even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you;

seeing that both Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom;

that, even as it has been written, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

but, as it has been written, "Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, and that entered not into the heart of man??hatsoever things God prepared for those who love Him";

And I, brethren, could not speak to you, as to spiritual, but as to carnal??s to babes in Christ.

for ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?

What, then, is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and as the Lord gave to each.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master-builder, I laid a foundation; and another builds thereon. But let each one take heed how he builds thereon;

If any one's work shall be burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For who makes you to differ? And what do you have, that you did not receive? But, if you did receive it, why are you boasting, as if you did not receive it?

For, I think, God did set forth us the apostles last, as doomed to death; because we became a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

Not as shaming you, do I write these things, but as my beloved children, admonishing you.

For this cause, I sent to you Timothy, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

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

Actually there is reported among you fornication, and such fornication as exists not even among the gentiles, that one of you should have his father's wife!

For I, verily, being absent in the body, but present in the Spirit, have already, as if present, judged him who so wrought this;

Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover was sacrificed, even, Christ;

but, as it is, I wrote not to keep company, if anyone, called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner??ith such a one, not even to eat.

And I wish all men to be even as myself. Each one, however, has his own gift from God; one, indeed, after this manner, and another, after that.

Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them, if they remain even as I am.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified in the brother; else your children are unclean; but as it is they are holy.

Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each one, as God hath called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the assemblies.

Now, concerning the virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as having received mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not;

and those who use the world, as not using it to the full; for the fashion of this world is passing away.

A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but, if her husband fall asleep, she is at liberty to he married to whom she will: only in the Lord.

But she is happier, if she abides as she is, according to my judgment; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

If anyone thinks that he has known anything, not yet did he know it as he ought to know it;

For, even if there are things called gods, whether in heaven, or on earth (as there are gods many, and lords many);

But this knowledge is not in all; but some, by familiarity with the idol even until now, eat it as an idol-sacrifice; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Have we no right to lead about a sister as our wife, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Who ever serves as a soldier at his own charges; Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

And, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law (not being myself under law), that I might gain those under law;

to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ), that I might gain those without law.

I, therefore, so run, as not uncertainly I so fight, as not beating the air.

Now these things became types for us, that we might not covet evil things, as they also coveted.

Neither become ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it has been written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Nor let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted Him, and perished by the serpents.

Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.

A temptation has not taken you, except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

I am speaking as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

even as I also, in all things, please all men: not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

Become imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Now I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

But every woman, praying or prophesying with her head unveiled, dishonors her head; for it is one and the same, as if she were shaven.

For, as the woman is of the man, so also is the man through the woman; but all things are of God.

In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying "This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me:"

for, as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death, till He come.

Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led.

But all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, distributing to each one, severally, even as He willeth.

For, as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is the Christ;

But, as it is, God did set the members, each one of them in the body, even as He willed.

And, if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all the mysteries and all knowledge; and, if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing,

When I was a child, I was wont to talk as a child, to think as a child, to reason as a child; since I have become a man, I have done away with the things of the child;

for now we see through a mirror, obscurely; but then, face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall fully know, even as I also was fully known.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

Let the wives keep silence in the assemblies; for it is not permitted them to speak, but let them be in subjection, as also says the law.

And, if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a wife to speak in an assembly.

and, last of all, as to one born out of time, He appeared to me also.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive;

As the last enemy, death is abolished;

but God giveth it a body, even as He willed, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

As was the earthy, such also are the earthy; and as is the Heavenly, such also are the heavenly.

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the Heavenly.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so also do ye.

On the first day of the sabbaths, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring it up, as he may prosper, that no collections be made, when I come.

Now, if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear; for he works the work of the Lord, as I also do.