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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
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What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.
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Lawsuits Among Believers
If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people?
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I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?
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To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
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And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
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For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
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Concerning Change of Status
Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
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Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
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The Believer’s Freedom
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.
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In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it.
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Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
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By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
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Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
