<p>14:38 <i>But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant- </i>This recalls his comment in 1 Cor. 11:16 about head coverings: &ldquo;But if any man seem to be contentious, we have&nbsp; no such custom, neither the churches of God&rdquo;. Paul seems to allow for the possibility of some in the church remaining in disagreement with his inspired teaching. His desire, it seems, was to state Divine truth and not to cause division in the ecclesia by insisting that all he said about these procedural issues in church life should be enforced at all costs. Considering he was inspired, this is quite some concession. Paul opened this section in 12:1 by writing that he didn't want them to be &quot;ignorant&quot; about spiritual gifts. But now he says that if after all he has written they want to ignore it, well, ignore it. This is not coarseness nor sarcasm. It is grace really, to allow others to be ignorant of what Paul knew was inspired teaching from God. His lack of threat or consequence is noteworthy; and he certainly never threatens excommunication or a break in relationship with them. After all, he has reasoned earlier that his salvation is bound up with theirs.</p>