To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours.

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.

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

Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom,

Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world—what is viewed as nothing—to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers?

For whenever someone says, “I’m with Paul,” and another, “I’m with Apollos,” are you not unspiritual people?

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

Now the one planting and the one watering are one in purpose, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s sanctuary and that the Spirit of God lives in you?

If anyone destroys God’s sanctuary, God will destroy him; for God’s sanctuary is holy, and that is what you are.

and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings of the wise are meaningless.

So no one should boast in human leaders, for everything is yours—

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come—everything is yours,

You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us—and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!

Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;

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

when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the world’s garbage, like the dirt everyone scrapes off their sandals.

Now some are inflated with pride, as though I were not coming to you.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will know not the talk but the power of those who are inflated with pride.

And you are inflated with pride, instead of filled with grief so that he who has committed this act might be removed from your congregation.

When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus with my spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus,

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch. You are indeed unleavened, for Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Don’t you judge those who are inside?

Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases?

Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not!

Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

For the unbelieving husband is set apart for God by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart for God by the husband. Otherwise your children would be corrupt, but now they are set apart for God.

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

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

yet for us there is one God, the Father.
All things are from Him,
and we exist for Him.
And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ.
All things are through Him,
and we exist through Him.

Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.

Now when you sin like this against the brothers and wound their weak conscience, you are sinning against Christ.

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

To those who are without that law, like one without the law—not being without God’s law but within Christ’s law—to win those without the law.

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for all of us share that one bread.

Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in what is offered on the altar?

Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

but when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned with the world.

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

And there are different activities, but the same God activates each gift in each person.

For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

Now there are many parts, yet one body.

But even more, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary.

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

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

There are doubtless many different kinds of languages in the world, and all have meaning.

So also you—since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in building up the church.

Otherwise, if you praise with the spirit, how will the uninformed person say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?

Therefore, if the whole church assembles together and all are speaking in other languages and people who are uninformed or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

But if all are prophesying and some unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convicted by all and is judged by all.

And the prophets’ spirits are under the control of the prophets,

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

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.

In addition, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified about God that He raised up Christ—whom He did not raise up if in fact the dead are not raised.

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

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

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

Why are we in danger every hour?

If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?”

And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.

There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones.

Like the man made of dust,
so are those who are made of dust;
like the heavenly man,
so are those who are heavenly.

Brothers, you know the household of Stephanas: They are the firstfruits of Achaia and have devoted themselves to serving the saints. I urge you