None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings of the wise are meaningless.

I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.

But if they do not have self-control, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with desire.

For the unbelieving husband is set apart for God by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart for God by the husband. Otherwise your children would be corrupt, but now they are set apart for God.

And I say this, brothers: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,

those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,

and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.

But if any man thinks he is acting improperly toward his virgin, if she is past marriageable age, and so it must be, he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.

However, not everyone has this knowledge. In fact, some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food offered to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a crown that will fade away, but we a crown that will never fade away.

They all ate the same spiritual food,

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

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did.

Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons!

just as I also try to please all people in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, so that they may be saved.

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

Love never ends.
But as for prophecies,
they will come to an end;
as for languages, they will cease;
as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

Even inanimate things that produce sounds—whether flute or harp—if they don’t make a distinction in the notes, how will what is played on the flute or harp be recognized?

It is written in the law:

I will speak to these people
by people of other languages
and by the lips of foreigners,
and even then, they will not listen to Me,

says the Lord.

Therefore, if the whole church assembles together and all are speaking in other languages and people who are uninformed or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says.

And if they want to learn something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church meeting.

Therefore, whether it is I or they, so we proclaim and so you have believed.

Otherwise what will they do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are people baptized for them?

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?”

If it is suitable for me to go as well, they can travel with me.

Brothers, you know the household of Stephanas: They are the firstfruits of Achaia and have devoted themselves to serving the saints. I urge you

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore recognize such people.