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Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive homosexual partners, nor dominant homosexual partners,
For I passed on to you {as of first importance} what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited,
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [who is] in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
Temptation has not come upon you except [what is] common to humanity. But God [is] faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, [so that you] may be able to endure [it].
Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed to you, which you have also received, in which you also stand,
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ringing brass gong or a clashing cymbal.
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, [although they] are many, are one body, thus also Christ.
But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all [things] for the glory of God.
For whenever anyone says, "I am with Paul," and another, "I [am] with Apollos," are you not [merely] human?
And I came to you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling,
Do you not know that you are God's temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free [persons], and all were made to drink one Spirit.
But just as it is written, "[Things] which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him."
Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: [It is] good for them if they remain as I [am].
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,
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.
Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same [thing] and there not be divisions among you, and that you be made complete in the same mind and with the same purpose.
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.
For just as the woman [is] from the man, thus also the man [is] through the woman. But all [things] [are] from God.
Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
But watch out lest somehow this right of yours becomes a cause for stumbling to the weak.
to the church of God sanctified in Christ Jesus that is in Corinth, called [to be] saints, together with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Now concerning [the things] about which you wrote: "[It is] good for a man not to touch a woman."
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.
For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all went through the sea,
And now these three [things] remain: faith, hope, [and] love. But the greatest of these [is] love.
yet to us [there is] one God, the Father, from whom [are] all [things], and we [are] for him, and [there is] one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] all [things], and we [are] through him.
But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man [is the] head of the woman, and [the] head of Christ [is] God.
So then, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old leaven or with the leaven of wickedness and sinfulness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Therefore it is already completely a loss for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.
the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.
Become imitators of me, just as I also [am] of Christ.
For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For to us God has revealed [them] through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all [things], even the depths of God.
But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is beneficial [to all].
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the one who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
Love never ends. But if [there are] prophecies, they will pass away. If [there are] tongues, they will cease. If [there is] knowledge, it will pass away.
For [although I] am free from all [people], I have enslaved myself to all, in order that I may gain more.
Clean out the old leaven in order that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.
If we have sown spiritual [things] among you, [is it too] great [a thing] if we reap material [things] from you?
But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn [with sexual desire].
All [things] are permitted for me, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted for me, but I will not be controlled by anything.
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?
that in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,
For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
It is reported everywhere [that there] is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind which [does] not [even exist] among the Gentiles, so that someone has the wife of [his] father.
Thus let a person consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.
Now you are the body of Christ, and members {of it individually},
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who [is] from God, in order that we may know the things freely given to us by God,
For God is not [a God of] disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
Now concerning the collection for the saints: just as I gave directions about [it] to the churches of Galatia, so you do also.
Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul"; the last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
Pursue love, and strive for spiritual [gifts], but especially that you may prophesy.
and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.
then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
Now if Christ is preached as raised up from the dead, how do some among you say that [there] is no resurrection of the dead?
And some of you were these [things], but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Now I praise you that you remember me [in] all [things], and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to [them].
And I, [when I] came to you, brothers, did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
On the first [day] of the week, each one of you {put aside} [something], saving up {to whatever extent he has prospered}, in order that whenever I come, at that time collections do not take place.
But the foolish [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.
Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."
You judge {for yourselves}: is it fitting for a woman to pray to God [with her head] uncovered?
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act courageously, be strong.
{Therefore what should you do}, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All [things] must be [done] for edification.
For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by {Chloe's people}, that there are quarrels among you.
Therefore, the one who thinks that he stands must watch out lest he fall.
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus [is] accursed," and no one is able to say "Jesus [is] Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.
But in giving this instruction I do not praise [you], because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Does anyone among you, [if he] has a matter against someone else, dare to go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing,
By no means [did I mean] the sexually immoral people of this world or the greedy people and swindlers or idolaters, since then you would have to depart out of the world.
Now these [things] happened to those [people] as an example, but are written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God.
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body.
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon [it]. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon [it].
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.
I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
For I decided not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
[things] which we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in [words] taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual [things] to spiritual [people].
Now I rejoice over the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these make up for your absence,
But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given for a covering.
Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
and [after he] had given thanks, he broke [it] and said, "This is my body which [is] for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
To the married I command--not I, but the Lord--a wife must not separate from [her] husband.
But I say this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," and "I [am] with Apollos," and "I [am] with Cephas," and "I [am] with Christ."
