w law|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w thinks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w needs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*’ \w law|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*. \w While|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="6" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w myself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="7" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*’ \w law|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*, {\w I|x-occurrence="8" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="9" x-occurrences="9"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*’ \w law|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* {\w believe|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}.

When I am with people who do not obey Moses’ law, I act like someone who does not obey Moses’ law. {I act this way} so that I can help the people who do not obey Moses’ law {believe in the Messiah}. Of course, I do obey God’s law, since I do what the Messiah commanded.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*’ \w law|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*’ \w law|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*. {\w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*’ \w law|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* {\w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w Of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w course|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w law|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*, \w since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="6" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w commanded|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

When I am with people who incompletely understand what is right and wrong, I act like someone who incompletely understands what is right and wrong. {I act this way} so that I can help the people who incompletely understand what is right and wrong {believe in the Messiah}. {As you can see,} when I am with any people, I act like they do so that God might work through all the things I do in order to save some of them.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w incompletely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w right|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w incompletely|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w understands|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w right|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*. {\w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w incompletely|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w right|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* {\w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. {\w As|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w see|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="6" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w might|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w work|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w through|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="7" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w order|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w save|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

As you can see, I act in all these ways because I want people believe in the good news. {Further, I do these things} in order that I too will receive what God has promised in the good news.

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Surely you know that all the runners participate in a race, but in the end one runner only wins the race and takes the reward for winning. When you serve God, it is much like this kind of race. You need to work hard to gain what God has promised to you, just like the runner runs hard to win the race.

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All athletes carefully control everything that they do {so that they can win}. They compete for a crown made of leaves that will fall apart. We, however, {control ourselves so that we can receive what God has promised to give us} that will last forever.

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Because of this, I am like a runner who runs straight toward the finish line. I am like a boxer who strikes an opponent without missing.

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I totally control my body, and I make it serve me. I do that because I do not want to proclaim the good news to other people but then find that God does not approve of me.

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Now I want to remind you, fellow believers, that our Jewish ancestors all followed God when he appeared to them in a cloud. They all walked through the Red Sea when God made a dry path for them through the water.

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{It was as if} someone baptized all of them so that they belonged to Moses. {This happened} when they followed the cloud and walked through the Red Sea.

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All of them together ate the food that God miraculously gave them.

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All of them together drank the water that God miraculously gave them. This happened when they drank the water that came out of the rock that God provided and that followed them. Now this rock {provided for them like} the Messiah {provides for us}.

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However, most of our Jewish ancestors did not please God. {You can tell that this is true} because they died while they traveled through the desert places.

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The things that happened to them illustrate how we should act. Through what happened to them, God warns us to avoid doing what is evil, unlike what they did.

\w The|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w happened|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w illustrate|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Through|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w happened|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w warns|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w avoid|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w doing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w evil|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w unlike|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

You should not worship idols, which is what some of our Jewish ancestors did. {You can tell that they worshiped idols} because the scripture says, “The Israelites started eating and drinking and then worshiped other gods in sexually immoral ways.”

\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w worship|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w idols|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w which|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Jewish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ancestors|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w You|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w worshiped|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w idols|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, “\w The|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Israelites|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w started|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w eating|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w drinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w then|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w worshiped|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w gods|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sexually|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w immoral|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ways|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

We should not have improper sex, which is what some of our Jewish ancestors did. Because they did this, twenty-three thousand of them died during one day.

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We should not challenge the Lord, which is what some of our Jewish ancestors did. Because they did this, snakes killed them.

\w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w challenge|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w which|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Jewish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ancestors|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w snakes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w killed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

You should not complain, which is what some of our Jewish ancestors did. Because they did this, a dangerous spiritual being {whom God sent} killed them.

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Those things that our ancestors experienced illustrate {how we should act}. In fact, someone wrote down what happened to them so that we can learn from them, since we are the ones who are experiencing the last days.

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As those stories illustrate, any people who think that they firmly believe should make sure that they do not fail {to follow the Messiah}.

\w As|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stories|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w illustrate|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w firmly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sure|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fail|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w follow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

Other people have experienced the things that tempt you. Further, God will act faithfully. He will not let you experience anything that tempts you if you cannot resist it. Rather, when something tempts you, he will give you what you need to faithfully resist it.

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Because {of that I have said}, fellow believers whom I love, intentionally avoid worshiping other gods.

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I am talking this way because I think that you are reasonable people. You should decide for yourselves whether what I am about to say is right or wrong.

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When we drink the wine that we bless in the Lord’s Supper, we together connect ourselves with the Messiah’s blood. When we eat the bread, we together connect ourselves with the Messiah’s body.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w drink|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w wine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w bless|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Supper|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w connect|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w ourselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w blood|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w When|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w bread|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w connect|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w ourselves|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

We use one loaf of bread {in the Lord’s Supper}, and we all together eat pieces of that one loaf. Because we do this, we join ourselves together like we all make up one body.

\w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w use|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w loaf|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w bread|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Supper|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w pieces|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w loaf|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w join|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ourselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Take the people of Israel as an example. The people who offered something would eat some of what they offered. This means that they connected themselves with the altar{, where the priest would present the rest of what they offered to God}.

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I am arguing, therefore, that meat that someone has offered to another god and other gods themselves are not powerful or important.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w arguing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w therefore|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w meat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w offered|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w another|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w god|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w gods|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w themselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w powerful|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w important|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

However, {you should know} that when those who do not worship God offer sacrifices, they are offering them to evil spiritual beings, not to a god. I want you to avoid connecting yourselves with evil spiritual beings.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w worship|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w offer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sacrifices|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w offering|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w evil|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w spiritual|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w beings|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w god|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w want|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w avoid|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w connecting|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w yourselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w evil|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w spiritual|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w beings|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

You cannot drink wine that belongs to the Lord and also wine that belongs to evil spiritual beings. You cannot eat food that belongs to the Lord and also food that belongs to evil spiritual beings.

\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w cannot|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w drink|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w wine|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w evil|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w spiritual|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w beings|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w You|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w cannot|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w food|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w food|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w evil|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w spiritual|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w beings|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Those who do both of those things should expect the Lord to act jealously against them. Further, we are certainly less powerful than he is.

