³⁷ But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing.

¹² Now about our brother Apollos:^(A) I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.

³ All of us also lived among them at one time,^(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh^[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

²⁶ and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil,^(A) who has taken them captive to do his will.

²¹ For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God^(A) as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.^(B)