For through union with him you were enriched in every way-in your power to preach, and in your knowledge of the Truth;

The Message of the Cross is indeed mere folly to those who are in the path to Ruin, but to us who are in the path of Salvation it is the very power of God.

But to those who have received the Call, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ, the Power of God and the Wisdom of God!

And God chose what the world counts poor and insignificant-- things that to it are unreal-to bring its 'realities' to nothing,

My Message and my Proclamation were not delivered in the persuasive language of philosophy, but were accompanied by the manifestation of spiritual power,

So that your faith should be based, not on the philosophy of man, but on the power of God.

But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I shall find out, not what words these men use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;

For the Kingdom of God is based, not on words, but on power.

I have decided-having been present in spirit at your meetings, when the power of the Lord Jesus was with us-

And, as God has raised the Lord, so he will raise up us also by the exercise of his power.

It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.

still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

And so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master's Cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.

I want you to bear in mind, Brothers, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

While any woman, who prays or preaches in public bare-headed, dishonors him who is her Head; for that is to make herself like one of the shameless women who shave their heads.

Judge for yourselves. Is it fitting that a woman should pray to God in public with her head uncovered?

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the Church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

To one is given the power to speak with wisdom through the Spirit; to another the power to speak with knowledge, due to the same Spirit;

To another faith by the same Spirit; to another power to cure diseases by the one Spirit; to another supernatural powers;

To another the gift of preaching; to another the gift of distinguishing between true and false inspiration; to another varieties of the gift of 'tongues'; to another the power to interpret 'tongues.'

In the Church God has appointed, first, Apostles, secondly Preachers, thirdly Teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

Can every one have power to cure diseases? can every one speak in 'tongues'? can every one interpret them?

Even though I dole my substance to the poor, even though I sacrifice my body, that I may boast, yet have not Love, it avails me nothing!

Therefore let him who, when speaking, uses the gift of 'tongues' pray for ability to interpret them.

What, then, is my conclusion? Simply this-I will pray with my spirit, but with my mind as well; I will sing with my spirit, but with my mind as well.

Then will come the end-when he surrenders the Kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.

And as we have borne the likeness of him who came from the dust, so let us bear the likeness of him who came from Heaven.

It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.