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{Some of you say,} “I can do anything and not become guilty.” However, {I say that} some things are not helpful {to anybody}. {Again, some of you say,} “I can do anything and not become guilty.” However, {I say that} some things do not help you grow.

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Do not work hard to gain what is best for yourselves. Rather, {you should work hard to gain} what is best for other people.

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You can eat any food that you buy in the public marketplace. You do not need to find out {where it came from} so that you know whether it is right or wrong {to eat it}.

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{You can do this} because {the scripture says}, “The earth and everything connected with it belongs to the Lord.”

{\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, “\w The|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w earth|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w connected|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

At some point, people who do not believe may ask you {to eat with them}, and you may decide to {do so}. When this happens, you can eat all the food that they serve you. You do not need to find out {where it came from} so that you know whether it is right or wrong {to eat it}.

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(However, someone might tell you that a person offered the food to a god. In this situation, you should not eat the food. {You should act in this way} to benefit the person who told you {about the food} and because of knowing what is right and wrong.

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By “knowing what is right and wrong,” I mean what the other person knows, not what you know.) In general, what another person thinks is right or wrong should not keep me from doing what I am able to do.

\w By|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* “\w knowing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w right|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*,” \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w mean|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w knows|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.) \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w general|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w what|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w another|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w thinks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w right|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w keep|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w doing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w able|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

As long as I am grateful to God when I eat any food, no one should speak badly about me because of something for which I thanked God.

\w As|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w long|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w grateful|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w food|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w badly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w something|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w which|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w thanked|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

To summarize, whenever you eat or drink anything, and indeed whenever you do anything, you should always behave so that you and others honor God.

\w To|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w summarize|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w whenever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w drink|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w indeed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whenever|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w always|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w behave|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w honor|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Do not behave in ways that discourage Jewish people, non-Jewish people, or fellow believers from trusting the Messiah.

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I illustrate {how to do this} with how I live. I always act in ways that everyone around me accepts. I do not work hard to gain what is best for myself. Rather, {I work hard to gain what is best} for other people. {I do this} in order that God will save them.

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\w Do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Christ|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

I commend you because you always think of what I teach and do and because you carefully believe and do what I taught you to believe and do.

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I am telling you that each man represents the Messiah. A wife represents her husband. Finally, the Messiah represents God.

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Men might cover their heads when they pray or proclaim what God says. Those who do this shame the person they represent: {the Messiah}.

\w Men|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w might|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cover|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w heads|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w pray|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w shame|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*: {\w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

Now women might bare their heads when they pray or proclaim what God says. Those who do this shame the people they represent: {their husbands}. {You can tell that this is true} because a woman who bares her head is like a woman whose hair someone has shaved off.

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In fact, someone should cut short the hair of any woman who bares her head. Since people shame a woman who has short hair, women should not bare their heads.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fact|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w cut|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w short|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hair|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w woman|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w bares|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w her|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w head|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w shame|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w woman|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w short|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w hair|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w women|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bare|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w heads|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Further, on the one hand, men should not cover their heads, because they represent and honor God. On the other hand, wives honor their husbands.

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{You can tell that this is true} because God did not make the man Adam from the woman Eve. Rather, he made the woman Eve from the man Adam.

{\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Adam|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w woman|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Eve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w woman|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Eve|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Adam|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Another {way that you can tell that this is true is} because God did not make the man Adam for the sake of the woman Eve. Rather, he made the woman Eve for the sake of the man Adam.

\w Another|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Adam|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w sake|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w woman|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Eve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w woman|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Eve|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w sake|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="6" x-occurrences="6"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Adam|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Because {wives honor their husbands}, women should control {what they wear} on their heads. {They should do this also} because of the powerful spiritual beings.

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Despite all that, when God unites people to the Messiah, women cannot exist without men, and men cannot exist without women.

\w Despite|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unites|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w women|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w cannot|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w exist|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w without|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w men|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w men|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w cannot|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w exist|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w without|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w women|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

In fact, while the woman {Eve} did come from the man {Adam}, men only exist because women give birth to them. However, everything that exists{, including men and women,} comes from God.

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You yourselves should decide whether women who pray to God without covering their heads act appropriately or not.

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You can learn from just the way things are that it is dishonorable for men to have long hair.

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However, {you can also learn from just the way things are} that it is honorable for women to have long hair. {This is} because God has given women their long hair, which functions to cover {their heads}.

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Now if any people consider arguing about what I have said, neither we nor God’s churches allow women to uncover their heads {when they pray or prophesy}.

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I am now going to instruct you about another topic, and I cannot commend you in this area. {I cannot commend you} because you harm fellow believers instead of helping them when you gather as fellow believers.

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Here is the first thing I will speak about: some people have told me that you split up into rival groups when you gather as fellow believers to worship God. I believe that this is partly true.

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{I believe it} because there need to be disagreements in your group. That way, it may become clear whom in your group God considers to be acceptable {to him}.

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Because of these divisions, you are not actually eating the Lord’s Supper when you gather as fellow believers together {to eat}.

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During your meals, some people are eating their own food before {others receive some}. In this way, some people do not have enough to eat, while other people are getting drunk.

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You act in these ways despite the fact that you can eat food and drink wine in your own houses. Instead, though, you think contemptuously about God’s church. In particular, you shame people who have less than you do. You should already know what I will say to you. I am not going to commend you for doing these things. I will definitely not do that!

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I have already told you what I learned from the Lord about the night when Judas handed the Lord Jesus over {to the authorities, who executed him}. During that night, Jesus picked up a loaf of bread.

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He thanked God {for the loaf of bread}, and then he tore it into pieces {so that the disciples could eat it}. Then he said, “This {bread} is my body, which I am offering for your sake. Repeat what I have done so that you remember {how I am offering} myself {for you}.”

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Just as {he picked up the loaf of bread}, he also picked up the cup {of wine} after they had eaten. He said, “This cup {of wine} is the new covenant {that I am inaugurating} with my blood. Repeat what I have done whenever you drink from this cup of wine so that you remember {how I am offering} myself {for you}.”

