I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,

But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

the work of each one will become evident. For the day will reveal [it], because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the work of each one, of what sort it is.

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to people.

Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.

Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and [then] you should be {together} again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.

Therefore, I consider this to be good because of the impending distress, that [it is] good for a man to be thus.

But this knowledge [is] not in everyone. But some, being accustomed until now to the idol, eat [this food] as food sacrificed to idols, and their conscience, [because it] is weak, is defiled.

For if someone should see you who has knowledge reclining for a meal in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, [because it] is weak, be strengthened so that [he] eats the food sacrificed to idols?

Or doubtless does he speak {for our sake}? For it is written {for our sake}, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope and the one who threshes [ought to do so] in hope of a share.

Because [there is] one bread, [we] who [are] many are one body, for [we] all share from the one bread.

For indeed a man ought not to cover his head, [because he] is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

Because of this, the woman ought to have [a symbol of] authority on her head, on account of the angels.

But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given for a covering.

But in giving this instruction I do not praise [you], because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Because of this, many [are] weak and sick among you, and quite a few {have died}.

If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not [a part] of the body," not because of this is it not [a part] of the body.

And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not [a part] of the body, not because of this is it not [a part] of the body.

For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

For otherwise, if you praise in [your] spirit, how will the one who fills the place of the outsider say the "amen" at your thanksgiving, because he does not know what you are saying?

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

And also we are found [to be] false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if after all, then, the dead are not raised.

So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.

Now I rejoice over the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these make up for your absence,