Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

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, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

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?

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging 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 yet has many members, and all the members of the body -- though many -- are one body, so too is Christ.

Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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,

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

For whenever someone says, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human?

And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.

But just as it is written, "Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him."

Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed --

To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.

Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.

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

So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.

Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin a person commits is outside of the body" -- but the immoral person sins against his own body.

Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough -- you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

"All things are lawful for me" -- but not everything is beneficial. "All things are lawful for me" -- but I will not be controlled by anything.

For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience be "strengthened" to eat food offered to idols?

For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge --

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

It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father's wife.

One should think about us this way -- as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:

So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living person"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

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

For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.

With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you --

On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.

Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

For members of Chloe's household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

For every time you eat this bread and drink the 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, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked.

but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact 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 give this command -- not I, but the Lord -- a wife should not divorce a husband

But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ."

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

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

So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

(I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)

Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

And if the ear says, "Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

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

If they were all the same member, where would the body be?

The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.

For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. So then, recognize people like this.

But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

So now there are many members, but one body.

In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now.

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

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor in turn can the head say to the foot, "I do not need you."

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than -- no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men.

those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions,

In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.

For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave.

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 cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts.

Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.

Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord's Supper.

If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.

I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

I, Paul, send this greeting with my own hand.

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

I do not mean yours but the other person's. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience?

It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord.

The churches in the province of Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, with the church that meets in their house.

What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

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

each builder's work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.

Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?

I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,

If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

And you are proud! Shouldn't you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

so that no one can boast in his presence.

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

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus,

You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

But if someone says to you, "This is from a sacrifice," do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience --

These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.

We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

Two or three prophets should speak and the others should evaluate what is said.

If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.

Now God indeed raised the Lord and he will raise us by his power.

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

If someone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.

And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

and all ate the same spiritual food,

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

This is my defense to those who examine me.

For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."

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

Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

And again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."

The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are.

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

Do we not have the right to financial support?

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him.

for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?

For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

Do you not know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary matters!

In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.

For he must 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 blinking 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? With what kind of body will they come?"

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.

"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle 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. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?

Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

"Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain.

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

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

For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head.

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol in this world is nothing," and that "there is no God but one."

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you,

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

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation.

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

And if I have prophecy, and 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.

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn "not to go beyond what is written," so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?

But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. But when it says "everything" has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.

The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights, and likewise a wife to her husband.

In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me."

A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.

so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.

And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.

If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).

to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is really among you."

To the rest I say -- I, not the Lord -- if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?

For a man should not have his head covered, since 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,

Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

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 of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.

"Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both." The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come!

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for 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 when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside.