so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you eagerly wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

(Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.)

For no other foundation can any one lay than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

If any man's work which he has built on it survives, he will receive a reward.

If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become a fool so that he may become wise.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by any human court; I do not even judge myself.

But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any one who bears the name of brother if he is an immoral person, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindlernot even to eat with such a one.

When any one of you has a grievance against a brother, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints?

But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.

If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce him.

Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.

But if any man thinks that he is not acting properly toward his betrothed, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let them marry.

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk?

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me. I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.

Therefore let any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason be any less a part of the body.

And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason be any less a part of the body.

If even lifeless things, such as the flute or the harp, do not give a distinction in the notes, how will any one know what is played?

Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?