But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce [his] wife.
If the whole body [were] an eye, where [would] the hearing [be]? If the whole [were] hearing, where [would] the sense of smell [be]?
Consider Israel according to the flesh: are not the ones who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?
Because [there is] one bread, [we] who [are] many are one body, for [we] all share from the one bread.
For the one who is weak--the brother for whom Christ died--is destroyed by your knowledge.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
If others share this right over you, do we not [do so] even more? Yet we have not made use of this right, but we endure all [things], in order that we may not cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
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.
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?
(Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Beyond that I do not know if I baptized anyone else.)
Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, [and] those attending to the altar have a share with the altar?
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.
And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.
Now [if you] sin in this way against the brothers and wound their conscience, which is weak, you sin against Christ.
Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
For indeed, Jews ask for sign miracles and Greeks seek wisdom,
for they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore recognize such people.
But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body just as he wanted.
Already you are satiated! Already you are rich! Apart from us you reign as kings! And would that indeed you reigned as kings, in order that we also might reign as kings with you!
So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who is causing [it] to grow.
Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat {forever}, in order that I may not cause my brother to sin.
In the [same] way also the Lord ordered those who proclaim the gospel to live from the gospel.
But those outside God will judge. Remove the evil person {from among yourselves}.
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."
in order that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
[when we are] slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all [things], until now.
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.
Was anyone called [after] being circumcised? He must not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called in uncircumcision? He must not become circumcised.
Now the eye is not able to say to the hand, "I do not have need of you," or again, the head to the feet, "I do not have need of you."
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
But I have not made use of any of these [rights]. And I am not writing these [things] in order that it may be thus with me. For [it would be] better to me rather to die than [for] anyone to deprive me of my reason for boasting.
But I say this, brothers: the time is shortened, that from now on even those who have wives should be as [if they] do not have [wives],
For what [is it] to me to judge those outside? Should you not judge those inside?
Were you called [while] a slave? Do not let it be a concern to you. But if indeed you are able to become free, rather make use of [it].
But by much more the members of the body which are thought to be weaker are necessary,
Therefore, what am I saying? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
and those who weep as [if they] do not weep, and those who rejoice as [if they] do not rejoice, and those who buy as [if they] do not possess,
Each one in [the situation] in which he was called, brothers--in this he should remain with God.
I give thanks to God [that] I speak with tongues more than all of you,
We [are] fools for the sake of Christ, but you [are] prudent in Christ! We [are] weak, but you [are] strong! You [are] honored, but we [are] dishonored!
For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you.
but our presentable [parts] do not have need [of this]. Yet God composed the body by giving more abundant honor to the part which lacked [it],
in order that there not be a division in the body, but the members would have the same concern for one another.
For indeed you are giving thanks well, but the other person is not edified.
nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward, but if [I do so] unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
And as a further result, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
For the one who is called in the Lord [while] a slave is the Lord's freedperson. Likewise the one who is called [while] free is a slave of Christ.
For in the first place, [when you] come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You are not able to share the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
and those who make use of the world as [if they] do not make full use of [it]. For the present form of this world is passing away.
I have become like a Jew to the Jews, in order that I may gain the Jews. To those under the law [I became] as under the law ([although I] myself am not under the law) in order that I may gain those under the law.
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Each one in the calling in which he was called--in this he should remain.
Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he [is, are we]?
For [when you] eat [it], each one of you goes ahead to take his own supper, and one is hungry and another is drunk.
Therefore, I consider this to be good because of the impending distress, that [it is] good for a man to be thus.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek release. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
Therefore, [when] you come together in the same [place], it is not to eat the Lord's supper.
Now if anyone builds upon the foundation [with] gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,
so that, just as it is written, "The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
To those outside the law [I became] as outside the law ([although I] am not outside the law of God, but subject to the law of Christ) in order that I may gain those outside the law.
Not all have gifts of healing, [do they]? Not all speak with tongues, [do they]? Not all interpret, [do they]?
and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are,
But if you marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.
I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband [does]. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife [does].
For do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who do not have [anything]? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise [you]!
Until the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty and poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless,
Now I am not speaking about your own conscience, but the [conscience] of the other [person]. For why [is] my freedom judged by another's conscience?
In the law it is written: "By those who speak a foreign language and by the lips of others I will speak to this people, and not even in this way will they obey me," says the Lord.