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This means that, until the Lord comes back, whenever {you participate in the Lord’s Supper by} eating this bread and drinking {wine from} this cup, you announce that the Lord has died.

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So then, some people, while participating in the Lord’s Supper, might eat the bread or drink {wine from} the cup in a way that dishonors {the Messiah}. God will hold them responsible for {how they have acted against} the Lord’s body and blood.

\w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w then|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w while|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w participating|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Supper|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w might|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w bread|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w drink|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w wine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w cup|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w dishonors|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hold|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w responsible|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w acted|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w blood|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

To avoid that, believers should think carefully consider how they are behaving. Then, they can eat the bread and drink {wine} from the cup.

\w To|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w avoid|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w carefully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w consider|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w behaving|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Then|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w they|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w bread|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w drink|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w wine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w cup|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{You should carefully consider how you are behaving} because some people eat and drink {during the Lord’s Supper} but do not recognize {that God has united fellow believers to the Lord as closely as if they were} the Lord’s body. How they eat and drink {during the Lord’s Supper} will result in God punishing them.

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Because {people in your group have acted in that improper way}, many of them have gotten sick, and some of them have died.

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So, we believers really should carefully consider how we are acting {before we participate in the Lord’s Supper}. Then, God will not punish us.

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However, when the Lord does punish us, he does it to train us. That way, God does not include us when he declares everyone who does not believe in the Messiah to be guilty.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w punish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w train|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w That|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w include|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w declares|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w guilty|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

In conclusion, my fellow believers, when you gather together to eat {the Lord’s Supper}, you should not start eating until everyone has received food and drink.

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Any people who are {so} hungry {that they start eating before everyone has received food and drink} should eat at their own houses. That way, when you gather together as fellow believers, God will not punish you.

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I have not said everything that I need to say. So, I will instruct you about those things whenever I visit you.

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I am now moving on to speak about how God’s Spirit specially empowers believers. I want to inform you, my fellow believers, about these things.

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You remember {what you did} when you were not believers. You worshiped other gods. These other gods cannot even speak, but you did whatever {wrong things people told you to do} to worship these other gods.

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So then, I am informing you that a person who curses Jesus does not speak with the power of God’s Spirit. On the other hand, a person who says that Jesus is Lord must be speaking with the power of the Holy Spirit.

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The Spirit empowers people in many different ways, but there is only one Spirit.

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People serve the Lord in many different ways, but there is only one Lord.

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People work for God in many different ways, but there is only one God. He is the one who empowers all people to function in all these ways.

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Each believer receives from God specific ways in which God’s Spirit works through them to help fellow believers.

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For example, God’s Spirit empowers some believers to speak wisely. Other believers can speak knowledgeably, and the same Spirit empowers them to do this.

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The same Spirit empowers some believers to trust God in special ways. The same Spirit empowers other believers to heal others.

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Other believers can do powerful things. Other believers can speak messages from God. Other believers can decide whether a spiritual being represents God or not. Some believers can speak unknown languages. Other believers can interpret those unknown languages.

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The same Spirit works to empower believers to do all these things. There is just one Holy Spirit, and he decides how to work specifically through each believer.

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{We consider} a person’s body to be a unity, but the body has many body parts. So, all those body parts, no matter how many there are, together make up one body. {We can think about} the Messiah in a similar way.

{\w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w consider|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w unity|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w but|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w matter|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w many|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w there|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w*. {\w We|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w similar|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Now, {God has united us together as closely as if} we made up one body. {This happened when} people baptized us with the result that we have the one Spirit. {We make up this one body} even though some of us are Jewish people and others are non-Jewish people, and even though some of us are slaves and others are free people. Further, we all shared in this one Spirit just like we all shared a drink from one cup.

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As you know, one body part does not make up a body. Rather, it takes many body parts {to make up a body}.

\w As|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w part|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*. \w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w takes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*}.

Imagine that your foot {could talk to you, and it} said that, since it was not a hand, it could not belong to your body. That reason does not keep it from belonging to your body.

\w Imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w foot|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w could|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*} \w said|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w it|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w could|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w belong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w That|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w reason|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w keep|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w belonging|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Again, imagine that your ear {could talk to you, and it} said that, since it was not an eye, it could not belong to your body. That reason does not keep it from belonging to your body.

\w Again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w ear|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w could|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*} \w said|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w eye|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w it|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w could|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w belong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w That|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w reason|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w keep|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w belonging|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Imagine that only eyes made up your body. You would not be able to hear anything! Imagine that only ears made up your body. You would not be able to smell anything!

\w Imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w eyes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w able|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w hear|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*! \w Imagine|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w ears|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w You|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w able|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w smell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anything|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*!

But here is what is true {about the body}: God decided how each body part should function, and he connected each body part to the body for a specific reason.

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Imagine that all {your body parts} were the same {kind of} body part. You would not really have a body at all!

\w Imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w were|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w same|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w kind|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w part|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w really|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w at|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*!

But here is what is true {about the body}: many {different} body parts exist. However, {together they make up} one body.

\w But|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*}: \w many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w different|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w exist|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

Imagine again that your body parts could talk. An eye would never tell a hand, “I do not need you.” Similarly, a head would never tell feet, “I do not need you.”

\w Imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w could|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w An|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w eye|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, “\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*.” \w Similarly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w head|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w feet|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, “\w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.”

Rather, what is true is that the body parts that we consider to be the delicate ones are actually essential.

\w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w consider|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w delicate|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ones|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w actually|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w essential|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Further, we more highly value the body parts that we think of as less valuable. We treat our indecent body parts more decently,

\w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w highly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w value|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w less|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w valuable|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w treat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w indecent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w decently|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,

but we do not treat our decent body parts in any special way. In the end, God is the one who put all the body parts together into one body, and he makes the less valuable parts more valuable.

\w but|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w treat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w decent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w special|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w end|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w put|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w into|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w makes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w less|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w valuable|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w valuable|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

{God did this} in order that the body would not split up into different parts. Instead, the body parts work together and do not privilege one body part over other body parts.

