Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth,

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God ordained before the worlds for our glory:

which none of the rulers of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

For who among men knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man which is in him? so also the things of God no one knoweth, but the Spirit of God.

which we also speak of, not in words dictated by human wisdom, but in those which are dictated by the holy Spirit; explaining spiritual things by spiritual words.

For no one can lay any other foundation, but that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ: and if any build upon this foundation gold,

If any man's work abide, which he hath built upon it, he shall receive a reward:

For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou, which thou didst not receive? And if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

Ye are now full, ye are now rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I wish ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have from God?

and ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price. Glorify God therefore in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Now as to the things concerning which ye wrote to me: it were good for a man not to touch a woman.

for I could wish that all men were as I myself am; but every man hath his proper gift from God, one of one kind and another of another?

In the calling in which every one was called, let him continue.

And this I say for your own benefit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but in order to recommend that which is fit and becoming before the Lord without distraction.

---The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? the bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

And if I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for that, for which I give thanks?

For I received from the Lord, that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread:

and gave thanks, and brake it, and said, "Take and eat; this is my body, which is going to be broken for you: this do in remembrance of me."

But those parts of the body, which seem to be weaker, are much more necessary:

and those which we judge the less honorable parts we clothe with more abundant honor; and so our less comely parts have more comeliness added to them, of which our comely ones have no need.

But God hath so blended the several parts of the body, giving greater honor to that which was deficient,

But when that which is perfect shall come, then that which is defective shall be laid aside.

I could wish that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edification.

As inanimate things which give a found, whether pipe or harp, unless they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall what is piped or harped be understood?

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached to you at first, which ye received, and wherein ye stand.

By which also ye are saved, if ye retain it as I preached it to you: unless indeed ye have believed in vain.

For in the first place I delivered to you, that which I also received, to wit, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:

I protest by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that I am even dying daily.

Silly creature! that which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it die first.

I beseech you, brethren, (for ye know the family of Stephanas, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and