Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

to the church of God sanctified in Christ Jesus that is in Corinth, called [to be] saints, together with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours.

that in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same [thing] and there not be divisions among you, and that you be made complete in the same mind and with the same purpose.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."

For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.

so that all flesh may not boast before God.

But just as it is written, "[Things] which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him."

For to us God has revealed [them] through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all [things], even the depths of God.

Now the spiritual [person] discerns all [things], but he himself is judged by no one.

Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

the work of each one will become evident. For the day will reveal [it], because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the work of each one, of what sort it is.

If anyone's work that he has built upon [it] remains, he will receive a reward.

If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are.

So then, let no one boast in people. For all [things] are yours,

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all [things] [are] yours,

Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God.

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to people.

[when we are] slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all [things], until now.

Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

But I am coming to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will know not the talk of the ones who have become arrogant, but the power.

Your boasting [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?

But those outside God will judge. Remove the evil person {from among yourselves}.

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if by you the world is judged, are you unworthy of the most insignificant courts?

Do you not know that we will judge angels, not to mention ordinary matters?

I say [this] to your shame. So is there not anyone wise among you who will be able to render a decision between his brothers?

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive homosexual partners, nor dominant homosexual partners,

nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

All [things] are permitted for me, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted for me, but I will not be controlled by anything.

Food [is] for the stomach, and the stomach for food, but God will abolish {both of them}. Now the body [is] not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

And God both raised up the Lord and will raise us up by his power.

Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body [with her]? For it says, "The two will become one flesh."

I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

But to each one as the Lord has apportioned. As God has called each one, thus let him live--and thus I order in all the churches.

Were you called [while] a slave? Do not let it be a concern to you. But if indeed you are able to become free, rather make use of [it].

For the one who is called in the Lord [while] a slave is the Lord's freedperson. Likewise the one who is called [while] free is a slave of Christ.

But if you marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.

But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority concerning his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.

So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry [her] will do better.

Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

For even if after all [there] are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as [there] are many gods and many lords,

yet to us [there is] one God, the Father, from whom [are] all [things], and we [are] for him, and [there is] one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] all [things], and we [are] through him.

For if someone should see you who has knowledge reclining for a meal in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, [because it] is weak, be strengthened so that [he] eats the food sacrificed to idols?

Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat {forever}, in order that I may not cause my brother to sin.

For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox [while it] is threshing." It is not about oxen God is concerned, is it?

If others share this right over you, do we not [do so] even more? Yet we have not made use of this right, but we endure all [things], in order that we may not cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

For [although I] am free from all [people], I have enslaved myself to all, in order that I may gain more.

To the weak I became weak, in order that I may gain the weak. I have become all [things] to all [people], in order that by all means I may save some.

I do all [this] for the sake of the gospel, in order that I may become a participant with it.

Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all [things]. Thus those [do so] in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable [one].

For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all went through the sea,

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

and all ate the same spiritual food,

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed [them], and the rock was Christ.

Temptation has not come upon you except [what is] common to humanity. But God [is] faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, [so that you] may be able to endure [it].

Because [there is] one bread, [we] who [are] many are one body, for [we] all share from the one bread.

All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] build up.

Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all [things] for the glory of God.

just as I also please all [people] in all [things], not seeking my own benefit, but the [benefit] of the many, in order that they may be saved.

Now I praise you that you remember me [in] all [things], and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to [them].

Every man who prays or prophesies [while] having [something] on [his] head dishonors his head,

For just as the woman [is] from the man, thus also the man [is] through the woman. But all [things] [are] from God.

For do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who do not have [anything]? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise [you]!

So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

But [if we] are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined, in order that we will not be condemned with the world.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining [matters] whenever I come.

and there are varieties of activities, but the same God, who works all [things] in all [people].

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is beneficial [to all].

But in all these [things] one and the same Spirit is at work, distributing to each one individually just as he wishes.

For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, [although they] are many, are one body, thus also Christ.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free [persons], and all were made to drink one Spirit.

If the whole body [were] an eye, where [would] the hearing [be]? If the whole [were] hearing, where [would] the sense of smell [be]?

And if they all were one member, where [would] the body [be]?

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer together; if a member is honored, all the members rejoice with [it].

Not all [are] apostles, [are they]? Not all [are] prophets, [are they]? Not all [are] teachers, [are they]? Not all [are workers of] miracles, [are they]?

Not all have gifts of healing, [do they]? Not all speak with tongues, [do they]? Not all interpret, [do they]?

But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

And if I have [the gift of] prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that [I can] remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits [me] nothing.

bears all [things], believes all [things], hopes all [things], endures all [things].

Love never ends. But if [there are] prophecies, they will pass away. If [there are] tongues, they will cease. If [there is] knowledge, it will pass away.

but whenever the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.

Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy. The one who prophesies [is] greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive edification.

Likewise, the inanimate things which produce a sound, whether flute or lyre, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the lyre?

For indeed, if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare for battle?

And so you through the tongue, unless you produce a clear message, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a barbarian to the one who is speaking, and the one who is speaking [will be] a barbarian in my [judgment].

{Therefore what should I do}? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.

For otherwise, if you praise in [your] spirit, how will the one who fills the place of the outsider say the "amen" at your thanksgiving, because he does not know what you are saying?

For indeed you are giving thanks well, but the other person is not edified.

I give thanks to God [that] I speak with tongues more than all of you,

In the law it is written: "By those who speak a foreign language and by the lips of others I will speak to this people, and not even in this way will they obey me," says the Lord.

Therefore, if the whole church comes together at the same [time] and all speak with tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all,

the secret things of his heart become evident, and so, falling on [his] face, he will worship God, proclaiming, "God is truly among you!"