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.

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

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life!

For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

but a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he may please his wife,

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.

If even lifeless things, such as the flute or the harp, do not give a distinction in the notes, how will any one know what is played?

So it is with you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is intelligible, how will anyone know what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"