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1 Corinthians 7:8 (NIV)

Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.

1 Corinthians 7:9 (NIV)

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

1 Corinthians 8:4 (NIV)

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.”

1 Corinthians 8:6 (NIV)

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

1 Corinthians 8:8 (NIV)

But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

1 Corinthians 8:2 (NIV)

Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.

1 Corinthians 8:5 (NIV)

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),

1 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV)

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 8:10 (NIV)

For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?

1 Corinthians 8:12 (NIV)

When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:11 (NIV)

So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

1 Corinthians 8:13 (NIV)

Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

1 Corinthians 8:1 (NIV)

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.

1 Corinthians 9:18 (NIV)

What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:19 (NIV)

Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

1 Corinthians 9:2 (NIV)

Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:7 (NIV)

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?

1 Corinthians 9:11 (NIV)

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

1 Corinthians 9:9 (NIV)

For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

1 Corinthians 9:16 (NIV)

For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

1 Corinthians 9:25 (NIV)

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

1 Corinthians 9:3 (NIV)

This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me.

1 Corinthians 9:12 (NIV)

If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.