that, according as it hath been written, 'He who is glorying -- in the Lord let him glory.'

According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on it,

for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,

Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

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,

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!

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

And to the rest I speak -- not the Lord -- if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such cases, and in peace hath God called us;

if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

being circumcised -- was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;

Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;

each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

and if any one doth think it to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry.

have we not authority a sister -- a wife -- to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.

let no one seek his own -- but each another's.

for if a woman is not covered -- then let her be shorn, and if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven -- let her be covered;

and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;

and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.

ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;

wherefore he who is speaking in an unknown tongue -- let him pray that he may interpret;

What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up;

if an unknown tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;

and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.

And prophets -- let two or three speak, and let the others discern,

and if to another sitting anything may be revealed, let the first be silent;

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.

if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you -- that of the Lord they are commands;

and if any one is ignorant -- let him be ignorant;

let all things be done decently and in order.

if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

on every first day of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

let all your things be done in love.

if any one doth not love the Lord Jesus Christ -- let him be anathema! The Lord hath come!