A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.

But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him."

and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess;

What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.

Is the Messiah divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? You weren't baptized in Paul's name, were you?

You know that the saints will rule the world, don't you? And if the world is going to be ruled by you, can't you handle insignificant cases?

I am free, am I not? I am an apostle, am I not? I have seen Jesus our Lord, haven't I? You are the result of my work in the Lord, aren't you?

The cup of blessing that we bless is our fellowship in the blood of the Messiah, isn't it? The bread that we break is our fellowship in the body of the Messiah, isn't it?

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you," or the head to the feet, "I don't need you."

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?

for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?

Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn't drink from the flock's milk?

You can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can't both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,

doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

Therefore, you don't lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus the Messiah to be revealed.

For the Messiah did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, so the cross of the Messiah won't be emptied of its power.

Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he?

When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come and tell you about God's secret with rhetorical language or wisdom.

We don't speak about these things with words taught us by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual things to spiritual people.

Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in the Messiah.

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you weren't ready for it. And you're still not ready!

For when one person says, "I follow Paul," and another person says, "I follow Apollos," you're following your own human nature, aren't you?

You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you?

It is a very small thing to me that I should be examined by you or by any human court. In fact, I don't even evaluate myself.

for the kingdom of God isn't just talk, but also power.

Your boasting is not good. You know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough, don't you?

After all, is it my business to judge outsiders? You are to judge those who are in the community, aren't you?

You know that we will rule angels, not to mention things in this life, don't you?

You know that your bodies belong to the Messiah, don't you? Should I take what belongs to the Messiah and unite them with a prostitute? Certainly not!

You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves,

If a man thinks he is not behaving properly toward his virgin, and if his passion is so strong that he feels he ought to marry her, let him do what he wants; he isn't sinning. Let them get married.

For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you, who know better, eating in an idol's temple, he will be encouraged to eat what has been offered to idols, won't he?

We have the right to earn our food, don't we?

We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas, don't we?

I am not saying this on human authority, am I? The Law says the same thing, doesn't it?

Isn't he really speaking for our benefit? Yes, this was written for our benefit, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.

If others enjoy this right over you, don't we have a stronger claim? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we tolerate everything in order not to put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of the Messiah.

You know that those who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who serve at the altar get their share of its offerings, don't you?

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for this obligation has been entrusted to me. How terrible it would be for me if I didn't preach the gospel!

You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.

But God wasn't pleased with most of those people, and so they were struck down in the wilderness.

Now their experiences serve as examples for us so that we won't set our hearts on evil as they did.

Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing securely should watch out so he doesn't fall.

Look at the Israelis from a human point of view. Those who eat the sacrifices share in what is on the altar, don't they?

or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is?

However, if someone says to you, "This was offered as a sacrifice," don't eat it, both out of consideration for the one who told you and also for the sake of conscience.

Don't become a stumbling block to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved.

Now, while we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so we won't be condemned along with the world.

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant.

You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak.

Now if all of it were one part, there wouldn't be a body, would there?

However, our attractive parts don't need this. But God has put the body together and has given special honor to the parts that lack it,

For example, if a bugle doesn't sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?

If I don't know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

Now if the whole church gathers in the same place and everyone is speaking in foreign languages, when uneducated people or unbelievers come in, they will say that you are out of your mind, won't they?

Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you I say this to your shame don't fully know God.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

If anyone doesn't love the Lord, let him be !