Balaam answered, "Because you have made a fool of me! If I had a sword, I would kill you."

Actually I would prefer that all of you were as I am; but each one has a special gift from God, one person this gift, another one that gift.

I would like for all of you to speak in strange tongues; but I would rather that you had the gift of proclaiming God's message. For the person who proclaims God's message is of greater value than the one who speaks in strange tongues---unless there is someone present who can explain what is said, so that the whole church may be helped.

I wish that the people who are upsetting you would go all the way; let them go on and castrate themselves!