to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.

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

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

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:

But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,

for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?

For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly?

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

For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.

Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

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

whether 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.

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

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

You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.

are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

For what have I to do with also judging those who are outside? Don't you judge those who are within?

But those who are outside, God judges. "Put away the wicked man from among yourselves."

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 matters?

If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?

"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

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

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

Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren't you my work in the Lord?

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

To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

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

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

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

"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful for me," but not all things build up.

But if one of those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

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

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.

There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.

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

But now they are many members, but one body.

No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

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

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.

So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won't they say that you are crazy?

And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.

The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

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

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

Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.

For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet." But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.

Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

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

There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.

As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

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

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.