that no man might say, I baptised into my own name.

but the foolish things of this world hath God elected, that he might confound the wise; and the feeble things of the world hath God elected, that he might confound the mighty;

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who hath been made to us of God wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

that your faith might not stand on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

And I have given you milk to drink, and not meat: for hitherto ye have not been capable of it, yea, even to the present moment ye are not capable of it.

every man's work shall be made manifest: for that day shall declare it, for it shall be laid open by fire; and the fire shall prove every man's work of what sort it is.

But these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself, and Apollos for your sake; that in us ye might learn not to be attached, beyond what is written, lest one being for one [minister], ye be puffed up [with prejudice] against another.

Now ye are full, now ye have grown rich, ye have reigned without us: and I wish indeed that you may reign, that we also might reign together with you.

For I think that God hath exposed us his apostles the last as devoted unto death. For we have been made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

being injuriously spoken of, we entreat; we are made as the ordures of the world, as the sweepings of all things unto this day.

And ye are puffed up, though ought ye not rather to be grieved? that he who hath done this deed might be plucked from the midst of you.

Howbeit there is not in all men this knowledge; but some having conscientious respect for the idol to this moment, eat the meat as sacrificed to the idol; and their conscience being weak, is defiled.

But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither if we eat are we the better, or if we eat not are we the worse.

Wherefore if meat give occasion of offence to my brother, I will in no wise eat meat for ever, that I give no cause of offence to my brother.

if others partake of this power over you, ought not we much more? But we have not used this power, and we suffer all things, that we might not put any obstruction in the way of the gospel of Christ.

For though I be free from all men, I have made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.

And I became to the Jews as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

to those who are without law, as without law (not as being without law to God, but under the law to Christ), that I might gain those who were without law.

I became to the weak as weak, that I might gain the weak; I became all things to all men, that by every means I might save some.

and did all eat the same spiritual meat;

Now these things were examples for us, that we might not be coveters of evil things, as they also coveted.

But in the matter I am going to denounce, I do not commend you, that ye meet together not for the better, but for the worse.

For there must be heresies among you, that they who are the tried ones, may be made manifest among you.

But being judged, we are corrected by the Lord, that we might not be condemned with the world.

Wherefore, when ye meet together to eat the Lord's supper, wait for one another.

And if any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that ye meet not together for condemnation. And the other matters I will regulate when I come.

For by one Spirit we all have been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free men; and we have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

that there might be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

If then the whole church assemble together in the same place, and all speak different tongues, and there come in illiterate persons, or infidels, will they not say ye are mad?

and thus the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so falling down on his face, he will worship God, declaring that God verily is among you.

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For as in Adam all are dead, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.