1 Corinthians 10:22

10:22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is? ¹ 

1 Corinthians 12:11

12:11 It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

1 Corinthians 12:18

12:18 But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

1 Corinthians 15:8

15:8 Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, ²  he appeared to me also.

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¹ tn The question in Greek expects a negative answer (“We are not stronger than he is, are we?”).

² sn One born at the wrong time. The Greek word used here (ἔκτρωμα, ektrwma) refers to a premature birth, a miscarriage, or an aborted child. Paul uses it as a powerful figure of the unexpected, abnormal nature of his apostolic call.