The churches of [the province of] Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you in the Lord many [times], together with the church in their house.
What then is my reward? That [when I] proclaim the gospel, I may offer the gospel free of charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
nor grumble, just as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
for "the earth [is] the Lord's, and its fullness."
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.
Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, {asking no questions} for the sake of the conscience,
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks?
Therefore I exhort you, become imitators of me.
and [the parts] of the body which we think to be less honorable, these we clothe with more abundant honor, and our unpresentable [parts] come to have more abundant presentability,
So then, tongues are for a sign not to those who believe, but to unbelievers, but prophecy [is] not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.
And you are inflated with pride, and should you not rather have mourned, so that the one who has done this deed would be removed from your midst?
so that all flesh may not boast before God.
and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
But [if we] are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined, in order that we will not be condemned with the world.
In the name of our Lord Jesus, [when] you are assembled, and my spirit, together with the power of our Lord Jesus,
You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the speechless idols, however you were led.
If any of the unbelievers invites you, and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, {asking no questions} for the sake of the conscience.
Therefore, if the whole church comes together at the same [time] and all speak with tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
Not all [are] apostles, [are they]? Not all [are] prophets, [are they]? Not all [are] teachers, [are they]? Not all [are workers of] miracles, [are they]?
But if someone says to you, "This is offered to idols," do not eat [it], for the sake of that one who informed [you] and the conscience.
Now these [things] happened [as] examples for us, so that we should not be desirers of evil [things], just as those also desired [them],
For [although I] am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already passed judgment on the one who has done this in this way, as [if I] were present.
and we toil, working with our own hands. [When we are] reviled, we bless; [when we are] persecuted, we endure;
If to others I am not an apostle, yet indeed I am to you, for you are my seal of apostleship in the Lord.
Let two or three prophets speak, and the others evaluate.
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he has not yet known as it is necessary to know.
And God both raised up the Lord and will raise us up by his power.
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox [while it] is threshing." It is not about oxen God is concerned, is it?
If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.
and there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord,
nor commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day,
For even if after all [there] are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as [there] are many gods and many lords,
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
nor put Christ to the test, as some of them tested [him], and were destroyed by snakes,
And if [something] is revealed to another who is seated, the first must be silent.
and there are varieties of activities, but the same God, who works all [things] in all [people].
But God was not pleased with the majority of them, for they were struck down in the desert.
I am not writing these [things] to shame you, but admonishing [you] as my dear children.
But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all,
Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Who shepherds a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
Therefore I run in this way, not as [running] aimlessly; I box in this way, not as beating the air.
I do all [this] for the sake of the gospel, in order that I may become a participant with it.
If anyone speaks in a tongue, [it must be] on one occasion two or at most three, and {one after the other}, and one must interpret.
but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other [people], than ten thousand words in a tongue.
For if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, yet [you do] not [have] many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.
Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body [with her]? For it says, "The two will become one flesh."
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.
and not become idolaters, as some of them [did], just as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play,"
But food does not bring us close to God. For neither if we eat do we have more, nor if we do not eat do we lack.
and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
Now the spiritual [person] discerns all [things], but he himself is judged by no one.
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are.
But if anyone loves God, this one is known by him.
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able [to eat it]. But now you are still not able,
But I am coming to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will know not the talk of the ones who have become arrogant, but the power.
I am not saying these [things] according to a human perspective. Or does the law not also say these [things]?
and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
But if there is no interpreter, he must be silent in the church, but let him speak to himself and to God.
So then, let no one boast in people. For all [things] are yours,
For you are all able to prophesy {in turn}, in order that all may learn and all may be encouraged,
But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit [with him].
for you are still fleshly. For where [there is] jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not live like [unregenerate] people?
Because of this, the woman ought to have [a symbol of] authority on her head, on account of the angels.
I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,
Because of this, many [are] weak and sick among you, and quite a few {have died}.
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.
Do you not know that we will judge angels, not to mention ordinary matters?
Nevertheless, neither [is] woman [anything] apart from man, nor [is] man [anything] apart from woman in the Lord.
For the one who eats and drinks, [if he] does not recognize the body, eats and drinks judgment against himself.
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
For it is necessary for him to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
But thanks [be] to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what sort of body do they come?"
For since through a man [came] death, also through a man [came] the resurrection of the dead.
and you [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,
Where, O death, [is] your victory? Where, O death, [is] your sting?