{\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w order|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w split|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w into|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w different|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Instead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w work|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w privilege|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w part|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w over|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

So, all the body parts hurt when one body part is hurting. All the body parts celebrate when somebody praises one body part.

\w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w hurt|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w part|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hurting|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w All|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w celebrate|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w somebody|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w praises|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w part|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

{I say all this because} you all are {like} the Messiah’s body. Each of you is {like} a body part {in that body}.

{\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Each|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w part|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*}.

In line with that, God has specially empowered the people who worship him. First, some people are those whom God has sent to represent the Messiah. Second, some people proclaim what God says. Third, some people teach other believers. Further, some people do powerful things. Others can heal others, help other believers, guide the group of believers, or speak unknown languages.

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Only some believers are those whom God has sent to represent the Messiah. Only some proclaim what God says. Only some teach other believers. Only some do powerful things.

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Only some heal others. Only some speak unknown languages. Only some interpret {those unknown languages}.

\w Only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w heal|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Only|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Only|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w interpret|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}.

Now I want you to eagerly seek the most beneficial gifts. Next, I will tell you about the very best thing you can do.

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Imagine that I could speak many human and angelic languages, but I did not love others. I would be {able to make much noise,} like a loud metal instrument{, but I would not be helping anyone}.

\w Imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w could|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w angelic|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w but|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w love|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w able|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w much|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w noise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w loud|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w metal|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w instrument|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*{, \w but|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w helping|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w anyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

Again, imagine that I could proclaim what God says, that I could comprehend and know everything, and that I believed so much that I could make mountains change places. But imagine further that I did not love others. Because of that, nothing else matters.

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Yet again, imagine that I gifted everything I owned {to people who needed food}, and that I did not protect my own body, with the result that people would honor me. But imagine further that I did not love others. Because of that, none of those things that I did help me.

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Those who love others wait patiently and act graciously. They do not wish that others lost the good things that they have. They do not say great things about themselves or act like they are great.

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They do not do shameful things. They do not care only about themselves. They do not quickly become angry. They do not keep track of what others have done wrong.

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They do not celebrate when people do bad things. Instead, they celebrate what is true.

\w They|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w celebrate|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w bad|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Instead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w celebrate|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

They always put up with {others}. They always believe {that God will do what is best}, and they are always confident {that God will do what he has promised}. They always persevere {when bad things happen}.

\w They|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w always|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w put|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w They|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w always|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w best|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w always|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w confident|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w promised|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w They|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w always|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w persevere|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bad|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w happen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

Those who love others never cease doing so. However, someday people will no longer proclaim what God says. Someday, people will stop speaking unknown languages. Someday, people will no longer know special things.

\w Those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w love|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cease|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w doing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w someday|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w longer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Someday|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w stop|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speaking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Someday|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w people|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w longer|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w special|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{These things will no longer happen} because we know special things incompletely, and we proclaim what God says incompletely.

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So, when we experience what is complete {when Jesus comes back}, what is incomplete will no longer matter.

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{Here is an analogy:} when we were young, we talked as children talk. We thought as children think. We made decisions as children make decisions. But when we grew up, we stopped acting as children do.

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Right now, we see {God} indirectly, as if we saw a reflection in a mirror. When {Jesus comes back}, however, {we will see God} in person. Right now, we know {God} incompletely. When {Jesus comes back}, however, we will know God just as much as he knows us.

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In the end, there are three things that we will always keep doing. We will believe {in the Messiah}, confidently expect {God to do what he has promised}, and love {God and other people}. However, loving {God and others} is the most important out of these three things.

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You should work hard to love others always. Also, you should eagerly seek that the Holy Spirit specially empowers you, particularly that you might be able to proclaim what God says.

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{You should desire this} because people who talk in unknown languages are talking with God, not with other people. {This is} because no one knows what they are saying. Rather, they say secret things as the Holy Spirit empowers them.

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On the other hand, those who proclaim what God says do talk to other people. They help other believers become stronger, urge other believers to act in proper ways, and comfort other believers.

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People who talk in unknown languages help themselves become stronger. On the other hand, people who proclaim what God says help the group of believers become stronger.

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I want all of you to talk in unknown languages. What I want even more, however, is that you might proclaim what God says. Proclaiming what God says is more important and helpful than talking in unknown languages. Of course, if someone explains {the unknown language}, then it {too} can help believers become stronger.

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Here {is what I am trying to say}, my fellow believers: imagine that I{, for example,} visited you, and I talked in unknown languages. I would not be helping you at all. To actually help you, I would need to reveal things {to you}, help you know things, proclaim what God says {to you}, or teach {you}.

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Even things that are not alive but that we use to make sounds {illustrate what I am saying}. {When someone plays} a flute or a harp, the instrument must make multiple different sounds. Otherwise, no one would understand what a person plays on the flute or the harp, {since all the sounds would be the same}.

\w Even|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w but|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w use|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w sounds|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* {\w illustrate|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w saying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. {\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w plays|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w flute|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w harp|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w instrument|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w must|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w multiple|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w different|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sounds|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Otherwise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w plays|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w flute|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w harp|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, {\w since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w sounds|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w same|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

Further, suppose that a trumpet did not make clear sounds {when a person used it to warn others}. No one would know that they needed to get ready to fight the enemy.

\w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w suppose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w trumpet|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w clear|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sounds|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w used|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w warn|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w No|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w would|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w needed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w get|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ready|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w fight|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w enemy|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Whenever you do not use words that other people know when you talk, you are like {an instrument that does not make a clear sound}. No one will comprehend what you are saying, and you will be {like} a person who talks to nobody.

\w Whenever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w use|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w instrument|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w clear|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sound|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w No|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w comprehend|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w saying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w talks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w nobody|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

It seems to be true that a great many varieties of languages exist. Every one of them communicates clearly.

\w It|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w seems|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w great|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w varieties|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w exist|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Every|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w communicates|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w clearly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

So, when I{, for example,} do not understand how a language communicates, I am a stranger to everyone who speaks {that language}, and they are strangers to me.

