so that there is no spiritual gift in which you consciously come short, while you are waiting for the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For I have been informed about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are wranglings among you.

for you are still unspiritual. For when there are still jealousy and wrangling among you, are you not still unspiritual and living by a human standard?

I ask this to make you blush with shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a grievance of one brother against another,

So, as to eating things that have been sacrificed to idols, we are sure that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.

For even if there are so-called gods in heaven or on earth -- as there are, indeed, a vast number of gods and lords --

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and the goal of our living, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom everything was made and through whom we live.

Because there is only one loaf, so we, though many, are only one body, for we all partake of one loaf.

For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that there are cliques among you, and I partly believe it.

Yes, indeed, there must be parties among you, in order that people of approved fitness may come to the front among you.

There are varieties of gifts, but the Spirit is the same in all;

there are varieties of service, but the Lord to be served is the same;

there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who does all things by putting energy in us all.

But as it now is, there are many parts, but one body.

so that there is no disharmony in the body, but all the parts have a common care for one another.

Love never fails; if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if now exist ecstatic speakings, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will soon be set aside;

Even inanimate things, like the flute or the harp, may give out sounds, but if there is no difference in the notes, how can the tune that is played on the flute or the harp be told?

There are, supposedly, ever so many languages in the world, and not one is without its own meaning.

If anybody speaks in ecstasy, there must be only two, or three at most, and let one speak at a time, and someone explain what he says.

But if there is no one to explain it, let him keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God alone.

Now if we preach that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you are saying that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised,

and if Christ was not raised, the message which we preach has nothing in it; there is nothing in our faith either,

There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

it is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is a spiritual body too.

When I get there, I will send on, with credentials, the persons whom you approve, to carry your gift of charity to Jerusalem.

If Timothy gets there, see that he is at ease among you, for he is devotedly doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.