Now this I say, every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

Lest any should say, that I had baptized in my own name.

But I say this by way of advice, not by way of precept. For I would that all men were even as myself:

But to the unmarried and the widows I say, It is good for them, if they remain even as I.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that even they that have wives, be as if they had none: And they that weep, as if they wept not;

And this I say for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but that ye may decently wait upon the Lord without distraction.

But if any one love God, he is known by him. I say, as to the eating of things sacrificed to idols,

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

What say I then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is any thing? or that an idol is any thing?

But if any one say to you, This hath been sacrificed to an idol, eat not, for his sake that shewed thee, and for conscience sake.

Conscience I say, not thy own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another's conscience?

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or do ye despise the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this?

Therefore I give you to know, that as no one speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed; so no one can say, Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot should say,

And if the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

Otherwise if thou givest thanks with the Spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of a private person, say Amen to thy thanksgiving, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

Yet if the whole church be met together, and all speak with unknown tongues, and there come in ignorant persons or unbelievers, will they not say, that ye are mad?

But if Christ is preached, that he rose from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?

But some one will say, How are the dead raised? And with what body do they come?

But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.