Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God's Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,

For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold),

Love is long-suffering, and kind; Love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;

Again, do not you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you-the Spirit which you have from God?

No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.

Next, Brothers, I would remind you of the Good News which I told you, and which you received-the Good News on which you have taken your stand,

Though I speak in the 'tongues' of men, or even of angels, yet have not Love, I have become mere echoing brass, or a clanging cymbal!

The Message of the Cross is indeed mere folly to those who are in the path to Ruin, but to us who are in the path of Salvation it is the very power of God.

For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;

This I say, Brothers-Flesh and blood can have no share in the Kingdom of God, nor can the perishable share the imperishable.

For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you-how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,

Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honor of God.

When one says 'I follow Paul,' and another 'I follow Apollos,' are not you like other men?

Indeed, when I came among you, I was weak, and full of fears, and in great anxiety.

Do not you know that you are God's Temple, and that God's Spirit has his home in you?

For it was by one Spirit that we were all baptized to form one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free men, and were all imbued with one Spirit.

It is what Scripture speaks of as-'What eye never saw, nor ear ever heard, what never entered the mind of man-even all that God has prepared for those who love him.'

Listen, I will tell you God's hidden purpose! We shall not all have passed to our rest, but we shall all be transformed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,

My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be well for them to remain as I am myself.

Gifts differ, but the Spirit is the same;

The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.

But I appeal to you, Brothers, by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you profess, and not to allow divisions to exist among you, but to be united-of one mind and of one opinion.

Or is not is said entirely for our sakes? Surely it was written for our sakes, for the ploughman ought not to plough, nor the thrasher to thrash, without expecting a share of the grain.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes by means of woman; and all things come from God.

Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

In the next place, Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about spiritual gifts.

But you, by your union with Christ Jesus, belong to God; and Christ, by God's will, became not only our Wisdom, but also our Righteousness, Holiness, and Deliverance,

But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.

The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many.

From Paul, who has been called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, And from Sosthenes, our Brother.

But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.

With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It would be well for a man to remain single.

Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

I want you to bear in mind, Brothers, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

Meanwhile Faith, Hope, and Love endure-these three, but the greatest of these is Love.

Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come (and for him we live), and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come (and through him we live).

But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the Head of every man, that man is the Head of woman, and that God is the Head of the Christ.

Therefore let us keep our festival, not with the leaven of former days, nor with the leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

To begin with, it is undoubtedly a loss to you to have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why not rather let yourselves be cheated?

As yet we see, in a mirror, dimly, but then-face to face! As yet my knowledge is incomplete, but then I shall know in full, as I have been fully known.

At the meetings of the Church married women should remain silent, for they are not allowed to speak in public; they should take a subordinate place, as the Law itself directs.

Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ.

For no man can lay any other foundation than the one already laid-Jesus Christ.

Yet to us God revealed it through his Spirit; for the Spirit fathoms all things, even the inmost depths of God's being.

To each man there is given spiritual illumination for the general good.

Shun all immorality. Every other sin that men commit is something outside the body; but an immoral man sins against his own body.

Love never fails. But, whether it be the gift of preaching, it will be done with; whether it be the gift of 'tongues,' it will cease; whether it be knowledge, it, too, will be done with.

Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone's slave.

Get rid entirely of the old leaven, so that you may be like new dough-free from leaven, as in truth you are. For our Passover Lamb is already sacrificed-Christ himself;

In the Cup of Blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the Bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the Body of the Christ?

But I, Brothers, could not speak to you as men with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded-mere infants in the Faith of Christ.

Since we, then, sowed spiritual seed for you, is it too much that we should reap from you an earthly harvest?

But, if they cannot control themselves, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.

Everything is allowable for me! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable for me! Yes, but for my part, I will not let myself be enslaved by anything.

For if some one should see you who possess this knowledge, feasting in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is a weak man, become so hardened that he, too, will eat food offered to idols?

For through union with him you were enriched in every way-in your power to preach, and in your knowledge of the Truth;

For, as through union with Adam all men die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.

There is a wide-spread report respecting a case of immorality among you, and that, too, of a kind that does not occur even among the Gentiles-a man, I hear, is living with his father's wife!

Let men look upon us as Christ's servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.

Together you are the Body of Christ, and individually its parts.

And as for us, it is not the Spirit of the World that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.

For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace.) This custom prevails in all the Churches of Christ's People.

With reference to the Collection for Christ's People, I want you to follow the instructions that I gave to the Churches in Galatia.

That is what is meant by the words-'Adam, the first man, became a human being'; the last Adam became a Life-giving spirit.

To the Church of God in Corinth, to those who have been consecrated by union with Christ Jesus and called to become his People, and also to all, wherever they may be, who invoke the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ-their Master and ours,

For, if the dead do not rise, then even Christ himself has not been raised,

Seek this Love earnestly, and strive for spiritual gifts, above all for the gift of preaching.

In the Church God has appointed, first, Apostles, secondly Preachers, thirdly Teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

Then will come the end-when he surrenders the Kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.

Now, if it is proclaimed of Christ that he has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

Such some of you used to be; but you washed yourselves clean. You became Christ's People! you were pronounced righteous through the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the Spirit of our God!

I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them upon you.

For my own part, Brothers, when I came to you, it was with no display of eloquence or philosophy that I came to tell the hidden purpose of God;

With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols-We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.

And so became yourselves a confirmation of my testimony to the Christ.

On the first day of every week each of you should put by what he can afford, so that no collections need be made after I have come.

But God chose what the world counts foolish to put its wise men to shame, and God chose what the world counts weak to put its strong things to shame,

And God himself will strengthen you to the end, so that at the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ you may be found blameless.

For since the world, in God's wisdom, did not by its philosophy learn to know God, God saw fit, by the 'folly' of our proclamation, to save those who believe in Christ!

Look at the facts of your Call, Brothers. There are not many among you who are wise, as men reckon wisdom, not many who are influential, not many who are high-born;

Do not be deceived. 'Good character is marred by evil company.'

Judge for yourselves. Is it fitting that a woman should pray to God in public with her head uncovered?

Be watchful; stand firm in your faith; show yourselves men; be strong.

What do I suggest, then, Brothers? Whenever you meet for worship, each of you comes, either with a hymn, or a lesson, or a revelation, or the gift of 'tongues,' or the interpretation of them; let everything be directed to the building up of faith.

For I have been informed, my Brothers, by the members of Chloe's household, that party feeling exists among you.

Therefore let the man who thinks that he stands take care that he does not fall.

Therefore I tell you plainly that no one who speaks under the influence of the Spirit of God says 'JESUS IS ACCURSED,' and that no one can say 'JESUS IS LORD,' except under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

In giving directions on the next subject, I cannot praise you; because your meetings do more harm than good.

Can it be that, when one of you has a dispute with another, he dares to have his case tried before the heathen, instead of before Christ's People?

Yet there is a philosophy that we teach to those whose faith is matured, but it is not the philosophy of to-day, nor that of the leaders of to-day-men whose downfall is at hand.

Not, of course, meaning men of the world who are in immoral, or who are covetous and grasping, or who worship idols; for then you would have to leave the world altogether.

These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come.

Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait till the Lord comes. He will throw light upon what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in men's minds; and then every one will receive due praise from God.

For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death-till he comes.

Moreover, you are not your own masters; you were bought, and the price was paid. Therefore, honor God in your bodies.

In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master-builder; but another man is now building upon it. Let every one take care how he builds;

My mission from Christ was not to baptize, but to tell the Good News; not, however, in the language of philosophy, lest the cross of the Christ should be robbed of its meaning.

I told you, in my letter, not to associate with immoral people- -

Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord's cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offence against the Lord's body and blood.

For I had determined that, while with you, I would know nothing but Jesus Christ-and him crucified!

And we speak of these gifts, not in language taught by human philosophy, but in language taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things in spiritual words.

I am glad Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have come, for they have made up for your absence;

A woman's long hair is her glory? Her hair has been given her to serve as a covering.

You have rent the Christ in pieces! Was it Paul who was crucified for you? or were you baptized into the Faith of Paul?

And, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said "This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me."

To those who are married my direction is-yet it is not mine, but the Master's-that a woman is not to leave her husband

Instead of this, you wrong and cheat others yourselves-yes, even your Brothers!

I mean this, that every one of you says either 'I follow Paul,' or 'I Apollos,' or 'I Kephas,' or 'I Christ.'

If, however, any one still thinks it right to contest the point-well, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.

(If she has done so, let her remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.

If all the body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices share with the altar?

The Bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one Bread.

And so, through this knowledge of yours, the weak man is ruined-your Brother for whose sake Christ died!

For, through his wife, the husband who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ's People; and the wife who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ's People through our Brother whom she has married. Otherwise your children would be 'defiled,' but, as it is, they belong to Christ's People.

If others share in this right over you, do not we even more? Still we did not avail ourselves of this right. No, we endure anything rather than impede the progress of the Good News of the Christ.

I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

If the foot says 'Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body.

If you bless God with your spirit only, how can the man in the congregation who is without your gift say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving? He does not know what you are saying!

I baptized also the household of Stephanas. I do not know that I baptized any one else.

Do not you know that those who do the work of the Temple live on what comes from the Temple, and that those who serve at the altar share the offerings with the altar?

Or if the ear says 'Since I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body.

I speak to you as man of discernment; form your own judgment about what I am saying.

And a woman who is married to a man, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with her, should not divorce her husband.

In this way, by sinning against your Brothers and injuring their consciences, while still weak, you sin against Christ.

So that no one can say that you were baptized into my Faith.

If, however, they all made up only one part, where would the body be?

In this the man who plants and the man who waters are one; yet each will receive his own reward in proportion to his own labor.

While Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks study philosophy,

They have cheered my heart, and your hearts also. Recognize the worth of such men as these.

But in fact God has placed each individual part just where he thought fit in the body.

Are you all so soon satisfied? Are you so soon rich? Have you begun to reign without us? Would indeed that you had, so that we also might reign with you!

Therefore neither the man who plants, nor the man who waters, is of any account, but only God who causes the growth.

Therefore, if what I eat makes my Brother fall, rather than make my Brother fall, I will never eat meat again.

But in fact, although it has many parts, there is only one body.

So, too, the Master has appointed that those who tell the Good News should get their living from the Good News.

While God judges those who are outside? 'Put away the wicked man from among you.'

For Scripture says-'I will bring the philosophy of the philosophers to nought, and the shrewdness of the shrewd I will make of no account.'

So that your faith should be based, not on the philosophy of man, but on the power of God.

We meet slander with gentle appeals. We have been treated as the scum of the earth, the vilest of the vile, to this very hour.

For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the Apostles, last of all, as men doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to men!

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.

The eye cannot say to the hand 'I do not need you,' nor, again, the head to the feet 'I do not need you.'

How can you tell, wife, whether you may not save your husband? and how can you tell, husband, whether you may not save your wife?

I, however, have not availed myself of any of these rights. I am not saying this to secure such an arrangement for myself; indeed, I would far rather die-Nobody shall make my boast a vain one!

What I mean, Brothers, is this-The time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,

What have I to do with judging those outside the Church? Is it not for you to judge those who are within the Church,

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best.

No! Those parts of the body that seem naturally the weaker are indispensable;

What do I mean? you ask. Than an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?

You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to men.

Those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing,

Brothers, let every one remain in the condition in which he was when he was called, in close communion with God.

Thank God, I use the gift of 'tongues' more than any of you.

We, for Christ's sake, are 'fools,' but you, by your union with Christ, are men of discernment. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are despised.

Indeed, there must be actual parties among you, for so only will the men of real worth become known.

Yes, God has so constructed the body--by giving a special honor to the part that lacks it-

As to secure that there should be no disunion in the body, but that the parts should show the same care for one another.

Your thanksgiving may be excellent, but the other is not helped by it.

Or a thief, or covetous, or a drunkard, or abusive, or grasping, will have any share in God's Kingdom.

If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.

Yes, and they, who have passed to their rest in union with Christ, perished!

For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave.

To begin with, I hear you and, to some extent, I believe it.

You cannot drink both the Cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake at the Table of the Lord and at the table of demons.

And those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews. To those who are subject to Law I became like a man subject to Law-though I was not myself subject to Law-to win those who are subject to Law.

Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.

Let every one remain in that condition of life in which he was when the Call came to him.

Or 'are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord'? Are we stronger than he?

For, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!

I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best-that a man should remain as he is.

Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord's Supper;

Whatever is used by those who build upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,

So that-in the words of Scripture-'Let him who boasts make his boast of the Lord!'

To those who have no Law I became like a man who has no Law- -not that I am free from God's Law; no, for I am under Christ's Law-to win those who have no law.

Can every one have power to cure diseases? can every one speak in 'tongues'? can every one interpret them?

And God chose what the world counts poor and insignificant-- things that to it are unreal-to bring its 'realities' to nothing,

still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another.

I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting.

It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the Church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless;

I do not say 'your' scruples, but 'his.' For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?

It is said in the Law-'In strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.'

The Churches in Roman Asia send you their greetings. Aquila and Prisca and the Church that meets at their house send you many Christian greetings.

What is my reward, then? To present the Good News free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.

And do not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so 'were destroyed by the Angel of Death.'

For 'the earth, with all that is in it, belongs to the Lord.'

The quality of each man's work will become known, for the Day will make it plain; because that Day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man's work.

Eat anything that is sold in the market, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples;

If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?

Therefore I entreat you-Follow my example.

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

And those parts which we deem less honorable we surround with special honor; and our ungraceful parts receive a special grace which our graceful parts do not require.

If any man's work, which he has built upon that foundation, still remains, he will gain a reward.

Therefore the gift of the 'tongues' is intended as a sign, not for those who believe in Christ, but for those who do not, while the gift of preaching is intended as a sign, not for those who do not believe in Christ, but for those who do.

Instead of grieving over it and taking steps for the expulsion of the man who has done this thing, is it possible that you are still puffed up?

So that in his presence no human being should boast.

That in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;

Yet, in being judged by the Lord, we are undergoing discipline, so that we may not have judgment passed upon us with the rest of the world.

I have decided-having been present in spirit at your meetings, when the power of the Lord Jesus was with us-

You know that there was a time when you were Gentiles, going astray after idols that could not speak, just as you happened to be led.

If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.

So, when the whole Church meets, if all present use the gift of 'tongues,' and some men who are without the gift, or who are unbelievers, come in, will not they say that you are mad?

Can every one be an Apostle? can every one be a Preacher? can every one be a Teacher? can every one have supernatural powers?

But, if any one should say to you 'This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,' then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.

Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our forefathers longed.

For I myself, though absent in body, have been present with you in spirit, and in the name of our Lord Jesus I have already passed judgment, just as if I had been present, upon the man who has acted in this way.

We work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,

If I am not an Apostle to others, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal that stamps me as an Apostle in union with the Lord.

Of preachers two or three should speak, and the rest should weigh well what is said.

If a man thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet reached that knowledge which he ought to have reached.

And, as God has raised the Lord, so he will raise up us also by the exercise of his power.

Brothers, do not show yourselves children in understanding. In wickedness be infants, but in understanding show yourselves men.

For in the Law of Moses it is said-'Thou shalt not muzzle a bullock while it is treading out the grain.' Is it the bullocks that God is thinking of?

May the blessing of the Lord Jesus be with you.

If any man's work is burnt up, he will suffer loss; though he himself will escape, but only as one who has passed through fire.

Ways of serving differ, yet the Master is the same;

Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.

Even supposing that there are so-called 'gods' either in Heaven or on earth-and there are many such 'gods' and 'lords'-

Some, I hear, are puffed up with pride, thinking that I am not coming to you.

To another faith by the same Spirit; to another power to cure diseases by the one Spirit; to another supernatural powers;

Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they 'were, one after another, destroyed by the snakes.'

But, if some revelation is made to another person as he sits there, the first speaker should stop.

Results differ, yet the God who brings about every result is in every case the same.

And that they all ate the same supernatural food,

Yet with most of them God was displeased; for they were 'struck down in the desert.'

It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?

While, if all those present use the gift of preaching, and an unbeliever, or a man without the gift, comes in, he is convinced of his sinfulness by them all, he is called to account by them all;

Does any one ever serve as a soldier at his own expense? Does any one plant a vineyard and not eat its produce? Or does any one look after a herd and not drink the milk?

I, therefore, run with no uncertain aim. I box-not like a man hitting the air.

