But in giving you this command, I do not praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.

What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's church, and put them to shame who do not have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.

For he who eats and drinks eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not discern the body.

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

For if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.

But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.

For the body is not one member, but many.

If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.

If the ear would say, "Because I'm not the eye, I'm not part of the body," it's not therefore not part of the body.

The eye cannot tell the hand, "I have no need for you," or again the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."

whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy. Love does not brag, is not proud,

does not behave itself inappropriately, does not seek its own way, is not irritable, does not keep a record of wrongs;

does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they did not give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped?

If then I do not know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.

Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, seeing he does not know what you say?

For you truly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.

Brothers, do not be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

In the law it is written, "By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord."

Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

let the women keep silent in the churches, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the Law also says.

But if someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking with other languages.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

If Christ has not been raised, then our proclaiming is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.

Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised.

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

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

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

Do not be deceived. "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

Wake up righteously, and do not sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

That which you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

However that which is spiritual is not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.

Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.

If any man does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Come, Lord.

For we do not desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not "Yes and no."

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I did not come to Corinth to spare you.

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

And I wrote this very thing, so that, when I came, I would not have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? We do not need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you, do we?

being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

who also made us sufficient as servants of a New Covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

For truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.

and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint.

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is wearing away, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

since, after we have put it on, we will not be found naked.

For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,

We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.

For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.

I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.