in your being enriched by him in every gift, with all that light and knowledge,

That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

What, I ask, is Apollos? or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the Faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

the character of each one's work will come to light, for the judgment day will show it up. This is so, because that day will show itself in fire, and the fire will test the character of each one's work.

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to have mourned? Let the one who has done this be removed from your midst.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

I have written to you in the letter not to associate with lewd persons;

Yet not altogether with lewd persons of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must needs go out of the world.

But now I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother is a lewd person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such person no not to eat.

Do you not know we are to manage angels, let alone mundane issues?

Why, the very fact that you have lawsuits with one another is already a defeat. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

Meats are ordained for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Let not the body be applied unto fornication, but unto the Lord, and the Lord unto the body.

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make them members of an harlot? let it be not!

For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Do not withhold sexual intercourse from one another, unless you agree to do so for a time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again. You must not let Satan tempt you through incontinence.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

Hast thou been called being a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use it rather.

You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to men.

Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

Now this is my opinion in the light of the present distress: That it is a good thing for a man to remain as he is.

But I say this, believers: the time has been shortened, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they did not;

let mourners live as if they were not mourning, let the joyful live as if they had no joy, let buyers live as if they had no hold on their goods,

let those who mix in the world live as if they were not engrossed in it, for the present phase of things is passing away.

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

For if somebody sees you, who are intelligent about this matter, attending a dinner in an idol's temple, will not he, with his sensitive conscience, be led to eat meat that is offered to idols?

So, this weak brother, for whose sake Christ died, becomes [spiritually] destroyed, [and all] because of your "knowledge" [i.e., you know that such eating is harmless, but your weak brother does not know this, so he is led into sin by your unloving example].

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

But I have not used any of these rights, and I'm not writing this so that they may be applied in my case. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected.

But with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the Desert.

Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

It all happened to them by way of warning for others, and it was written down for the purpose of instructing us whose lot has been cast in the closing hours of the world.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy].

Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

But if someone says to you, "This meat has been offered in sacrifice," let it alone, on account of the man who told you and his conscientious scruples;

But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

Whether, then, you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are doing, let everything be done to the glory of God.

Do not offend Jews or Greeks or even the church of God [but live to honor Him];

I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them upon you.

For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

But if a woman let her hair flow, it is an ornament to her; for the hair was given her for a covering,

If there be any man among you that lusteth to strife, let him know that we have no such customs, neither the congregations of God.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal.

Charity never faileth: but as to prophecies, they shall be abolished; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be laid aside.

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

When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, to prefer as child, to reason as a child: now I have become a man, I have laid aside the things of the child!

For now we see by reflected light, indistinctly; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know even as I am known.

Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.

There are, let us say, so many languages in the world, and none without its meaning.

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

the secrets of his heart are laid bare. And so, falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

You can all prophesy quite well, one after another, so as to let all learn and all be encouraged.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Now brothers and sisters, let me remind you [once again] of the good news [of salvation] which I preached to you, which you welcomed and accepted and on which you stand [by faith].

Then was he seen by above five hundred brethren once for all; of whom the most remain till now, and some also are laid to rest.

and finally he was seen by me, as though I were born abnormally late.

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

Just as we have borne the image of the earthly [the man of dust], we will also bear the image of the heavenly [the Man of heaven].

Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed