and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such cases, and in peace hath God called us;

if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing -- but a keeping of the commands of God.

a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use it rather;

for he who is in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that it is good for a man that the matter be thus: --

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

and those using this world, as not using it up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;

and she is happier if she may so remain -- according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth him to know;

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth -- as there are gods many and lords many --

yet to us is one God, the Father, of whom are the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are the all things, and we through Him;

but not in all men is the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat it, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?

have we not authority a sister -- a wife -- to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

or because of us by all means doth He say it? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading ought of his hope to partake in hope.

If we to you the spiritual things did sow -- great is it if we your fleshly things do reap?

if others do partake of the authority over you -- not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for it is good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

What, then, is my reward? -- that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

to those without law, as without law -- (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) -- that I might gain those without law;

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, 'The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;

neither murmur ye, as also some of them did murmur, and did perish by the destroyer.

And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,

so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.

No temptation hath taken you -- except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear it.

as to wise men I speak -- judge ye what I say:

The cup of the blessing that we bless -- is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break -- is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?

what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? --

Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience,

for the Lord's is the earth, and its fulness;

and if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the conscience;

and if any one may say to you, 'This is a thing sacrificed to an idol,' -- do not eat, because of that one who shewed it, and of the conscience, for the Lord's is the earth and its fulness:

and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why is it that my liberty is judged by another's conscience?

as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many -- that they may be saved.

Followers of me become ye, as I also am of Christ.

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

for if a woman is not covered -- then let her be shorn, and if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven -- let her be covered;

for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

for a man is not of a woman, but a woman is of a man,

but neither is a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman, and the all things are of God.

In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?

and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;

ye, then, coming together at the same place -- it is not to eat the Lord's supper;

for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

and having given thanks, he brake, and said, 'Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye -- to the remembrance of me.'

In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink it -- to the remembrance of me;'

for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth -- till he may come;

for he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink -- not discerning the body of the Lord.

and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.

ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;

wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus is anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus is Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.

and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God -- who is working the all in all.

and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ,

for also the body is not one member, but many;

if the foot may say, 'Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body;

and if the ear may say, 'Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body?

and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,

and an eye is not able to say to the hand, 'I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'

and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with it do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with it do all the members;

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

and when that which is perfect may come, then that which is in part shall become useless.

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these is love.

for he who is speaking in an unknown tongue -- to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;

and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;

he who is speaking in an unknown tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify;

and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.

yet the things without life giving sound -- whether pipe or harp -- if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?

so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give -- how shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,

if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;

wherefore he who is speaking in an unknown tongue -- let him pray that he may interpret;