so that ye are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

for it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you;

for see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --

and of Him ye -- ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know them, because spiritually they are discerned;

with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,

for yet ye are fleshly, for where there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

for when one may say, 'I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, 'I -- of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?

and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

and again, 'The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'

So then, let no one glory 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 about to be -- all are yours,

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

Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,

we are fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we are ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

and ye are having been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he may be removed out of the midst of you who did this work,

cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I -- I will not be under authority by any;

the meats are for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body is not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make them members of an harlot? let it be not!

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth -- as there are gods many and lords many --

yet to us is one God, the Father, of whom are the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are the all things, and we through Him;

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?

if to others I am not an apostle -- yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple -- of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar -- with the altar are partakers?

No temptation hath taken you -- except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear it.

because one bread, one body, are we the many -- for we all of the one bread do partake.

See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?

Ye are not able the cup of the Lord to drink, and the cup of demons; ye are not able of the table of the Lord to partake, and of the table of demons;

do we arouse the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman, and the all things are of God.

Because of this, among you many are weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit;

and there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord;

and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God -- who is working the all in all.

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ,

and now, indeed, are many members, and one body;

But much more the members of the body which seem to be more infirm are necessary,

and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all powers?

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,

so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy is not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,

If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,

and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,

if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you -- that of the Lord they are commands;

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;

and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.

and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ's, in his presence,

Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?

and there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one is the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;

as is the earthy, such are also the earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are also the heavenly;

for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.

for they did refresh my spirit and yours; acknowledge ye, therefore, those who are such.