according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,

that, according as it hath been written, 'He who is glorying -- in the Lord let him glory.'

but, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him -- '

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on it,

if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.

Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last -- as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.

Not as putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,

because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations -- as that one hath the wife of the father! --

for I indeed, as being absent as to the body, and present as to the spirit, have already judged, as being present, him who so wrought this thing:

cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,

for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;

if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

and those using this world, as not using it up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;

and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth him to know;

for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth -- as there are gods many and lords many --

but not in all men is the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat it, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

have we not authority a sister -- a wife -- to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

to those without law, as without law -- (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) -- that I might gain those without law;

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, 'The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;

neither murmur ye, as also some of them did murmur, and did perish by the destroyer.

And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,

as to wise men I speak -- judge ye what I say:

as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many -- that they may be saved.

Followers of me become ye, as I also am of Christ.

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman, and the all things are of God.

In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink it -- to the remembrance of me;'

for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth -- till he may come;

ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;

and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.

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

and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

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

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

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,

for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say it.

and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

as is the earthy, such are also the earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are also the heavenly;

and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.

And concerning the collection that is for the saints, as I directed to the assemblies of Galatia, so also ye -- do ye;

And if Timotheus may come, see that he may become without fear with you, for the work of the Lord he doth work, even as I,