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed [them], and the rock was Christ.
For the kingdom of God [is] not with talk, but with power.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.
For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit,
Otherwise, why do they do [it], those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?
I die every day--yes indeed, by my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord!
For if I proclaim the gospel, it is not to me a reason for boasting, for necessity is imposed on me. For woe is to me if I do not proclaim the gospel.
To the weak I became weak, in order that I may gain the weak. I have become all [things] to all [people], in order that by all means I may save some.
But if we were evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged.
But whenever this perishable [body] puts on incorruptibility and this mortal [body] puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: "Death is swallowed up in victory.
All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] build up.
"For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
For I am conscious of nothing against myself, but not by this am I vindicated. But the one who judges me is the Lord.
by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose.
but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,
For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? Thus also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
But I discipline my body and subjugate [it], lest somehow [after] preaching to others, myself should become disqualified.
Your boasting [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?
and that he was buried, and that he was raised up on the third day according to the scriptures,
For if a woman does not cover herself, let her [hair] be shorn off. But if [it is] shameful for a woman to [have her head] shorn or shaved, let her cover her [head].
Every man who prays or prophesies [while] having [something] on [his] head dishonors his head,
But to me it is a very little matter that I be judged by you or by a human court, but I do not [even] judge myself.
Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol [is] nothing in the world" and that "[there is] no God except one."
Therefore, if you have courts with regard to ordinary matters, do you seat these despised [people] in the church?
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all [things] [are] yours,
For man is not from woman, but woman from man.
Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing [it] to grow.
{Give no offense} both to Jews and to Greeks and to the church of God,
But now I have written to you not to associate with any so-called brother, if he is a sexually immoral person or a greedy person or an idolater or an abusive person or a drunkard or a swindler--with such a person not even to eat.
But the one who prophesies speaks to people edification and encouragement and consolation.
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
God [is] faithful, by whom you were called to fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
In this case, moreover, it is sought in stewards that one be found faithful.
and my speech and my preaching [were] not with the persuasiveness of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and power,
And if I have [the gift of] prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that [I can] remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
But in all these [things] one and the same Spirit is at work, distributing to each one individually just as he wishes.
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside the things of a child.
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.
Now I have applied these things, brothers, to myself and Apollos for your sake, in order that in us you may learn not [to go] beyond what is written, lest someone be inflated with pride on behalf of one [person] against the other.
I say [this] to your shame. So is there not anyone wise among you who will be able to render a decision between his brothers?
But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.
[I have decided] to hand over such a person to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
The last enemy to be abolished [is] death.
But I want you to be free from care. The unmarried person cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
If {we have put our hope} in Christ in this life only, we are of all people most pitiable.
but to those [who are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ [is] the power of God and the wisdom of God.
But if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching [is] in vain, and your faith [is] in vain.
For "he subjected all [things] under his feet." But when it says "all [things]" are subjected, [it is] clear that the one who subjected all [things] to him [is] not included.
The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
Where [is] the wise person? Where [is] the scribe? Where [is] the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
Likewise also the cup, after they had eaten, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], in remembrance of me."
But let a person examine himself, and in this way let him eat from the bread and let him drink from the cup.
so that you do not lack in any spiritual gift [as you] eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
[it] does not behave dishonorably, [it] {is not selfish}, [it] does not become angry, [it] does not keep a record of wrongs,
In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound.
[No], but that [the things] which they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become sharers with demons.
bears all [things], believes all [things], hopes all [things], endures all [things].
For who concedes you [superiority]? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if indeed you received [it], why do you boast as [if you] did not receive [it]?
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.
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Therefore, shall I take away the members of Christ [and] make [them] members of a prostitute? May it never be!
For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
If according to a human perspective I fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what benefit [is it] to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
But each in his own group: Christ the first fruits, then those [who are] Christ's at his coming,
But whenever all [things] are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected all [things] to him, in order that God may be all in all.
{Therefore what should I do}? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.
And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits [me] nothing.
But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all [things]. Thus those [do so] in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable [one].
But let all [things] be [done] decently and according to proper procedure.
A wife is bound for as long a time [as] her husband lives. But if her husband {dies}, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.
to another {miraculous powers}, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing of spirits, to another kinds of tongues, to another interpretation of tongues.
the secret things of his heart become evident, and so, falling on [his] face, he will worship God, proclaiming, "God is truly among you!"
