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Know ye not, that wrongdoers shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
For I delivered to you first of all what I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures;
Love suffereth long, is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up,
Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own?
No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
Moreover, brethren, I declare anew to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also ye received, and wherein ye stand,
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
For the preaching of the cross is to those who are perishing, foolishness, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor doth corruption inherit incorruption.
For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf,
Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not [like common] men?
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling;
Know ye not, that ye are Gods temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or freemen; and were all made to drink one Spirit.
but, as it is written: "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him."
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed,
I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am;
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit;
But the unspiritual man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them; because they are spiritually discerned.
But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Or doth he say it altogether on our account? On our account, no doubt, it was written, that he who plougheth ought to plough in hope, and that he who thrasheth should do it in the hope of partaking.
For as the woman is from the man, so also is the man by the woman; but all things from God.
Know ye not, that of those who run in the racecourse all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
But from him it is that ye are in Christ Jesus, who from God was made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption;
But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.
to the church of God which is at Corinth, the sanctified in Christ Jesus, called, holy, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours;
But now hath Christ risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that have fallen asleep.
Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
And now there abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
yet to us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we to him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
So then let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Now therefore it is altogether an evil among you, that ye have suits against each other. Why do ye not rather submit to wrong? Why do ye not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?
For now we see in a mirror, obscurely; but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall fully know even as I also am fully known.
let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as also saith the Law.
Follow my example, as I do that of Christ.
For other foundation can no one lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.
For God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the depths of God.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the good of others.
Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man may commit, is apart from the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.
Love never faileth; but whether there are prophesyings, they will come to an end; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away.
For being free from all men, yet I made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more;
Cleanse out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened; for our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ.
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a partaking of the blood of Christ? the loaf which we break, is it not a partaking of the body of Christ?
I also, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as those who are not spiritual, as to babes in Christ.
If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap from you things for the body?
but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.
For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, at table in an idols temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat the things offered to idols?
that in him ye were enriched in everything, in all utterance, and all knowledge,
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ will all be made alive.
It is everywhere reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the gentiles, that one should have his fathers wife.
Let a man so account us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members individually. And
But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by the grace of God;
for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
Now concerning the collection for the saints, according to the directions which I gave to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.
Thus is it also written: "The first man Adam became a living soul;" the last Adam a lifegiving spirit.
Paul, a called apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
Strive to possess love; and desire earnestly the spiritual gifts, but especially that of prophesying.
God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?
Then will be the end, when he delivereth up the kingdom to God, the Father, when he shall have destroyed all dominion, and all authority, and power.
But if Christ be preached that he hath risen from the dead, how is it that some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were made holy, but ye were accepted as righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and hold fast the instructions, as I delivered them to you.
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
Now concerning the things offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth;
Every first day of the week let each of you lay by him something in store, according as he hath prospered; that the collections may not have to be made when I come.
but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong;
who will also make you steadfast to the end, so that ye may be without blame in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by its wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe;
For consider, brethren, who ye are that have been called; not many wise men after the fashion of the world, not many mighty, not many noble;
Be not deceived; "evil communications corrupt good manners."
Watch, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong;
How is it then, brethren? When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a lesson of instruction, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation; let all things be done for edification.
For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.
wherefore I give you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God saith, Accursed be Jesus; and that no one can say, Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
But I give you this charge, not praising you, because ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
Doth any one of you, who hath a matter against another, dare to go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the holy?
But we do speak wisdom among the perfect; not, however, the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought;
certainly not meaning the fornicators of this world, or the covetous and extortioners, or idolaters; for to do this ye must go out of the world.
Now these things happened to them as warnings, and were recorded for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages have come.
So then judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the purposes of mens hearts; and then shall every one have his praise from God.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye show forth the Lords death, till he come.
For ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
According to the grace of God bestowed on me, I, as a skilful masterbuilder, have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed, how he buildeth thereon.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
I wrote to you in that letter, not to keep company with fornicators;
So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to the body and the blood of the Lord.
For I determined not to know anything while with you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
which things we also speak, not in words taught by mans wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, connecting what is spiritual l with what is spiritual.
I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus; for what was lacking on your part, they supplied;
but that if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her? for her hair is given for a covering.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized the name of Paul?
and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me.
But to those who are married it is my command, yet not mine, but the Lords: Let not the wife separate herself from her husband,
What I mean is this, that each of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
But if any one seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.
and if she have separated herself let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband put away his wife.
If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?
Look at Israel by natural descent. Have not those who eat of the sacrifices, communion with the altar?
For we, the many, are one loaf, one body; for we all share in that one loaf.
For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth,the brother for whom Christ died!
For the unbelieving husband hath been made holy by his wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been made holy by the brother; otherwise were your children unclean, but, as it is, they are holy.
