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

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

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

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

For the message about 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 expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

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

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

For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

But just as it is written, "Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him."

God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

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

The unbeliever does not receive 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 caused it to grow.

So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

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

If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are.

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

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

One should think about us this way -- as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

"Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both." The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Now God indeed raised the Lord and he will raise us by his power.

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

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

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. God has called you in peace.

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts.

In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is -- and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol in this world is nothing," and that "there is no God but one."

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

Now food will not bring us close 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, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

But I want you to know 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 will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.

For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.

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

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?

Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is really among you."

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy 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 to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.

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

And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

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

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God -- I say this to your shame!

But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: 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!

On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.