Those things continued to befall them as warnings to others, and they were written down for the purpose of instructing us, in whose lives the climax of the ages has been reached.

Therefore let the one who thinks he stands firm [immune to temptation, being overconfident and self-righteous], take care that he does not fall [into sin and condemnation].

No temptation has taken hold of you but what is common to human nature. And God is to be trusted not to let you be tempted beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to make a way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

Do I imply, you ask, that 'food offered to an idol has any meaning, or that an idol itself means any thing'?

Eat any food that has been sold in the market, instead of letting scruples of conscience oblige you to ask any questions about it;

But if someone says to you, "This meat has been offered as a heathen sacrifice," make it your rule not to eat it, for the sake of the man who warned you and for conscience' sake;

If one partakes of food after saying a blessing over it, why should one be denounced for eating what one has given thanks to God for?

Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head.

But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.

For if a woman has no vail on, let her also be shaved. But if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her have a vail.

A man ought not to be veil'd: he has the honour of being invested with authority from God, and may glory in his priority to the woman.

For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.

Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?

But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.

but if any man has a mind to be contentious, I answer, we have no such custom, nor any of the churches of God.

For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.

For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

A man should examine himself, and only when he has done so should he eat any of the bread or drink from the cup.

wherefore I give you to understand, that no man who has the spirit of God, can pronounce Jesus anathema: and that no man can acknowledge Jesus to be the Lord, but by the holy spirit.

And there are a variety of [Christian] activities, but the same God provides the power for everyone to do all of them [i.e., it is God who empowers every person who has a gift].

To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good.

To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;

one man in the same Spirit has the gift of faith, another in the one Spirit has gifts of healing;

one has prophecy, another the gift of distinguishing spirits, another the gift of 'tongues' in their variety, another the gift of interpreting 'tongues.'

For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, form one body, so it is with Christ.

As it is, God has arranged the parts, every one of them in the body as he wished them to be.

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

which our presentable parts do not need. God has so adjusted the body and given such especial distinction to its inferior parts

If one part suffers, all the parts share its sufferings. If a part has honor done it, all the parts enjoy it too.

And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.

Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,

It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

when the perfect has come, that which is in part shall pass away.

For now [i.e., during the church's infant state] we see in a mirror [Note: God's word is elsewhere likened to a mirror. See James 1:22-25] indistinctly [i.e., because of having only partial knowledge and prophecy], but then [i.e., when the church matures and has the completed Scriptures], we will see face to face [i.e., clearly]. Now I have [only] partial knowledge, but then I will have full knowledge, just as [God has] full knowledge of me.

For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

In the law it has been written, "With other tongues, and with lips of others, I will speak to this people; and not even thus will they listen to Me," saith the Lord.

Hence, if the whole church has met and everybody speaks in ecstasy, and illiterate people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy?

Then what is the right course, brothers? When you meet together, suppose every one of you has a song, a teaching, a revelation, an ecstatic utterance, or an explanation of one; it must all be for the good of all.

But if something has been revealed to another person sitting there, the first prophet should be silent.

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.

Did God's message start from you Corinthians? Or are you the only people it has reached?

If anyone thinks and claims that he is a prophet [a true spokesman for God] or spiritually astute [filled with and energized by the Holy Spirit], let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.

and through which you are to be saved, if you hold on, unless your faith has been all for nothing.

But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.

Now if we preach that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you are saying that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised,

and if Christ was not raised, the message which we preach has nothing in it; there is nothing in our faith either,

And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed those that are dead are not raised.

For if the dead are never raised, Christ has not been raised;

and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is a mere delusion; you are still under the penalty of your sins.

If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all men are the most to be pitied.

But in reality Christ has been raised from the dead, the first to be raised of those who have fallen asleep.

For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come.

but every one in proper order: Christ has the precedence, next they who were Christians shall rise at his advent.

Then the end will come, when after he has done away with every ruler and every authority and power, the Messiah hands over the kingdom to God the Father.

For he must reign till he has put all enemies under his feet.

for He has put everything in subjection under His feet. But when He says that everything has been put in subjection to Him, He Himself is evidently excepted who put it all in subjection to Him.

And when everything is reduced to subjection to him, then the Son himself will also become subject to him who has reduced everything to subjection to him, so that God may be everything to everyone.

Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies;

and when you sow it, it has not the form it is going to have, but is a naked kernel, perhaps of wheat or something else;

and God gives it just such a form as he pleases, so that each kind of seed has a form of its own.

All flesh is not the same [Note: The word "flesh" here refers to the material composition of matter, and in no way suggests anything sinful, as it does in many other places in Paul's writings]. But mankind has one [kind of] flesh; animals have another kind; birds have another; and fish [still] another.

The sun has one kind of beauty, and the moon another, and the stars another; why, one star differs from another in beauty.

This is also what the Scripture says: "The first man Adam became a living creature." The last Adam has become a life-giving Spirit.

And when this mortal nature puts on immortality, then what the Scripture says will come true??Death has been triumphantly destroyed.

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

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

On the first day of the week let each one of you lay aside by himself in store as God has prospered him, that there may be no collections made when I come.

For I have an opportunity here that is great and calls for work, and it has many opponents.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord's work, as I am too.

See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.

As for our brother Apollos, I have often urged him to visit you with the other brothers, and he is quite unwilling to come now, but he will come when he has a good opportunity.

A curse upon anyone who has no love for the Lord. Lord, come quickly!