If others possess this right in relation to you, do not we still more? But we have not used this right; but we submit to all things, that we may occasion no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
If the foot say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body?
Else, if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since he understandeth not what thou art saying?
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; I am not aware that I baptized any one besides.
Do ye not know, that they who minister in the offerings of the temple live from the temple? that they who serve at the altar share with the altar?
And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body?
and if a wife hath an unbelieving husband, and he be satisfied to dwell with her, let her not put her husband away.
But when ye so sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor.
since even Jews ask for signs, and the Greeks seek for wisdom;
for they refreshed my spirit and yours. Pay regard then to those that are such.
But as it is, God set the members every one of them in the body, as it pleased him.
Already ye are full; already ye are rich; without us ye have become kings; and I would indeed ye were kings, that we also might reign with you.
So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth.
Wherefore, if food cause my brother to fall, I will eat no flesh for ever, lest I cause my brother to fall. Am I not free?
In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
But those who are without, God will judge. Do ye put away that bad man from among yourselves.
For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nought the discernment of the discerning."
that your faith might not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
being slandered, we exhort; we have become as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
Was any one called being circumcised, let him not become as if uncircumcised; hath any one been called in uncircumcision, let him not become circumcised.
And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee; nor, again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
For how dost thou know, O wife, but that thou mayst save thy husband? or how dost thou know, O husband, but that thou mayst save thy wife?
But I have used no right of this kind; nor have I written thus that anything of this kind should be done for me; for it were better for me to die, than that any one should take from me what I glory in.
But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;
For what have I to do with judging those who are without? Do not ye judge those who are within?
Wast thou called being a slave, care not for it; but even if thou canst be made free, use it rather.
What do I say then? That what is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything?
Ye were bought with a price; become not the slaves of men.
and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
I thank God, I speak in an [unknown] tongue more than ye all;
We are fools for Christs sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are in honor, but we are despised.
for there must be also parties among you, that they who are approved may also become manifest among you.
while our seemly parts have no need. But God so put the body together, as to give special honor to that part which lacked,
that there might be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another.
For thou indeed givest thanks well; but the other is not edified.
nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, still I have been intrusted with a stewardship.
then also they that have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lords freeman. In like manner the freeman, who is called, is Christs slave.
For in the first place, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it;
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons; ye cannot be partakers of the Lords table, and the table of demons.
and they that use this world as not abusing it; for the outward condition of this world is passing away;
and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under the Law, as under the Law, not being myself under the Law, that I might gain those under the Law;
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Let every one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
For, when ye eat, every one taketh before any distribution his own supper, and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.
Art thou bound to a wife, seek not to be loosed from her; art thou loosed from a wife, do not seek for one.
When ye come together then in the same place, there is no eating of the Lords supper.
But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
that, according as it is written, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."
to those without the Law, as without the Law, being not without a law before God, but under the law of Christ, that I might gain those without the Law;
Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;
But if thou hast married, thou hast committed no sin; and if a virgin hath married, she hath committed no sin. Such, however, will have trouble in the flesh, which I desire to spare you.
I would that all men were as I myself; but every one hath his own gift from God, one man this, and another that.
The wife hath not the disposal of her own body, but her husband; and so also the husband hath not the disposal of his own body, but his wife.
What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.
Even to this very hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace,
conscience I mean, not thine own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty to be judged by another conscience [than my own]?
In the Law it is written: "With men of other tongues and with other lips will I speak to this people,
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca, with the church that is in their house, send you many salutations in the Lord.
What then is my reward? It is that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel free of charge, that I use not to the full my right as a preacher of the gospel.
And do not ye murmur, as some of them murmured, and perished by the Destroyer.
for "the earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof."
the work of every one will be made manifest; for the day will show it; because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will prove what every ones work is.
Whatever is sold in the market that eat, without asking questions for the sake of conscience;
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I to be evil spoken of in a matter for which I give thanks?
I exhort you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
and what we think to be less honorable parts of the body, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our unseemly parts have more abundant seemliness;
and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord." Wherefore the tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers, but for believers.
And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, so that he that committed this deed might be separated from among you.
that no flesh might glory before God.
and were all baptized to Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
but when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
in the name of our Lord Jesus, when you and my spirit with you are assembled together, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
Ye know, that when ye were gentiles, ye were carried away to dumb idols, as ye happened to be led;
And if one who is an unbeliever inviteth you to a feast, and ye choose to go, eat whatever is set before you, without asking any questions for the sake of conscience.
If therefore the whole church be assembled in one place, and all be speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
But if any one say to you, This hath been offered in sacrifice to an idol, do not eat of it, on account of him that showed you this, and from a regard to conscience;
Now these things were warnings for us, in order that we should not lust after evil things, as they lusted.
