Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

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

grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

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

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong,

God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

so that no flesh may boast before God.

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

When I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

so that your faith might not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

But we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and which God destined for our glory before the ages.

But, as it is written, "No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived what God has prepared for those who love him,"

God has revealed them to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit which is in him? Even so no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand the things freely given to us by God.

But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness";

and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts. Then every man will receive his praise from God.

For, I think that God has exhibited us apostles last of all, like men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?

God judges those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you."

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts,

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

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

"Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food"but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

By his power God raised the Lord, and he will also raise us up.

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

I wish that all men were as I myself am. But each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.

But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him do so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace.

Only, let each one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to him, and in which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what counts.

Brethren, let each one remain with God in that condition in which he was called.

I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.

This I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is good and to secure undivided devotion to the Lord.

But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

But if anyone loves God, he is known by him.

Therefore concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we exist.

But food will not commend us to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?

Do you not know that those who work in the temple get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?

In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living from the gospel.

To those who are without law, I became as one without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without the law.

Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man. And God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

No, but I say that the things pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

For if a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head.

For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

For as woman was made from man, so also man is born of woman. And all things are from God.

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

If anyone wants to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? No, I will not.

Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

There are varieties of working, but the same God who works all of them in all men.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

But now God has arranged the members in the body, each one of them, just as he desired.

while our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving the greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then those having gifts of healings, helps, administrations, and those speaking in various kinds of tongues.

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, he will fall on his face, and worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of themyet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

More than that, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all rule and all authority and power.

"For God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "All things are put in subjection under him," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things under him.

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.

Now I tell you this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.