to the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called out with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

that in everything you are enriched by Him, in all speech and in all knowledge;

For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise men according to the flesh are called, not many mighty, not many noble.

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing things that are;

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

But, we speak wisdom among those who are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, that come to nothing.

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God.

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

I have fed you with milk and not with solid food, for you were not yet able to bear it; nor are you able even now.

For you are yet carnal. For in that there is among you envyings and strife and divisions, are you not carnal, and do you not walk according to men?

For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal?

So he planting, and he watering, are one, and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

For of God we are fellow-workers, a field of God, and you are a building of God.

Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

If anyone defiles the temple of God, God shall destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.

And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."

Therefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours,

whether it is Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours,

and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

Already you are full! Already you are rich! You have reigned as kings without us! And oh that indeed you did reign, 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 honorable, but we are despised.

Even until this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place.

being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved son and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

As to my not coming to you now, some are puffed up.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills. And I will not know the speech of those who are puffed up, but the power.

And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, so that he who has done this deed may be taken from your midst.

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, with my spirit; also, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Therefore purge out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

For what is it to me to also judge those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?

But God judges those who are outside. Therefore put out from you the evil one.

Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

If, then, you truly have judgments of the things of this life, set those who are least esteemed in the church to judge.

And such were some of you. But you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

All things are lawful to me, but not all things profit. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Do you not know that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of a harlot? Let it not be!

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,

for you are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; else your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Were you called as a slave? It does not matter to you, but if you are able to become free, use it rather.

You are bought with a price, do not be the slaves of men.

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

And they who weep are as though they did not weep. And they who rejoice are as though they did not rejoice. And they who buy are as though they did not possess.

And they who use this world are as not abusing it, for the fashion of this world is passing away.

The wife and the virgin are different. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

For though there are those who are called gods, whether in Heaven or in earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

but there is to us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him.

But food does not commend us to God. For neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.

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

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

Do you not know that those who minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? And those attending the altar are partakers with the altar.

And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews. To those who are under the Law, I became as under the Law, so that I might gain those who are under the Law.

To those who are outside Law, I became as outside Law (not being outside law to God, but under the Law to Christ), so that I might gain those who are outside Law.

No temptation has taken you but what is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation also will make a way to escape, so that you may be able to bear it.

For we, the many, are one bread and one body; for we are all partakers of that one bread.

Behold Israel after the flesh. Are not those who eat of the sacrifices also partakers of the altar?

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

All things are lawful to me, but not all things profit. All things are lawful to me, but not all things build up.

If any of those who do not believe invite you to a feast, and if you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake.

For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and many sleep.

But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

But there are differences of gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.

And there are differences of workings, but it is the same God working all things in all.

For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

For also by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free, even all were made to drink into one Spirit.

But now indeed many are the members, yet only one body.

But much rather the members of the body seeming to be weaker are necessary.

And you are the body of Christ, and members in part.

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of power?

Charity never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be abolished; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it will be abolished.

So it may be many kinds of sounds are in the world, and not one is without a distinct sound.

Even so you, since you are zealots of spiritual things, seek to build up the church, in order that you may abound

So that tongues are not a sign to those who believe, but to those who do not believe. But prophesying is not to those who do not believe, but to those who believe.

And if there are two or three prophets, let them speak, and let the others judge.

And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

If anyone thinks to be a prophet, or a spiritual one, let him recognize the things I write to you, that they are a commandment of the Lord.

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

And we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified of God that He raised Christ; whom He did not raise if the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, then Christ is not raised.

And if Christ is not raised, your faith is foolish; you are yet in your sins.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

But each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit, and afterward they who are Christ's at His coming;

But when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subject to Him who has subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all things in all.

Otherwise, what will they do, those being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not at all raised, why indeed are they baptized on behalf of the dead?

And why are we also in danger every hour?

If according to man I fought with beasts in Ephesus, what advantage is to me if the dead are not raised? "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

But someone will say, How are the dead raised up, and with what body do they come?

There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly is truly different, and that of the earthly different;

For a great and effective door opened to me, and many are opposing.