lest some one should say that ye were immersed into my name.

For, when one says, "I am of Paul;" and another, "I am of Apollos;" are ye not carnal?

But this I say by way of permission, not of command.

Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them, if they remain even as I am.

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for that which is seemly, and compatible with constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.

Do I speak these things after the manner of man? Or does not the law also say the same?

Or doth He say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written; because he that plows ought to plow in hope; and he that threshes ought to thresh in hope of partaking.

I am speaking as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

What, then, do I say? that an idol-sacrifice is anything? or that an idol is anything?

Nay, but I say that the things which the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not wish you to become partakers with the demons.

But, if anyone says to you, "This is the remains of an idol-sacrifice." eat it not, for his sake that showed it, and because of conscience:

conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the assembly of God, and put to shame those who have them not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

Wherefore, I make known to you that no one speaking in the Spirit of God, says, "Jesus is accursed"; and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except in the Holy Spirit.

If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body"; it is not, therefore, not of the body.

And, if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body"; it is not, therefore, not of the body.

And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."

Else, if you are blessing with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he knows not what you say?

If, therefore, the whole assembly comes together, and all are speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?

Let the wives keep silence in the assemblies; for it is not permitted them to speak, but let them be in subjection, as also says the law.

Now if Christ is preached, that He hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead.

Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have not a knowledge of God: I say it to your shame!

But some one will say, "How are the dead raised? and with what kind of body do they come?"

And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.