For the outlook ¹  of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, ¹  or does the law not say this as well?

Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they? ¹ 

There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

Now the works of the flesh ¹  are obvious: ²  sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

Above all, you do well if you recognize ¹  this: ²  No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet’s own imagination, ³ 

They told him, “We both had dreams, ¹  but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them ²  to me.”

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, ¹  and there is no one who can interpret ²  it. But I have heard about you, that ³  you can interpret dreams.” ⁴ 

When your people ¹  come to their senses ²  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; ³  we have done evil.’

When your people ¹  come to their senses ²  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray ³ , we have done evil!’

God has made everything fit beautifully ¹  in its appropriate time, but ²  he has also placed ignorance ³  in the human heart ⁴  so that ⁵  people ⁶  cannot discover what God has ordained, ⁷  from the beginning to the end ⁸  of their lives. ⁹ 

Here is ¹  another ²  enigma ³  that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, ⁴  and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. ⁵  I said, “This also is an enigma.”

The Lord answered, ¹  “This will happen ²  because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. ³  They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”