\w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*{, \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w example|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w language|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w communicates|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w stranger|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w everyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speaks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w language|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w strangers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

So, here is what you must do: because you desire that the Holy Spirit specially empowers you, you should strive more and more {to use what the Holy Spirit empowers you to do} to help the group of believers become stronger.

\w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w must|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*: \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w desire|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Holy|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w specially|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w empowers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w strive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w use|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Holy|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w empowers|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w become|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stronger|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Therefore, those who talk in unknown languages should ask God to enable them to explain {what they are saying}.

\w Therefore|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ask|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w enable|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w explain|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w saying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

When I{, for example,} pray {to God} in an unknown language, only part of me is praying since I am not thinking about what I am saying.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*{, \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w example|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w pray|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w language|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w part|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w praying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w saying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Therefore, here is what {you and I should do}. We should pray {to God} not only with just some parts of us but also by thinking about what we are saying. We should sing {to God} not only with just some parts of us but also by thinking about what we are singing.

\w Therefore|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* {\w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w We|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w pray|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w but|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w saying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w We|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w sing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w just|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w but|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w by|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w singing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Imagine that people who do not understand {unknown languages} hear you praising God when you are using just some parts of you{, and you are not thinking about what you are saying}. Those people will not be able to participate when you praise God because they do not understand {the unknown language} that you are speaking.

\w Imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w hear|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w praising|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w using|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w parts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="7"\w*{, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w saying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w Those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w able|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w participate|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="6" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w praise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w language|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="7" x-occurrences="7"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w speaking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

In this situation, you praise God appropriately. However, you do not help other people become stronger.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w situation|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w praise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w appropriately|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w become|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stronger|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

I give thanks to God that I talk in unknown languages more than you all do.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w give|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thanks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

However, when I gather together with fellow believers to worship God, I want to speak only a few words that I think about. In this way, I can teach other believers and {not just myself}. {It is better for me to do that} than {to say} a million words in an unknown language.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w gather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w worship|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w want|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w few|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w teach|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w myself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. {\w It|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w better|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w a|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w million|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w language|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

My fellow believers, I do not want you to be foolish {about these things, like} little children {are}. Rather, you should know much {about these things, like} a fully grown adult {does}. You should {only} be {like} little children by not doing what is wrong.

\w My|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w want|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w foolish|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w little|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w children|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w Rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w much|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fully|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w grown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w adult|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w be|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w like|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w little|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w children|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w doing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

\w The|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w reports|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,

“\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Israel|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*

\w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w means|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w foreign|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w listen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

Therefore, talking in unknown languages signifies that God judges people who do not believe {in the Messiah}, not people who do believe {in the Messiah}. On the other hand, proclaiming what God says {signifies that God acts kindly toward} people who believe {in the Messiah}, not toward people who do not believe {in the Messiah}.

\w Therefore|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w talking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w signifies|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w judges|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w*}, \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*}. \w On|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w proclaiming|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w signifies|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w acts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w kindly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w toward|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w people|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w*}, \w not|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w toward|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w*}.

So, imagine that the whole group of believers gathered together to worship God, and all of you talked in unknown languages. Imagine further that people who do not understand {unknown languages} or who do not believe {in the Messiah} visit your group. They will tell {others} that you are crazy.

\w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w whole|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w gathered|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w worship|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w talked|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w unknown|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w visit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w They|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w crazy|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

On the other hand, imagine that all of you proclaimed what God says. Imagine further that any people who do not believe {in the Messiah} or who do not understand {unknown languages} visit your group. Everything that you say will show them and confront them with {what they have done wrong}.

\w On|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w proclaimed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Imagine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w understand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w visit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w show|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w confront|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w done|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

{In this way,} everyone will know the things that these {visitors} hide from others. In response, they will kneel down and worship God. They will proclaim {to others} that God truly is with you.

{\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w everyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w visitors|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w hide|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w response|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w kneel|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w down|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w worship|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w They|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w truly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

My fellow believers, here is what I mean. Whenever you gather together {to worship God}, each believer {has something to do}. Some sing songs, others teach, others reveal things, others speak in an unknown language, others interpret an unknown language. Believers should do all these things to help other believers become stronger.

\w My|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w mean|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Whenever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w gather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w worship|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w each|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w something|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w Some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w songs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w teach|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w others|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w reveal|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w others|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w language|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w others|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w interpret|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w language|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w become|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stronger|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

When believers are talking in unknown languages, only two or three at most {should speak}. They should talk one after the other, and someone needs to explain {what they are saying}.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w talking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w two|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w three|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w at|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w most|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w speak|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w They|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w after|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w someone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w needs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w explain|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w saying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

On the other hand, when believers gather to worship God and a person who can explain the unknown language is not there, everyone who can talk in unknown languages should keep quiet. Instead {of talking out loud}, they should talk {in unknown languages} privately to God.

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Similarly, {around} two or three people who proclaim what God says should speak. Everyone else should decide whether {what they say} is correct or incorrect.

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Now, whenever God reveals something to a person who is listening {to someone else proclaim what God says when believers gather together}, the person who is speaking should stop speaking.

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{You should do that} so that everyone has a chance to proclaim what God says, one after the other. In that way, everyone learns something, and everyone becomes stronger.

{\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w everyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w chance|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w after|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w everyone|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w learns|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w something|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everyone|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w becomes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w stronger|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Those who proclaim what God says control how and when they proclaim it.

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{That is true} because what is peaceful and orderly characterizes God, not what is disorderly.

{\w That|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w peaceful|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w orderly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w characterizes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w disorderly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

 {I want you to act} like all the {other} people whom God has set apart for himself do when they gather together to worship God.

 {\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w want|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w set|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w apart|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w himself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w gather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w worship|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

Wives should keep quiet when believers gather together {and their husbands are speaking}. They should not talk but rather honor and obey {their husbands}. {They should do this} because that is what we find in {God’s} law.

\w Wives|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w keep|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w quiet|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w gather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speaking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w They|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w talk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w but|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w honor|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w obey|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w their|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w husbands|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. {\w They|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w find|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w law|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Now, when wives want to learn more {about what their husbands are saying}, they should ask their husbands questions in their own houses. {They should do this} because wives who talk when believers gather together {and their husbands are speaking} shame {themselves and their families}.

