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

For I have been informed by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you, my brethren.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

Yet we do speak a wisdom among the mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.

But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

I gave you milk, not solid food; for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, even now you are not ready,

for you are still carnal. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking like mere men?

For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men?

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

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

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

and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."

So then let no one boast of men. For all things are yours,

You are already filled! You have already become rich! You have become kings without us! And indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.

To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and we are poorly clothed, and roughly treated, and homeless;

and we toil, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to have mourned? Let the one who has done this be removed from your midst.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to try trivial cases?

So if you have disputes about such matters, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?

"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be mastered by anything.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"),

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we exist.

But food will not commend us to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

To those who are without law, I became as one without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without the law.

Now these things are examples for us, not to desire evil things as they did.

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man. And God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.

Consider Israel after the flesh; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

"All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.

For as woman was made from man, so also man is born of woman. And all things are from God.

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

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

And there are varieties of service, but the same Lord.

There are varieties of working, but the same God who works all of them in all men.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

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

and those parts of the body which we think less honorable we treat with the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Love never fails; but where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

Undoubtedly there are many languages in the world, and none of them is without meaning.

So it is with you; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in building up the church.

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?

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; but prophecy is for believers, not for unbelievers.

Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, he will fall on his face, and worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as even the law says.

Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

After that he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

More than that, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.

"For God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "All things are put in subjection under him," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things under him.

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are people baptized for them?

Why are we also in danger every hour?

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"

There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.

As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.

for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.