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People would tell stories about Jesus in their churches.
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Sometimes, they would tell sayings.
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So in Romans 12:14, Paul says,
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"Bless those who persecute you.
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Bless and do not curse them."
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Now, he doesn't say this is a quotation of Jesus.
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But it sounds an awful lot like you find in some of the gospels
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like in Matthew 5:44.
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So Paul's saying this, probably,
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passing this along as a quotation of Jesus.
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In 1 Corinthians 11:23-26,
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here I'll read this to you.