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{If you dislike what I have said,} remember that you are not the source of what God has said, and you are not the only ones who have heard {and believed what God has said}.

{\w If|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w dislike|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w said|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*,} \w remember|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w source|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w said|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ones|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w heard|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w believed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w said|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*}.

All people who consider themselves to be those who proclaim what God says or those whom the Holy Spirit has specially empowered must recognize that the Lord himself requires what I am writing to you.

\w All|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w consider|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w themselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w whom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Holy|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Spirit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w specially|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w empowered|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w must|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w recognize|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w himself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w requires|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w writing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

On the other hand, you should not recognize {as authoritative} any people who do not recognize {that the Lord requires what I have said}.

\w On|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w recognize|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w authoritative|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w any|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w recognize|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w requires|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w said|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

In the end, my fellow believers, eagerly seek to proclaim what God says. Further, do not prohibit people from speaking unknown languages.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w end|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w eagerly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w seek|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w prohibit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w speaking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w unknown|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w languages|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Finally, {when you gather together to worship God}, you should always act in honorable and orderly ways.

\w Finally|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w gather|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w worship|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w always|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w act|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w honorable|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w orderly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ways|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Next, I am informing you, fellow believers, about the good news that I told you about. You learned this good news {from me}, and you firmly believe it.

\w Next|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w informing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w told|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w learned|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w firmly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

When you continue to firmly believe the message that I preached to you, God saves you by means of that message. Otherwise, you believed {the message} for nothing.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w continue|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w firmly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w preached|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w saves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w means|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w Otherwise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w you|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w believed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w message|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*} \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w nothing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Here is one of the first things that I told you, which I learned {from the Lord}: the Messiah died {on the cross} to take away our sins, just as the holy books {said}.

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People buried him, but during the third day {after that}, God made him alive again, just as the holy books {said}.

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He appeared to Peter and then to the {rest of Jesus’} twelve {closest followers}.

\w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w appeared|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Peter|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w then|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w rest|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’} \w twelve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w closest|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w followers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

After that, he appeared at one time to greater than 500 fellow believers. Although some of these people have died, almost all of them are still alive.

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After that, he appeared to James and then to everyone whom he sent to represent him.

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Finally, he appeared to me also after all of them. So, {because I became one whom Jesus sent to represent him after everyone else}, I am like a baby that was born in an unusual way.

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In fact, I am less significant and honorable than every other person whom the Messiah sent to represent him. Indeed, since I tried to destroy those who believe in the Messiah, I do not deserve it when others call me one whom the Messiah sent to represent him.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fact|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w less|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w significant|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w honorable|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w every|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Indeed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w tried|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w destroy|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w deserve|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w call|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whom|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

However, God graciously made me one whom the Messiah sent to represent him. Further, what he has given me has resulted in great things. In fact, I accomplished more than all the other {ones whom the Messiah sent to represent him}. Of course, it was not really I {who accomplished these things}. Instead, it was God graciously working through me {who accomplished these things}.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w graciously|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w given|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w resulted|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w great|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fact|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w accomplished|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w ones|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whom|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w sent|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w represent|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}. \w Of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w course|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w really|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w accomplished|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*}. \w Instead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w it|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w graciously|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w working|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w through|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* {\w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w accomplished|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*}.

In the end, both I and the other apostles proclaim the good news that I have described, and you trusted this good news.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w end|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w both|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w apostles|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w described|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w trusted|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Because all believers say that God made the Messiah alive again, no one in your group should be claiming that people who have died will not live again.

\w Because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w claiming|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w live|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Suppose {that it is true} that people who have died will not live again. {In that case,} God did not make the Messiah alive again.

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Suppose {that it is true} that God did not make the Messiah alive again. In that case, we proclaimed {the good news} and you believed it for no reason.

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Further, we would be people who tell lies about God, because we declared before God that he made the Messiah alive again when he really did not. This would all be true were God not to make those who have died alive again.

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{You can tell that this is true when you} suppose that God does not make people who have died alive again. {In that case,} God did not make even the Messiah alive again.

{\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w suppose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. {\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w even|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Suppose {that it is true} that God did not make the Messiah alive again. {In that case,} you believed {the good news} for no reason, and how you sin continues to control you.

\w Suppose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w believed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w reason|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w continues|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w control|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.

In that case again, the believers who have died will never live again.

\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w live|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Suppose that we can confidently expect the Messiah {to help us} only before we die. {In that case,} all people should feel sorry for us more than for anyone else.

\w Suppose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w confidently|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w expect|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w before|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w feel|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sorry|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w than|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w anyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w else|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

But here is what is true: God has made the Messiah alive again, and he is the first of those who have died {whom God will make alive again}.

\w But|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*: \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w first|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w whom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}.

{You can tell that this is true} because people die through what the one man {Adam} did. So also people who have died will live again through what the one man {Jesus} did.

{\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w through|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w Adam|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w did|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w also|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w live|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w through|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w man|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w did|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

What I mean is that, just as all people end up dying because God united them to Adam, in the same way all {believers} will live again because God unites them to the Messiah.

\w What|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w mean|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w end|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w up|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w dying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w united|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Adam|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w same|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w live|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w unites|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Now, all people {who will live again} do so in turn, first the Messiah and then those who belong to the Messiah when he comes {back again}.

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After that, what everything that God has created is waiting for {will happen}. At that time, the Messiah will get rid of everyone and everything that rules and governs and controls. Then, he will present God, {who is our} Father, with the kingdom {so that God rules over everything}.

\w After|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="5"\w*, \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w created|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w waiting|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w happen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w At|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w time|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w get|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rid|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w rules|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w governs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w controls|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Then|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w present|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*, {\w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w Father|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w kingdom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="5" x-occurrences="5"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w rules|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w over|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*}.

Here is how {that works}: God has decided that the Messiah will rule until whenever he has conquered all those who oppose him.

\w Here|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w works|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}: \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w decided|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rule|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w until|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w whenever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w conquered|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w oppose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

The last thing that opposes Christ that he will get rid of is that people die.