Now to the rest I say--not the Lord--if any brother has an unbelieving wife and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.
but every woman who prays or prophesies with uncovered head dishonors her head, for she is one and the same with the one whose [head] is shaved.
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if by you the world is judged, are you unworthy of the most insignificant courts?
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.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
For indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.
What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
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 the foolishness of God is wiser than human [wisdom], and the weakness of God [is] stronger than human [strength].
then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, the majority of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.
Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy. The one who prophesies [is] greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive edification.
[it] does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth,
Food [is] for the stomach, and the stomach for food, but God will abolish {both of them}. Now the body [is] not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Do we not have the right to take along a sister [as] wife, like the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
Now concerning virgins I do not have a command from the Lord, but I am giving an opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
But if Christ has not been raised, your faith [is] empty; you are still in your sins.
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!
But to each one as the Lord has apportioned. As God has called each one, thus let him live--and thus I order in all the churches.
Let no one seek {his own good} but the [good] of the other.
For it is necessary [for] this perishable [body] to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal [body] to put on immortality.
which none of the rulers of this age knew. For if they had known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
And does not nature itself teach you that a man, if he wears long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If [there] is a natural body, [there] is also a spiritual [body].
but whenever the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
Now I urge you, brothers--you know about the household of Stephanas, that they are the first fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the ministry for the saints--
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer together; if a member is honored, all the members rejoice with [it].
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him leave. The brother or the sister is not bound in such [cases]. But God has called us in peace.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The first man [is] from the earth, made of earth; the second man [is] from heaven.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks [himself] to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.
Likewise, the inanimate things which produce a sound, whether flute or lyre, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the lyre?
and last of all, as it were to one born at the wrong time, he appeared also to me.
But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, how do I benefit you, unless I speak to you either with a revelation or with knowledge or with a prophecy or with a teaching?
And just as we have borne the image of the [one who is] made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
Now the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin [is] the law.
If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, he should recognize that [the things] which I am writing to you are of the Lord.
just as I also please all [people] in all [things], not seeking my own benefit, but the [benefit] of the many, in order that they may be saved.
Sober up correctly and {stop sinning}, for some have no knowledge of God--I say [this] to your shame.
So then, my brothers, desire to prophesy, and do not prevent speaking with tongues.
for a great and effective door has opened for me, and [there are] many opponents.
[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.
But if anyone thinks he is behaving dishonorably concerning his virgin, if she is past her prime and it ought to be thus, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin. Let them marry.
But if [there] is no resurrection of the dead, Christ has not been raised [either].
All your [actions] must be done in love.
For indeed, if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare for battle?
Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a barbarian to the one who is speaking, and the one who is speaking [will be] a barbarian in my [judgment].
But I will come to you whenever I go through Macedonia (for I am going through Macedonia),
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.
and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly [bodies] [is] of one kind, and the [glory] of the earthly [bodies] [is] of another kind.
Not all flesh [is] the same, but [there is] one flesh of human beings, and another flesh of animals, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish,
But if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to fear, for he is carrying out the Lord's work, as I also [am].
Foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
There are probably so many kinds of languages in the world, and none without meaning.
and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining [matters] whenever I come.
So then, my brothers, [when you] come together in order to eat [the Lord's supper], wait for one another.
Therefore whether I or those, in this way we preached, and in this way you believed.
And so you through the tongue, unless you produce a clear message, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.
But the spiritual [is] not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.
Now concerning Apollos our brother, I urged him many [times] that he should come to you with the brothers, and he was not at all willing that he should come now, but he will come whenever he has [an] opportunity.
that you also be subject to such people, and to all those who work together and labor.
And whenever I arrive, whomever you approve by letters, I will send these to take your gift to Jerusalem.
Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not that I may put a restriction on you, but to promote appropriate and devoted service to the Lord without distraction.
But if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
For I do not want to see you now in passing, for I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows [it].
and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.
So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry [her] will do better.
But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
But God gives to it a body just as he wishes, and to each one of the seeds its own body.
But she is happier if she remains thus, according to my opinion--and I think I have the Spirit of God.
And what you sow [is] not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.
Therefore do not let anyone disdain him, but send him [on his way] in peace in order that he may come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.
As the one [who is] made of earth, so also [are] those [who are] made of earth, and as the heavenly, so also [are] those [who are] heavenly.
But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority concerning his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.