For I, for my part, though absent in the body, yet present in the spirit have already determined, as if I were present with you, respecting him who thus wrought this deed,
and labor, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it;
If I am not an apostle to others, yet surely I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.
And of the prophets let two or three speak, and let the others judge;
if any one think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know;
and God both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his power.
Brethren, do not become children in understanding; yet in malice be children, but in understanding be men.
For it is written in the law of Moses: "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out grain." Is it for oxen that God careth?
if any ones work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through fire.
and there are diversities of services, but the same Lord;
Nor let us commit fornication, as some of them did, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
For though there are those that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;
to another faith, by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing, by the one Spirit;
Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and were destroyed by the serpents.
if anything be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first speaker be silent.
and there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God who worketh all things in all.
but with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.
I write not these things to shame you, but I am warning you as my beloved children.
But if all prophesy, and there come in one that is an unbeliever, or unlearned, he is convinced by all, he is searched through by all,
Who ever serveth as a soldier at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard without eating its fruit? Or who tendeth a flock and doth not eat of the milk of the flock?
I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
And I do all for the sake of the gospel, that I may with others partake of it.
If any one speak in an [unknown] tongue, let it be by two, or, at the most, by three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might also instruct others, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.
For though ye have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.
Know ye not, that he who is connected with a harlot is one body with her? "For the two," saith he, "shall become one flesh;"
But there is not in all men this knowledge; for some, with a conscience directed toward the idol even now, eat of it as a thing offered in sacrifice to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
And do not ye become idolaters, as some of them did; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to sport."
But food will not recommend us to God; if we do not eat, we are not the worse; nor if we do eat, are we the better.
and again: "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."
But he that is spiritual judgeth of all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.
If any one defaceth the temple of God, God will deface him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
but if any one love God, the same is known by Him.
I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it. Nor indeed are ye able even now;
But I shall come to you shortly, if it be the Lords will, and will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power;
Is it on mans authority that I am saying these things, or doth not the Law too say the same?
And spirits of prophets are subject to prophets;
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
So then let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
For one by one ye can all prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.
but he that is connected with the Lord is one spirit with him.
for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?
For this cause the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
I ever thank my God for you, on account of the grace of God bestowed upon you in Christ Jesus;
For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and some are falling asleep.
For this end I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will put you in mind of my ways in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every church.
Know ye not, that we shall pass judgment upon angels? How much more, concerning affairs of this life?
But neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.
for he that eateth and drinketh eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, if he do not discern the body.
For we are Gods fellowlaborers; ye are Gods field, ye are Gods building.
For he must reign, "till he hath put all enemies under his feet."
But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
But some one will say, How are the dead to rise? and with what body do they come?
For since through man came death, through man came also the resurrection of the dead.
and ye are Christs, and Christ is Gods.
but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumblingblock, and to gentiles foolishness,
"Where, O death, is thy sting? Where, O death, is thy victory?"
and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of the spiritual rock that accompanied them; and the rock was Christ;
for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
If it be not so, what are they doing, who are baptized for the dead? If the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for them?
I protest, brethren, by my glorying in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily.
For in preaching the gospel, I have nothing to glory in; for I am under a necessity to do so; yea, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel!
to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all, that I might by all means save some.
But if we judged ourselves, we should not be judged;
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass that which is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
All things are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all things are not edifying.
For "who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
for though I am conscious to myself of nothing wrong, yet not by this am I cleared of blame; but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the same word which I preached to you, unless ye believed in vain.
but we speak Gods wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God determined on before the world was, for our glory;
For who among men knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of the man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no one but the Spirit of God.
but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, when I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected as unworthy.
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Scriptures;
For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn; but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.
Every man that prayeth or prophesieth having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human tribunal; nay, I do not even judge myself;
Concerning the eating of the things offered in sacrifice to idols, then, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
If then ye have any causes relating to this life, set them to judge who are of no repute in the church.
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come,all are yours;
for the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man;
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.
Give no occasion of stumbling either to Jews or Greeks, or to the church of God;
But this is what I wrote you, not to keep company with any one called a brother, if he be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one not even to eat.
but he that prophesieth speaketh to men edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Here moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power;
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.
But all these worketh the one and selfsame Spirit, allotting to each one severally as it will.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I had the feelings of a child, I thought as a child; since I have become a man, I have put away the things of the child.
Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each?
And these things, brethren, I have transferred in a figure to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye may learn not to go beyond what is written, that no one of you may pride himself in one against another.
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not one that will be able to judge between his brethren?
but on account of the commonness of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.
to deliver such a man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
The last enemy, death, will be destroyed;
and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
and if Christ hath not risen, then is our preaching vain, and vain also is your faith.
for "he put all things under his feet." But when it is said that all things have been put under him, it is manifest that he who put all things under him is excepted.