\w The|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w last|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w opposes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Christ|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w get|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rid|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Now, the scripture says, “he made him conquer everything that opposes him.” Of course, “everything” does not include God, who is the one who “made him conquer everything.”

\w Now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, “\w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w conquer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w opposes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*.” \w Of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w course|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, “\w everything|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*” \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w include|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* “\w made|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w conquer|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.”

So, after he has conquered everything, then God the Son will submit to the one who made him conquer everything. In this way, God will conquer and rule all things.

\w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w after|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w conquered|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w then|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Son|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w submit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w conquer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w everything|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w conquer|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w rule|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Now, consider people who baptize others to help those who are dead. Further, suppose again that God never makes people who have died alive again. {In that case,} there is no reason for people to baptize others to help those who have died.

\w Now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w consider|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w baptize|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w dead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Further|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w suppose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w makes|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. {\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w there|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w reason|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w baptize|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w others|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w help|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

Even more, {in that case,} there is no reason for we {who proclaim the good news} to constantly endanger ourselves {as we do}.

\w Even|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w more|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w there|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w reason|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w for|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w proclaim|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w good|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w news|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w constantly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w endanger|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ourselves|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

Indeed, I risk dying very frequently. I swear {that this is true} by how I boast about you, fellow believers, which I do because God has united all of us to the Messiah, {who is} Jesus our Lord.

\w Indeed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w risk|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w dying|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w very|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w frequently|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w swear|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w boast|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w which|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w united|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, {\w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Suppose that I was thinking about merely human things while I struggled against those who opposed me when I visited the city of Ephesus. {In that case, struggling against them} does not benefit me at all. Suppose again that God does not make people who have died alive again. {In that case,} we should {do what many people say to do}: eat {food}, and drink {wine}, because we will die very soon.

\w Suppose|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w was|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w merely|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w while|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w struggled|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w opposed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w visited|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w city|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Ephesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w struggling|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w against|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w benefit|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w at|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Suppose|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alive|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*. {\w In|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w case|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*,} \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w many|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*}: \w eat|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w food|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w drink|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w wine|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}, \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w very|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w soon|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

You should not believe what is wrong. {It is true what people say:} “Evil friends lead a person who normally does what is proper astray.”

\w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w It|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w true|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*:} “\w Evil|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w friends|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w lead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w normally|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w proper|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w astray|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

I want you to start acting alertly and properly. You should not keep doing what is wrong. {I command these things} because some people in your group do not know God. I say that in order to make you feel ashamed

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w want|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w start|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w acting|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w alertly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w properly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w You|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w keep|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w doing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w wrong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w command|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w some|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w your|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w group|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w say|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w order|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w feel|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ashamed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*

Now a person may ask about the way in which the people who have died live again and about what form they will take.

\w Now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w may|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ask|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w which|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w live|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w form|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w take|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{If you do not know the answers to those questions,} you are not thinking clearly! {Just think about this:} a seed that you put in the ground must die before it can grow.

{\w If|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w do|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w know|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w answers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w questions|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w you|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w thinking|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w clearly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*! {\w Just|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w think|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w about|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*:} \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w seed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w put|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w ground|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w must|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w before|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w grow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{Speaking about} a seed that you put in the ground, {you know that} it is not in the form of the plant. Rather, it is just the seed. This is true whether {we are speaking about} wheat or some other crop.

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Indeed, God makes seeds grow into the forms that he chooses, and each kind of seed has a specific form {into which it grows}.

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The physical parts of different living beings vary. For example, humans, mammals, birds, and fish all have different kinds of physical parts.

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Some things exist in heaven, and other things exist on earth. The forms of things in heaven are glorious in one way, while the forms of things on earth are glorious in another way.

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{Further,} the sun, moon, and stars are glorious in different ways. In fact, each star is glorious in its own specific way.

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Here is the way {all that applies to how} people who have died live again. People put a decaying body into the ground, but God makes it alive again so that it can never die.

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People put a body that receives no respect into the ground, but God makes it alive again so that everyone respects it. People put a frail body into the ground, but God makes it alive again so that it is strong.

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People put a body that belongs to this world into the ground, but God makes it alive again so that it belongs to the world that God will renew. Just as some bodies belong to this world, so some bodies belong to the world that God will renew.

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{You can tell that this is true} because the scripture says, “God made the first human, Adam, as a living being who belonged to this world.” {On the other hand, Jesus, who is like} another Adam, now belongs to the world that God will renew and gives life to others.

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Now {the first Adam’s} body that belongs to this world existed first, and only after that does {the last Adam’s body} exist that belongs to the world that God will renew.

\w Now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w first|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Adam|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w world|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w existed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w first|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w after|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w last|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Adam|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w exist|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w world|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w renew|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{Adam, who represents} the first {kind of} human, belonged on the earth. {In fact,} God made him from dust. {On the other hand, Jesus, who represents} the second {kind of} human, belongs in heaven.

{\w Adam|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w represents|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w first|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w kind|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w belonged|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w earth|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fact|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*,} \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w him|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w from|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w dust|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w On|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hand|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w represents|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w second|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w kind|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w human|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w belongs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w heaven|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

All people who belong on the earth are like Adam. All those who belong in heaven are like Jesus.

\w All|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w belong|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w on|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w earth|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Adam|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w All|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w belong|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w heaven|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Our bodies currently are like {Adam’s body} that belongs to this world. In the same way, we should live in such a way that our bodies will eventually be like {Jesus’ body} that belongs to the world that God will renew.

\w Our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bodies|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w currently|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w Adam|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w body|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w world|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w In|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w same|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w should|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w live|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w such|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bodies|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w eventually|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w like|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* {\w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’ \w body|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w belongs|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w world|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w renew|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Listen to this, my fellow believers: human bodies as they currently exist cannot participate in God’s kingdom that lasts forever, since they fall apart and die.

\w Listen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*: \w human|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bodies|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w currently|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w exist|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w cannot|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w participate|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’\w s|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w kingdom|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w lasts|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w forever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w fall|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w apart|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

Pay attention! I am going to tell you something that God has now revealed. Not all of us will die, but God will transform all of us.

