according to the free gift of God bestowed upon me, I, as a skilful architect, have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. but let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.

let no man deceive himself: if any among you pretends to worldly wisdom, let him commence fool, in order to be truly wise.

therefore, let no one glory in men: for all are yours:

Let men consider us, as the ministers of Christ, who dispense the divine mysteries.

therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with unaffected sincerity and truth.

let the husband discharge his obligations to his wife: and likewise the wife to the husband.

but if they have not the gift, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to be in pain.

but if she has separated herself, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

But as to the other cases, which were not decided by the Lord; I say, if any brother has a pagan wife, who likes to live with him, let him not put her away.

and if a woman has a pagan husband, who likes to live with her, let her not leave him.

but if the infidel will separate, let him go: a brother or a sister is not inslaved in such cases. but God has called us to peace; for how do you know,

Whatever condition God has allotted to any man, let him go on in the same state he was in when he became a christian: this I give as a standing rule to all churches.

does a Jew turn Christian? let him not pretend to be uncircumcised: does a Gentile turn Christian? let him not become circumcised.

let every man continue in the same state he was in when he turn'd christian.

brethren, let every man conscientiously continue in the state he was in when he was converted.

if any man thinks it would be a reflexion upon his manhood to be a stale batchelor, and so ought to marry; let him follow his bent, he is at liberty, let such marry.

neither let us commit fornication, as some of them did, of whom three and twenty thousand fell in one day.

neither let us provoke Christ as some of them provoked him, and were destroyed by serpents.

wherefore let him that thinks he stands firm, take heed lest he fall.

Let no man consult barely his own interest: but every man that of others.

Let a man then sift and approve himself, and accordingly let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

and if any one is press'd with hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not otherwise meet with punishment. as for other matters, I will set them in order when I come.

wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue, pray for the gift of interpretation.

what is then to be done, my brethren? when you come together, one of you with a psalm, another with a doctrine, another with a strange tongue, another with a revelation, another with an interpretation: let the whole be done to edification.

and if any man do speak in an unknown tongue, let but two speak, or three at the most, and that by turns: and let there be but one to interpret.

but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and tacitly address himself to God.

of the prophets let but two or three speak by turns, and let the others deliberate.

if the meaning be revealed to another that sits by, let the first be silent.

Let your women be silent in your assemblies: for they are not allowed to discourse there; but are to observe orders, as indeed the law implies:

and if they desire to have information about any point, let them consult their husbands at home: for it does not become women to ask questions in the church.

if any one pretends to be a prophet, or to spiritual gifts, let him be assured that the rules which I have here prescrib'd, are the commandments of the Lord.

let all things be done with decency, and without disorder.

besides, my engaging with those monsters, as I may say, at Ephesus, what advantage was it to me? if the dead don't rise, "let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."

every sabbath-day let every one of you set apart something of what he has happily gain'd, for the common treasury, that there may be no collection when I come.

let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him safe, that he may come to me: for I and the brethren expect him.

let all your transactions flow from social affections.

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accurst.