He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Let the husband render to his wife her due; and so also the wife to her husband.
In like manner also the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant, in my blood; this do, as oft as ye drink, in remembrance of me.
But let a man examine himself, and thus let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup;
so that ye come behind in no gift, while waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
doth not behave herself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, maketh no account of an injury,
So also ye, since ye are eager to possess spiritual gifts, be earnest to abound in them to the edification of the church.
Nay, but that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?
Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.
Know ye not, that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid!
For I am the least of the apostles, one not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
If with the views of men I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead rise not, "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
But every one in his own order; Christ the firstfruits, afterward they that are Christs, at his coming.
And when all things have been put under him, then will also the Son himself become subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
How stands it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And furthermore I show you by far the most excellent way.
And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable.
but let all things be done becomingly, and in order.
The wife is bound to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband die, she is free to marry whom she will, only in the Lord.
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
the secrets of his heart become manifest; and so falling down on his face, he will worship God, and report that God is indeed within you.
But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she be satisfied to dwell with him, let him not put her away;
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if her head were shaved.
Or do ye not know, that the holy will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge in causes of the least importance?
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, 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;
and the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.
What will ye? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in love, and the spirit of mildness?
For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not to men, but to God; for no one heareth; but in the Spirit he speaketh mysteries;
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.
I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, unless he interpret, that the church may receive edification.
rejoiceth not at iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth,
Meats are for the stomach, and the stomach for meats; but God will make an end of both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;
Have we not a right to carry about with us a sister as a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
and if Christ hath not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins;
If any one loveth not the Lord, let him be accursed! The Lord is at hand.
But let every one continue to walk in the lot which the Lord appointed him, in the condition in which God called him. And this direction I give in all the churches.
Let no one seek his own pleasure, but the good of others.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
which none of the rulers of this world comprehended; for had they comprehended it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame to him,
it is sown an animal body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is an animal body, there is also a spiritual body.
but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part will be done away.
And I exhort you, brethren,ye know the family of Stephanas, that they are the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the holy,
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: "He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;"
And so if one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
But if the unbelieving separateth himself, let him separate himself; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God hath called you to be in peace.
grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.
Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
And even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, if they make no distinction in the sounds, how shall that be known which is piped or harped?
And last of all, as to one born out of due time, he appeared also to me.
But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by teaching?
and as we bore the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the Law.
If any one thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know surely that the directions I am writing to you are the Lords;
as I also strive to please all in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many; that they may be saved.
Awake, as is your duty, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God; I say it to your shame.
Wherefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues;
for a door hath been opened to me great and effective, and there are many adversaries.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue pray that he may interpret.
But if any one thinketh that he behaveth improperly in respect to his virgin [daughter], if she pass the flower of her age [without being married], and if it must be so, let him do what he will, he committeth no sin; let them marry.
let all your doings be in love.
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?
If then I know not the meaning of the language, I shall be to him that speaketh a foreigner, and he that speaketh a foreigner to me.
Now I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia; for I am about to pass through Macedonia;
And we are also found false witnesses concerning God; because we testified concerning God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise up, if so be that the dead rise not.
There are also heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.
All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, another of fishes.
Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he is laboring in the work of the Lord, as I am;
Fool! that which thou sowest is not brought to life unless it die;
There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and not one is without meaning.
There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
If any one hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.
Whether, then, it were I or they, thus we preach, and thus ye believed.
So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall that be known which is spoken? For ye will be speaking into the air.
But the spiritual is not first, but the animal; and afterward the spiritual.
As regards Apollos, the brother, I urged him much to come to you with the brethren; and it was not at all his will to come at this time; but he will come when he hath a convenient opportunity.
that ye submit yourselves to such as they are, and to every one that worketh with us, and laboreth.
And when I am with you, I will send with letters whomever you may approve to carry your bounty to Jerusalem;
And this I say for your own profit; not to cast a noose over you, but with a view to what is becoming, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
And if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
For I am unwilling to see you now in passing; for I hope to stay some time with you if the Lord permit.
and perhaps I may remain, or even spend the winter with you, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I may be going.
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; and he that doth not give her in marriage doeth better.
but he that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please his wife.
But she is happier if she remain as she is, in my opinion; and I too think that I have the Spirit of God.
and what thou sowest, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but a bare grain, of wheat perhaps, or of some of the other grains;
let no one therefore despise him. But conduct him on in peace, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brethren.
As was the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly;
But if any one is settled in his purpose, and is under no necessity, but is free to act as he will, and hath determined in his heart to keep his own virgin daughter [unmarried], he doeth well.