\w Pay|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w attention|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*! \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w going|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w tell|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w something|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w now|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w revealed|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w but|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w transform|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

{He will transform us} in one moment, as fast as a person blinks an eye. {This will happen} when {an angel plays} the trumpet that signals that this world is ending. When {an angel} plays that trumpet, God will make those who have died live again so that they can never die, and he will transform everyone who still lives.

{\w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w transform|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w one|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w moment|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w as|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w fast|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w as|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w person|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w blinks|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w an|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w eye|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. {\w This|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w happen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w when|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w an|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w angel|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w plays|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w trumpet|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w signals|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w world|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w is|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w ending|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w an|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w angel|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*} \w plays|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w trumpet|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w make|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w those|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w have|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w died|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w live|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w again|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w they|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w transform|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w everyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w still|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w lives|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

So, bodies that fall apart and die need to transform into bodies that last forever and can never die.

\w So|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w bodies|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w fall|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w apart|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w need|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w transform|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w into|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bodies|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w last|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w forever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

When our bodies that fall apart and die transform into bodies that last forever and can never die, at that time what the scripture says will finally happen:

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bodies|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w fall|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w apart|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w transform|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w into|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w bodies|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w last|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w forever|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w never|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w*, \w at|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w time|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w scripture|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w says|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w finally|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w happen|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*:

“\w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w made|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w no|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w longer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w*.”

“\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w does|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w not|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w destroy|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w or|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w hurt|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.”

When people hurt because people die, that happens because people sin. When people sin, that can affect things so greatly only because of Moses’ law.

\w When|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w hurt|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w happens|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w When|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w people|x-occurrence="4" x-occurrences="4"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w that|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w can|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w affect|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w things|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w greatly|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w only|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Moses|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*’ \w law|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

However, I praise God because he has enabled us to conquer {how we sin and die}. {He has done this} by means of what our Lord, Jesus the Messiah, has done.

\w However|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w praise|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w because|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w he|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w enabled|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w conquer|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w how|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w we|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w sin|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w and|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w die|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. {\w He|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w done|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w this|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w by|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w means|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w what|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w our|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w has|x-occurrence="3" x-occurrences="3"\w* \w done|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w*.

So then, fellow believers whom I love, firmly believe {what you know is true}. Consistently serve the Lord more and more. {You should do these things} because you know that what you do {to serve the Lord} will result in great things since God has united you to the Lord.

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I am now moving on to speak about the money that I am collecting for God’s people {who are Jewish}. I want you to do what I instructed the groups of believers {who live} in the region of Galatia to do.

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During each Sunday, every one of you should take some money out of anything extra that you have earned and save it. That way, I will not need to collect money when I visit you.

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Choose some trustworthy people from your group. When I visit you, I will have them take the money {that you have collected} to the city of Jerusalem. Also, I will give them letters {that say that I have authorized them}.

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You and I may decide that I should go {to Jerusalem} as well. In that case, the people {whom you choose} will travel with me.

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I am going to visit you after I travel through the region of Macedonia. By the way, that is the way I will be traveling.

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In fact, I may spend some time with you, maybe the whole winter. That way, you can assist me in traveling to wherever I decide to go next.

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{I am making these plans} because I would rather wait to be with you for a long time than visit you right now for just a short time. I confidently expect to do this as long as it is what the Lord wants {me to do}.

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For now, I plan on remaining here in the city of Ephesus until the Pentecost festival.

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{I am remaining here} because God has allowed me to effectively and freely proclaim the good news. {Further, I need to resist} the large number of people who are working against me.

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Whenever Timothy arrives {in your city}, make sure that he feels safe when he is with you. {You should do this} because he serves the Lord {by proclaiming the good news}, just like I do.

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So, do not treat him disrespectfully. Rather, act in a friendly way by assisting him in traveling back to me. {You should do this} because I anticipate that he will come back to me with the other believers {who are traveling to visit me}.

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I am now moving on to speak about our fellow believer, Apollos. I firmly urged him to visit you with the other believers {who were traveling to visit you}. However, he firmly decided that it was not the right time to visit you. Instead, he will visit you when he thinks that it is the right time.

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Watch out {for what is wrong}! Firmly believe {the good news}! Be courageous! Be determined!

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You should focus on loving others whenever you think or do anything.

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You know that those who live in the house of Stephanas were the first people {to believe the good news} in the region of Achaia. Further, they have chosen to serve God’s people. I ask you, my fellow believers,

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to honor and obey them and other people like them. In fact, {you should honor and obey} every person who works hard {to proclaim the good news} with us.

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I am happy that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus arrived here. {That is} because they have allowed me to connect with you all even when you are not with me.

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They encouraged and energized both me and you. Therefore, you should honor them and other people like them.

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The groups of believers here in the region of Asia send their regards. Aquila and Priscilla, as those whom God has also united to the Lord, send many regards. The believers that gather in their house {also send their regards}.

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All the fellow believers {who are with me} send their regards. Welcome each other in a loving way.

\w All|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fellow|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w believers|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w are|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w me|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w send|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w their|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w regards|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w Welcome|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w each|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w other|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w in|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w a|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w loving|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w way|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

I, Paul, send my regards {to you}. I am writing {these last words} myself {instead of having my scribe write them}.

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*, \w Paul|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w send|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w regards|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}. \w I|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w am|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w writing|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w these|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w last|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w words|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w myself|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* {\w instead|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w having|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w my|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w scribe|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w write|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w them|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*}.

May God curse everyone who fails to love the Lord. I pray that the Lord returns soon.

\w May|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w curse|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w everyone|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w who|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w fails|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w love|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="2"\w*. \w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w pray|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="2" x-occurrences="2"\w* \w returns|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w soon|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

{\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w pray|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w that|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*} \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Lord|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w will|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w gracious|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*.

I continue to love all of you, since God has united us together with Jesus the Messiah. May it be so!

\w I|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w continue|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w to|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w love|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w all|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w of|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w you|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*, \w since|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w God|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w has|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w united|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w us|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w together|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w with|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Jesus|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w the|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w Messiah|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*. \w May|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w it|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w be|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w* \w so|x-occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"\w*!