I am not speakingthese thingsaccordingto human judgment,am I? Ordoes not the Lawalsosaythese things?
To the lawand to the testimony!Ifthey do not speakaccording to thisword,it is becausethey havenodawn.
Do we thennullifythe Lawthroughfaith?May it neverbe! On the contrary,we establishthe Law.
But ifour unrighteousnessdemonstratesthe righteousnessof God,whatshall we say?The Godwho inflictswrathis not unrighteous,is He? (I am speakingin humanterms.)
I am speakingin human termsbecauseof the weaknessof your flesh.For justas you presentedyour membersas slavesto impurityand to lawlessness,resultingin [further] lawlessness,sonowpresentyour membersas slavesto righteousness,resultingin sanctification.
The womenare to keep silentin the churches;for they are not permittedto speak,but are to subjectthemselves, justas the Lawalsosays.
But in my opinionshe is happierifshe remainsas she is; and I thinkthat I alsohavethe Spiritof God.
For I would have you know,brethren,that the gospelwhich was preachedby me is not accordingto man.
For thisreasonwe alsoconstantlythankGodthat when you receivedthe wordof Godwhichyou heardfrom us, you accepted[it] not [as] the wordof men,but [for] whatit reallyis, the wordof God,whichalsoperforms its workin you who believe.
So,he who rejects[this] is not rejectingmanbut the Godwho givesHis HolySpiritto you.
