which none of the rulers of this age know. For if they knew, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.

and again, Lord knows the thoughts of the wise that they are vain.

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

But if they have no self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband, then otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

But if any man thinks to behave improperly toward his virgin, if it is past the best time, and so ought to happen, she should do what she wants, she does not sin, they should marry.

And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.

And they all ate the same spiritual food,

and they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them. And the rock was the Christ.

However with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness.

Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.

Look at Israel according to flesh. Those who eat the sacrifices, are they not partakers of the altar?

Rather, that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partakers of demons.

just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

And if they were all one part, where would be the body?

Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished.

Likewise lifeless things that give a sound, whether flute or harp, if they give no distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is being piped or harped?

In the law it is written, In other tongues and in other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear me, says Lord.

If therefore the whole congregation comes together in the same place, and all speak in tongues, and unlearned or unbelieving men come in, will they not say that ye are mad?

And if they want to learn anything, let them question their own husbands at home, for it is an ugly thing for women to speak in an assembly.

If any man presumes to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge what I write to you, that they are commandments of Lord.

Otherwise what will they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why then are they immersed for the dead?

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

And if it is fitting for me to go also, they will go with me.

Now I beseech you, brothers (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruit of Achaia, and that they committed themselves to service for the sanctified),

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge ye such men.