I mean this, that one of you says, "I belong to Paul's party," another, "And I belong to Apollos' party," another, "And I belong to Cephas' party," another, "And I belong to Christ's party."

For when one says, "I belong to Paul's party," and another, "I belong to Apollos' party," are you not acting as mere human creatures?

As a skilled architect, in accordance with God's unmerited favor given to me, I laid a foundation, and now another is building upon it. But every builder must be careful how he builds upon it;

Now, brothers, for your sakes I have applied all this to Apollos and myself, that from us as illustrations you might learn the lesson, "Never go beyond what is written," so that you might stop boasting in favor of one teacher against another.

I ask this to make you blush with shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a grievance of one brother against another,

but one brother has to go to law with another, and that before unbelieving judges?

To say no more, it is a mark of moral failure among you to have lawsuits at all with one another. Why not rather suffer being wronged? Why not suffer being robbed?

However, I should like for everyone to be just as I am myself, yet each of us has his own special gift from God, one for one way, another for another.

I mean his conscience, not yours. Why then should my personal freedom be limited by another's conscience?

for each of you is in a rush to eat his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

So, my brothers, when you meet to eat, wait for one another.

To one, wise speech is given by the Spirit; to another, by the same Spirit, intelligent speech is given;

to another, through union with the same Spirit, faith; to another, by one and the same Spirit, power to cure the sick;

to another, power for working wonders; to another, prophetic insight; to another, the power to discriminate between the true Spirit and false spirits; to another, various ecstatic utterances; and to another, the power to explain them.

so that there is no disharmony in the body, but all the parts have a common care for one another.

and if anything is revealed to another who is seated, let the speaker stop.

For in this way you can all, one after another, speak your prophetic message, so that all may learn and be encouraged,

Every kind of flesh is different. One kind belongs to men, another to cattle, another to birds, another to fish.

There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

One kind of splendor belongs to the sun, another to the moon, and another to the stars; yes, one star differs from another in splendor.

All the brothers wish to be remembered to you. Greet one another with a sacred kiss.