whereby the testimony we gave concerning Christ was confirmed among you.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to maintain all the same doctrine, to suffer no divisions among you; but to be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

for I have been inform'd, my brethren, by some of Chloe's family, that there are contentions among you.

for consider, brethren, that not many worldly wise, not many men of power, not many men of birth are among you that are called.

As for me, my brethren, when I appear'd among you, it was not to represent to you the divine mystery in sublime language, and with human literature.

for I did not think I was to have any other knowledge among you, than that of Christ, a crucified saviour.

for you are still subject to your passions. since envy, and strife, and divisions are among you, are you not actuated by the vices of the animal part?

let no man deceive himself: if any among you pretends to worldly wisdom, let him commence fool, in order to be truly wise.

we have it from all quarters, that incest is practis'd among you, and such as is not among the Gentiles, that of a man's having his father's wife.

When any controversy arises among you, will any one presume to appeal to the Gentiles, and not to Christians?

for tho' there are several titular deities, both in heaven and on earth: such as the whole crowd of gods, and lords among the Gentiles;

for there must be factions among you, whereby it will appear who among you are the approved.

hence it is, that many are weak and sickly among you, and no small number now sleep in their graves.

But since there is emulation among you concerning spiritual gifts, seek to abound in the exercise of such gifts as tend most to the edification of the church.

Now if it has been declared, that Christ rose from the dead, how comes it, that some among you assert, "there is no resurrection of the dead?"

present my love to every christian among you. amen.