Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? and are not ye my work in the Lord?

For ye see by your calling, brethren, that not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:

What! know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,

and they, that weep, as if they wept not; and they, that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they, that buy, as if they possessed not;

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or do ye despise the church of God, and shame those that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

If the foot should say, "Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?

And if the ear should say, "Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?

Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up,

doth not behave indecently, is not selfish, is not easily provoked,