Because that which the world deems foolish in God is wiser than men's wisdom, and that which it deems feeble in God is mightier than men's might.

so that your trust might rest not on the wisdom of man but on the power of God.

Every one of you already has all that heart can desire; already you have grown rich; without waiting for us, you have ascended your thrones! Yes indeed, would to God that you had ascended your thrones, that we also might reign with you!

Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.

Anything that is for sale in the meat market, eat, and ask no questions for conscience' sake;

for, in the first place, when you meet as a Church, there are divisions among you. This is what I am told, and I believe that there is some truth in it.

When, however, you meet in one place, there is no eating the Supper of the Lord;

that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all the members might entertain the same anxious care for one another's welfare.

Accordingly if the whole Church has assembled and all are speaking in 'tongues,' and there come in ungifted men, or unbelievers, will they not say that you are all mad?

For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.

But when the whole universe has been made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also become subject to Him who has made the universe subject to Him, in order that GOD may be all in all.