if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia,
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