For I had determined that, while with you, I would know nothing but Jesus Christ-and him crucified!

This philosophy is not known to any of the leaders of to-day; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified our glorified Lord.

In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master-builder; but another man is now building upon it. Let every one take care how he builds;

For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?

Are you all so soon satisfied? Are you so soon rich? Have you begun to reign without us? Would indeed that you had, so that we also might reign with you!

For I myself, though absent in body, have been present with you in spirit, and in the name of our Lord Jesus I have already passed judgment, just as if I had been present, upon the man who has acted in this way.

What I mean, Brothers, is this-The time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,

But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the Head of every man, that man is the Head of woman, and that God is the Head of the Christ.

Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonors him who is his Head;

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.

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.

A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning 'the likeness of God' and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man's glory.

And, therefore, a woman ought to wear on her head a symbol of her subjection, because of the presence of the angels.

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

The eye cannot say to the hand 'I do not need you,' nor, again, the head to the feet 'I do not need you.'

For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold),

That he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the Scriptures had foretold),

If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then-'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die'!