Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,

If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,

So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?

And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.

For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

For it is my desire, my brothers, that you may keep in mind how all our fathers were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea;

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.

So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.

The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.

It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.

Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.

And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:

Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power.

Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.

Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.

But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?

Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.

So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.

So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:

Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.

For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.

But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.

Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?

And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling?

See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?

Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.

And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius;

If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.

Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not a part of the body; it is a part of the body all the same.

What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

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

Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.

But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

For even now you are full, even now you have wealth, you have been made kings without us: truly, I would be glad if you were kings, so that we might be kings with you.

So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

But now they are all different parts, but one body.

Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;

If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?

It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.

And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;

My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:

We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.

But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.

For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.

It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.

And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.

And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.

Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.

Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.

The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.

In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.

What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.

For the earth is the Lord's and all things in it.

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;

But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

So my desire is that you take me as your example.

But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.

For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

So that no flesh might have glory before God.

And they all had baptism from Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced?

Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?

But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:

Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;

And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

And God who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead will do the same for us by his power.

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.

And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.

For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.

To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.

And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.

And they all took the same holy food;

But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.

I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?

But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. So be it.

And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

My answer to those who are judging me is this.

For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.

Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.

Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.

All the brothers send their love to you. Give one another a holy kiss.

But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;

But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?

And the spirits of the prophets are controlled by the prophets;

Have we no right to take food and drink?

But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.

So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;

But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.

Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;

For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.

But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.

In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.

But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?

And the same holy drink: for they all took of the water from the holy rock which came after them: and the rock was Christ.

For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them?

Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.

We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.

For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.

But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.

And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;

Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.

So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life: