G3588–ὁ–ho

Thus much I say in your own interest; not to lay a trap for you, but to help towards what is becoming, and enable you to wait on the Lord without distraction.

τὸ to “the”τὸ to “what”τῷ tō “to the”

If, however, a father thinks he is acting unbecomingly towards his still unmarried daughter if she be past the bloom of her youth, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin; she and her suitor should be allowed to marry

τὴν tēn “the”

But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried, he will do well.

τῇ tēa “the”τοῦ tou “the”τῇ tēa “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”τὴν tēn “<the>”

So that he who gives his daughter in marriage does well, and yet he who does not give her in marriage will do better.

ὁ ho “the [one]”τὴν tēn “<the>”ὁ ho “the [one]”

A woman is bound to her husband during the whole period that he lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to marry whom she will, provided that he is a Christian.

ὁ ho “the”ὁ ho “the”

But in my judgement, her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.

τὴν tēn “<the>”

Now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols. This is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it. Knowledge, however, tends to make people conceited; it is love that builds us up.

τῶν tōn “the”ἡ hē “<the>”ἡ hē “<the>”

but if any one loves God, that man is known by God.

τὸν ton “<the>”

As to eating things which have been sacrificed to idols, we are fully aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.

τῆς tēs “the”τῶν tōn “of the”

For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--

τῆς tēs “<the>”

yet *we* have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.

ὁ ho “the”τὰ ta “the [things]”τὰ ta “the [things]”

But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted.

ἡ hē “this”τῇ tēa “<the>”τοῦ tou “of the”ἡ hē “the”

It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.

τῷ tō “<the>”

But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.

ἡ hē “the”τοῖς tois “to those”

For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer) be emboldened to eat the food which has been sacrificed to the idol?

τὸν ton “who”ἡ hē “the”τὸ to “<the>”τὰ ta “the”

Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!

ὁ ho “the [one] who”τῇ tēa “<the>”ὁ ho “the”

Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.

τοὺς tous “the”τὴν tēn “<the>”

Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall.

τὸν ton “the”τὸν ton “the”τὸν ton “the”

Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Can it be denied that I have seen Jesus, our Lord? Are not you yourselves my work in the Lord?

τὸν ton “the”τὸ to “the”

If to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship.

ἡ hē “the”τῆς tēs “<the>”

That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.

ἡ hē “<the>”τοῖς tois “to those”

Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?

οἱ hoi “the”οἱ hoi “the”τοῦ tou “of the”

Or again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands?

τοῦ tou “<the>”

What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk?

τὸν ton “the”τοῦ tou “the”τῆς tēs “of the”

Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?

ὁ ho “the”