1 Corinthians 10:32

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the middle of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Abstain from every form of evil.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.

We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?

(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”

“ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

She lay at his feet until the morning, then she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.