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,

My speech and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit,

so that your faith might not be based on men’s wisdom but on God’s power.

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.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

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

God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.

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.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body in order to boast
but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Therefore the person who speaks in another language should pray that he can interpret.

For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

What then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with my understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with my understanding.

Then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when He abolishes all rule and all authority and power.

sown in dishonor, raised in glory;
sown in weakness, raised in power;

And just as we have borne
the image of the man made of dust,
we will also bear
the image of the heavenly man.

Now the sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.