My brothers, some members of Chloe's family have made it clear to me that there are quarrels among you.

Is there anyone who can understand his own thoughts except his own inner spirit? In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit.

The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own action.

Some of you have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to evaluate you.

That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah and by the Spirit of our God.

A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should do the same for her husband.

A wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called.

For the slave who has been called to belong to the Lord is the Lord's free person. In the same way, the free person who has been called is the Messiah's slave.

Brothers, everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called by God.

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are so accustomed to idolatry that when they eat food that has been offered to an idol, their conscience becomes contaminated because it is weak.

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

In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who proclaim the gospel should make their living from the gospel.

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

They all ate the same spiritual food

and drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from the spiritual rock that went with them. That rock was the Messiah.

Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."

Let's stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.

Let's stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.

You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, because all of us eat from the same loaf.

and every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, which is the same as having her head shaved.

When you gather in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper.

He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me."

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,

and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord.

There are varieties of results, but it is the same God who produces all the results in everyone.

To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;

to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit;

But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person.

On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable,

so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.

Indeed, brothers, if I come to you speaking in foreign languages, what good will I be to you unless I speak to you in some revelation, knowledge, prophecy, or teaching?

In the same way, lifeless instruments like the flute or harp produce sounds. But if there's no difference in the notes, how can a person tell what tune is being played?

In the same way, unless you speak an intelligible message with your language, how will anyone know what is being said? You'll be talking into the air!

In the same way, since you're so desirous of spiritual gifts, you must keep on desiring them for building up the church.

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?

After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

Now if we preach that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how can some of you keep claiming there is no resurrection of the dead?

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.

Not all flesh is the same. Humans have one kind of flesh, animals in general have another, birds have another, and fish have still another.