Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.

in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.

And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,

which is His body, the fullness of the One who fills all things in every way.

for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head-- Christ.

From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part.

for the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

since we are members of His body.

He doesn't hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.

Then Joseph said, "I swear that I will not do this. The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. The rest of you can go in peace to your father."

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others." But when they heard this they said, "No-- never!"

What then? If some did not believe, will their unbelief cancel God's faithfulness?

Absolutely not! God must be true, but everyone is a liar, as it is written: That You may be justified in Your words and triumph when You judge.

Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, You shall not covet.

Therefore, did what is good cause my death? Absolutely not! On the contrary, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.

But if, while seeking to be justified by Christ, we ourselves are also found to be sinners, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!

Is the law therefore contrary to God's promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.