Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. None who are immoral, or idolaters, or adulterers, or catamites, or sodomites,

For the very first thing I taught you was that I had myself been taught, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture,

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,

Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you, the Spirit whom you have from God?

No temptation has overtaken you that is beyond man's power; but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but will, with every temptation, provide the way of escape also, so that you may be able to withstand.

Now I am calling to your remembrance, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, and on which you have taken your stand,

Though I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love, I am become a clanging brass, or a clashing cymbal.

For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.

I tell you this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread,

Because whether you are eating or whether you are drinking, you are to do it all for the glory of God.

When one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere worldlings?

In weakness and fear and great trembling came I among you.

Do you not know what you are God's sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling within you?

And we can see this, for in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jew or Gentile, whether slave or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Nay, as it is written. Eye has not seen, Nor ear heard, Neither have entered into man's heart The things which God has prepared For those who love him.

Lo, I tell you a secret truth. we shall not all be sleeping, but we shall be changed,

But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

The unspiritual man rejects the teachings of God's Spirit; for him it is folly. He cannot understand it, for it is spiritually discerned,

Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper.

Is it the oxen that God is thinking about, or is it really said for our sakes? It was written for us; because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher in hope of getting a share of the crop.

for just as the woman was made from the man, so also is the man born of the woman, while they both come from God.

Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not wish you to be ignorant.

It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

But see to it lest this right of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.

For the body is not one member, but many.

to the Church of God at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all, wherever they are, who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

But now, now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep.

Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,

So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

For I would not have you ignorant, brothers, how our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

Faith, Hope, Love endure??hese three; but the greatest of these is Love.

yet for there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

But I wish you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and of a wife her husband is head; and that God is head of Christ.

So let us keep the unending feast, not with any old leaven, neither with leaven of malice and vice, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Indeed, to say nothing more, the fact that you have lawsuits with one another is altogether a defect in you. Why not rather suffer injustice? Why not rather endure being cheated?

For now we see as in a mirror, and are baffled, but then face to face; now I know in fragments, but then shall I understand even as I also have been understood.

"In your congregation" you write, "as in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. On the contrary let them be subordinate, as also says the law.

Be imitators of me, as I am an imitator of Christ.

The foundation is already laid??esus Christ??nd no man can lay another.

Yet God has unveiled them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit fathoms everything, even the abysmal depths of God.

Now to each man has been given his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

Flee from immorality. Every other sin that a man commits lies outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.

Love never fails; but though there are prophecies, they will fail; though there are tongues, they will cease; though there is knowledge, it will be superseded.

Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more.

Then get rid of the old leaven, so that you may be like a new lump, as you are now unleavened. For our Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed, Christ himself.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a common participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a common participation in the body of Christ?

As for me, brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual men, but as to creatures of flesh, mere babes in Christ.

If I have sown for you the seeds of spiritual good, is it a great thing if I reap from you temporal goods?

If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

"All things are lawful for me"? Yes, but not all things are good for me. "All things are lawful for me"? Yes, but I will not let myself be enslaved by the power of any.

For if any one should see you, the possessor of "knowledge," reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience, if he were weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

that in everything you have been enriched in him, in all speech, and in all knowledge

For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even among the heathen??hat a man has taken his father's wife!

Let any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths of God.

Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may realize the blessings freely given us by God.

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

Now concerning the offering for the saints, you also are to do as I directed the church of Galatia.

Thus it is written. The first man, Adam, became a living being, the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit.

Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Sosthenes, his brother.

For if the dead rise not, neither has Christ arisen;

Hotly pursue this love, yet seek earnestly spiritual gifts, and chiefly that you may prophesy.

And God has appointed those in the church to be first of all apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers. then workers of miracles, healers, helpers, administrators, users of various kinds of "tongues."

And then the end, when he shall hand over his kingdom to God his Father, after he has abolished all rule and authority and power.

If then, we are preaching Christ, that he rose from the dead, how are some of you saying that there is no resurrection from the dead?

Such were some of you, but you have washed away your stains, you have been consecrated, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

Indeed I praise you for remembering me in everything, and because you are holding fast to the traditions just as you received them.

And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God's great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy;

Now in regard to food which has been offered to idols, we are sure of course that "we all have knowledge." But knowledge puffs up, while love builds up.

(for thus my witness for Christ was confirmed among you);

On the first day of each week let each of you put aside something, keeping it in store as he may prosper, so that when I come there may be no collections going on.

No, God has chosen the world's folly to confound its philosophy; and the world's weakness to confound its strength.

He will also keep you perfectly stedfast unto the end, so that you will be unreproveable in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For when, in the wisdom of God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believe.

