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

if the foot may say, 'Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body;

and if the ear may say, 'Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body?

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but -- to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

for see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

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 -- '

with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

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

why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,