Jeffray Greene

“All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify. Let no one seek his own good, but that of his…

“You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Or do we…

“What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice,…

“Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.  Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat…

“I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.  Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the…

“No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but…

“Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.  Therefore let him who thinks…

“Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.  Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer”…

“Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.”  Nor let us act…

“Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.   Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not…