For consider your own calling, brothers, that not many wise in earthly wisdom, not many powerful, not many of noble birth, have been called.

Do not deceive yourselves. Evil companions ruin good morals.

Judge of this for your own selves. It is fitting that a woman should pray to God with her head unveiled.

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be manly, be strong.

What follows, then, brothers? Whenever you meet together, each contributes something; a psalm, a sermon, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all be done for edification.

For it has been plainly told me concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions among you.

So then let him who imagines that he is standing so securely beware lest he fall.

Wherefore I want you to understand that no one who speaks in the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except in the Holy Spirit.

But in giving you the following instructions, I cannot praise you; your solemn assemblies do more harm than good.

Dare any one of you who has a grievance against his neighbor go to law before heathen judges, instead of before the saints?

Notwithstanding, among those who are mature I do teach philosophy; though not the philosophy of the present age, nor of its rulers who are coming to nought.

Not that in this world you were actually to have no contact with the immoral, the avaricious, the thievish, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world, altogether.

Now these things were happening to them typically, but were written down for our admonition who stand at the meeting of the ages.

So make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men's hearts. Then each man's due praise will come to him from God.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming your Lord's death until he come.

You are not your own; for you have been bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your bodies.

According to the grace of God vouchsafed me, like a skillful master-builder, I have laid a foundation; but another will be building upon it. Let each take heed how he builds on it.

For Christ did not think I baptized any one else. For Christ did not send me forth to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel; and that not in philosophic words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made an empty thing.

I told you in my letter not to associate with the immoral.

So he that eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthy must answer for a sin against the body and blood of the Lord.

for I determined to know nothing, while among you, but Jesus as Christ, and him a crucified Christ.

Of these high themes we speak in words not taught by human philosophy, but by the Spirit; interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men.

I am glad that Stephanus and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence.

but it is woman's glory, because her hair has been given her instead of a veil.

Has Christ been divided? Paul, was he crucified for you? or was it into the name of Paul that you were baptized?

and when he had given thanks, he broke it, saying, "This is my body, broken for you; this do in memory of me."

But to those already married my commandment is??nd not mine, but the Lord's??hat a wife is not to leave her husband;

On the contrary, you yourselves are inflicting injustice and fraud, and that upon your brothers.

I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ."

If, however, any one is inclined to be disputatious regarding such a custom, let him know that neither I nor the churches of God hold to such a custom.

(or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife.

If the whole body were an eye, where were hearing? If all were hearing, where were smelling?

Look at Israel according to the flesh; are not those who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar?

Because we who are many are one bread, one body, for we all do share in the one loaf.

So he is lost, this weak man, lost by your "knowledge." this brother for whom Christ died.

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.

If others share this authority over you, do not I far more? Yet I have not availed myself of it, but am patiently enduring; so that I may not in any way hinder the progress of Christ's gospel.

I am thankful to God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

If the foot should say, "Because I am a hand, I am not part a part the body," would it not indeed be a part of the body?

For if you in your spirit bless God, how shall he who fills the place of the unlearned say the Amen to your thanksgiving, when he does not know what you are talking about?

Yes, I did baptize the house of Stephanas also, but I do not think I baptized any one else.

You know, do you not, that those who minister in the temple, and those who serve at the altar, get their portion of the sacrifices?

Or if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," would it be any less a part of the body?

I am speaking to men of sense; do you yourselves judge what I say.

And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.

In so sinning against your brothers, and in ever and again wounding their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.

so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.

If all were one member, where would the body be?

Now, though he who plants and he who waters are one, each will receive his own reward, according to his own service.

Jews continue to ask for miracles and Greeks are ever wanting philosophy,

They refresh my spirit as they do yours. So cultivate the acquaintance of such men.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as it has pleased him.

But you, forsooth, are already full, are you? You are already rich? Without us you are already reigning? Yes, and I would that you did reign, so that we also might reign with you.

So neither is he who planted anything, nor he who watered, but God alone, who is making the seed grow.

Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I make my brother to stumble.

But now there are many members, but one body.

Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

Expel that wicked man from among you.

For thus it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the philosophers, And the prudence of the prudent will I confound.

in order that your faith should rest, not on human philosophy, but on the power of God.

When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when defamed, we conciliate. We have been made, as it were, scum-o'-the-earth, the very refuse of the world, to this very hour!

But it seems to me that God has exhibited us apostles, last of all, like men doomed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the whole world, both to men and to angels.

So, was any man called, being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was any man called when he was uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you". nor again of head to the feet, "I have no need for 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 for my part, I have never availed myself of any of these rights. I do not say this to bring it about in my own case. I would rather die than let any one make void this boast of mine.

Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,

What have I to do with the judging of outsiders? Must not you judge those who are within the church, while God judges outsiders?

Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.

On the contrary, we need those members of the body which seem to be weaker;

What then shall we say? that an offering to an idol is anything? or that an idol is really anything?

You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.

let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,

Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.

Thank God I speak with tongues more than you all,

For Christ's sake we are fools, but you are quite philosophic in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are outcast.

For there must needs be also parties among you, in order that the good may be tested and made known.

For whereas our comely parts have no need, God has tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that member in which lacked;

that there should be no disunion in the body, but that members mutual care for one another.

You on the one hand offer a good thanksgiving, but the other is not built up.

or thieves, or avaricious men, or drunkards, or foul-mouthed men, or extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

For if I do this of my own accord, I have my pay; but if unwilling, I have at least discharged my stewardship.

More than that, those who are sleeping in Christ have perished.

For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ's slave.

To begin with, I am told??nd I believe there is some truth in it??hat when you meet at a church there are divisions among you.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons; you cannot be partakers in the Lord's table and in the table of demons.

and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.

To the Jews I am become like a Jew, that I may win Jews; to those under the Law, like one under the Law, though I am not under the Law, myself;

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands in everything.

Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.

What! would we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

for each one of you begins to eat his own supper; one goes hungry, while another gets drunk.

I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

Again, when you meet together, there is no true eating of the Lord's Supper;

On that foundation, if a man proceeds to build gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each man's work will be made manifest.

so that as Scripture says, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.

to those outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ).

Have all gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

The world's base things has God chosen, and the things that are not, to bring to naught the things that are;

Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldly affairs, and I wish to spare you.

I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.

The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand.

but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.

What! Have you no houses in which to eat or drink? or do you wish to show your contempt for the church of God, and to shame those who have no homes to eat in? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I certainly do not praise you.

Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.

and for your conscience sake??is conscience, not your own. "But," you may object, "why should my freedom be decided upon another's scruples of conscience?

In the Law it is written. With men of other tongues, and by the lips of strangers, will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.

The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca), with the church that meets in their house, greet you heartily in the Lord.

What then is my wage? This, that I can make the gospel free where I carry it; and that I can refrain from using my rights as a preacher of the gospel.

nor murmur, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the Destroying Angel.

for the earth and its fulness are the Lord's.

The Day will disclose it, for it dawns in fire, and the fire will test each man's work, of what quality it is.

Eat anything that is for sale in the markets, asking no questions for conscience sake;

If I eat after giving thanks, why am I denounced for eating that for which I have given thanks?"

I beg you then to imitate my example.

But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.

upon those parts of the body which we esteem less honorable, we bestow more abundant honor, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

If any man's work??he building he has made??tands the test, he will be rewarded.

So then the gift of tongues is for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.

Yet you are puffed up instead of mourning and removing from among you the man who has done this thing.

so that no mortal man should glory in his presence.

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

but through our condemnation by the Lord, we are trained so that we may not be condemned;

When you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you together with the power of our Lord Jesus,

You know that when you were heathen you went astray after dumb idols, wherever he be led.

If one who is not a believer invites you to his house, and you wish to go, eat everything that is set before you, without asking questions for conscience sake.

Accordingly, when the whole church assemblies, and everybody is speaking "with tongues," if there enter men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that you are mad?

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? teachers? workers of miracles?

But if any one tells you, "This food has been offered in sacrifice," do not eat it, for the sake of him who told you,

Now this happened as a warning for us, that we might not long for evil things as they longed.

For I, although absent in body, yet present in spirit, have already passed sentence, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, on him who has done this thing.

Homeless men, we toil, working with our own hands.

Even if I am not an apostle to others, to you at least I am; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

Let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others exercise their judgment.

If a man thinks that he already has knowledge, he does not yet truly know as he ought to know;

and the God who raised up our Lord will up-raise us also by his mighty power.

Brothers, do not become children in understanding; be babes in malice, but in understanding become mature men.

Yea, in the Law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while he is treading out the grain.

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, as it were through the flames.

there are various forms of service, and the same Lord;

Nor must we act licentiously, as some of them did, and fell in a single day, twenty-three thousand of them.

For though there be so-called "gods," celestial of terrestrial, as indeed there are gods many and lords many,

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

to one man by the same Spirit is given faith, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit;

Neither must we presume upon the patience of our Lord, as some of them presumed, and were destroyed by the serpents;

But if to one as he sits there some revelation is made, let the first be silent.

and varieties of work, and the same God, who works in all.