My love to all of you who are in union with Christ Jesus.

And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that with them I may share in its blessings.

If any of you use the gift of 'tongues,' not more than two, or at the most three, should do so-each speaking in his turn-and some one should interpret them.

But at a meeting of the Church I would rather speak five words with my mind, and so teach others, than ten thousand words when using the gift of 'tongues.'

The defense that I make to my critics is this:

Though you may have thousands of instructors in the Faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the Good News.

Or do not you know that a man who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body (for 'the two,' it is said, 'will become one');

Still, it is not every one that has this knowledge. Some people, because of their association with idols, continued down to the present time, eat the food as food offered to an idol; and their consciences, while still weak, are dulled.

Do not become idolaters, as some of them became. Scripture says-'The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance.'

All our brothers send you greetings. Greet one another with a sacred kiss.

What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.

And it says again-'The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.'

But the man with spiritual insight is able to understand everything, although he himself is understood by no one.

If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy him; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.

On the other hand, if a man loves God, he is known by God.

I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you were not then able to take it. No, and even now you are not able; you are still worldly.

But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I shall find out, not what words these men use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;

Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the Law also say the same?

(The spirit that moves the preachers is within the preachers' control;

Have not we a right to food and drink?

If there is no one able to interpret what is said, they should remain silent at the meeting of the Church, and speak to themselves and to God.

Therefore let no one boast about men; for all things are yours--

For you can all preach in turn, so that all may learn some lesson and all receive encouragement.

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

While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?

And, therefore, a woman ought to wear on her head a symbol of her subjection, because of the presence of the angels.

I always thank God about you for the blessing bestowed upon you in Christ Jesus.

That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.

This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master's service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the Faith of Christ Jesus-methods which I follow everywhere in every Church.

Do not you know that we are to try angels-to say nothing of the affairs of this life?

Still, when in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man, or man of woman;

For the man who eats and drinks brings a judgment upon himself by his eating and drinking, when he does not discern the body.

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

For he must reign until God 'has put all his enemies under his feet.'

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

At the last trumpet-call; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise immortal, and we, also, shall be transformed.

Some one, however, may ask 'How do the dead rise? and in what body will they come?'

For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of the dead.

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

We are proclaiming Christ crucified!-to the Jews an obstacle, to the Gentiles mere folly,

'Death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, O Death, is thy victory? Where, O Death, is thy sting?'

and all drank the same supernatural water, for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which followed them, and that rock was the Christ.

For the Kingdom of God is based, not on words, but on power.

But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.

To one is given the power to speak with wisdom through the Spirit; to another the power to speak with knowledge, due to the same Spirit;

Again, what good will they be doing who are baptized on behalf of the dead? If it is true that the dead do not rise, why are people baptized on their behalf?

Daily I face death-I swear it, Brothers, by the pride in you that I feel through my union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.

If I tell the Good News, I have nothing to boast of, for I can but do so. Woe is me if I do not tell it!

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men, so as at all costs to save some.

But, if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged.

And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of Scripture come true-

Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.

For 'who has so comprehended the mind of the Lord as to be able to instruct him?' We, however, have the very mind of Christ.

For, though I am conscious of nothing against myself, that does not prove me innocent. It is the Lord who is my judge.

And by means of which you are being saved. I would remind you of the very words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.

No, it is a divine philosophy that we teach, one concerned with the hidden purpose of God-that long-hidden philosophy which God, before time began, destined for our glory.

For what man is there who knows what a man is, except the man's own spirit within him? So, also, no one comprehends what God is, except the Spirit of God.

No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.

Your boasting is unseemly. Do not you know that even a little leaven leavens all the dough?

That he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the Scriptures had foretold),

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.

And that he appeared to Kephas, and then to the Twelve.

Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonors him who is his Head;

But it weighs very little with me that I am judged by you or by any human tribunal. No, I do not even judge myself;

With reference, then, to eating food that has been offered to idols-we are aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

Why, then, if you have cases relating to the affairs of this life, do you set to try them men who carry no weight with the Church? To your shame I ask it.

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Kephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future-all things are yours!

For it was not man who was taken from woman, but woman who was taken from man.

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. Sown a mortal body, it rises immortal; sown disfigured, it rises beautiful;