They all ate of the same spiritual bread,

But in most of them God was not well pleased, for they were laid low in the desert.

I am not writing this to shame you, but to admonish you, as my beloved children.

Are we the only ones, Barnabas and I, who have no right to give up manual labor?

But if all are prophesying when an unlearned or unbelieving man enters, he is convicted in conscience by your speaker, he feels himself judged by all,

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? What farmer ever plants a vineyard and his flock and does not taste the milk?

For my part, then, I run with no wavering to the goal. I box not as one beating the air,

My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.

And I am doing it all for the gospel's sake, that I may become a copartner in it.

If any one speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that in turn, and let some one interpret.

but in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, so as to instruct others, than ten thousand in an unknown tongue.

This is my reply to my critics.

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ Jesus, you can have but one father. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.

Do you not know that he who joins himself to a harlot is one with her in body? (For God says, The two shall become one flesh.)

But that "knowledge" is not possessed by all; but some, accustomed until now to the idol, eat food as that which has actually been offered to an idol, and so their conscience, being still weak, is defiled.

And you must not be idolaters like some of them. as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, And they rose up for idol dances.

All the brothers send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Now food does not bring us nearness to God. Neither if we eat do we gain any advantage, nor if we eat not, do we lose any.

and again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, how futile they are.

But the spiritual man discerns everything, yet is himself discerned by no one.

If any one tear down God's sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.

but if a man loves God, he is known by him.

I fed you milk, not meat; for you were unable to bear it.

But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord, and then I shall learn not the talk of these boasters, but their power.

Am I saying this on human authority only, or does not the Law also say the same?

The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets,

Have I no right to claim food and drink?

But if there is no one to interpret, let them keep silence in the church, and speak to themselves and to God.

So let no one make boast in men. For all things are yours;

For you can all prophesy one by one; so that all may be learning, and all may be encouraged.

While a man who is united with the Lord is one with Him in spirit?

You are not able even now, for you are still unspiritual. While there is among you jealousy and strife, are you not still unspiritual, and behaving like worldlings?

For this reason the woman ought to have authority over her head, because of her guardian angels.

I am always thanking God on your behalf, for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus;

This is why many among you are feeble and sickly, and many sleep.

With this in mind I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ; the manner in which I ever teach everywhere in every church.

Do you not know that we are to try angels? How much more, then, the affairs of life.

However, in the Lord neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman;

For whoever eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks condemnation to himself.

For we are God's fellow workers; and you are God's field, you are God's building.

For he must rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

But thanks be to God, who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet sounds. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised, incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

But some one will ask. "How are the dead raised? and with what body are they coming?"

For since by man came to death, by man came also the resurrection from the dead.

and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

but we come preaching a crucified Messiah??o Jews a stumbling-block, to Greeks foolishness,

Where, Death, is thy victory? Where, Death, is thy sting?

and all drank from the same spiritual stream, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

For the kingdom of God is not in talk, but in power.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.

For to one man by the Spirit has been given a word of wisdom, to another a word of insight by the same Spirit;

Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are really not raised, why are they baptized for them?

Every day I am facing death, my brothers, I affirm it by that pride in you which I have through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Proclaiming the gospel gives me no ground of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the gospel.

I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some.

If however, we were judging ourselves aright, we should not now be condemned;

And when this mortal has been clothed with immortality, then will the words of Scripture come to pass, Death has been swallowed up in victory.

"All things are lawful," you say? But not all things are expedient; "all things are lawful"; but not all build up.

For what man understands the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him?

Indeed I do not even judge myself; for though I know nothing against myself, yet that does not vindicate me; for he who judges me is the Lord.

by which also you are saved, if you are holding fast the message which I preached to you; unless indeed you have believed in vain.

No, it is God's wisdom that I utter, that hidden wisdom which God had decreed before the world began, unto our glory.

For what man knows the depths of man except the man's own inner Spirit? Even so, also, the Spirit of God knows the deeps profound of God.

but I bruise my body and keep it in subjection, lest having called others to the contest, I should myself be disqualified.

Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that even a little leaven leavens all the lump?

that he was buried, and that he was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures,

If a woman does not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair; now if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her be veiled.

and was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

Every man who prays or prophesies with head veiled dishonors his Head;

But to me it matters very little that I am judged by you, or by any earthly court.

Now as to eating food that has been offered to idols, we know well that an idol has no real existence in the universe, and that there is no God but One.

Why then, if you have cases relating to earthly affairs which need to be decided, is it men who are absolutely nothing in the church whom you make your judges?

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

For it is not man who was made from woman, but woman was made from man.

So it is in the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, It is raised in incorruption;