I thank my God always about you, for the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but ye may be thoroughly prepared in the same mind and in the same understanding.

For it was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

lest some man should say that I immersed in my name.

For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the good-news, not in wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ would be emptied.

so that no flesh may boast before God.

And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of spirit and of power,

For while one may say, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal?

According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation and another man is building on it. But let each man take heed how he is building on it.

Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.

But it is a very small thing to me that I might be appraised by you or by a day of mankind. Yet neither do I appraise myself,

for I know nothing on myself. Yet I have not been made righteous in this, but he who appraises me is Lord.

Now these things, brothers, I applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us ye might learn not to think above that which is written, so that ye may not be puffed up, one over the one against the other.

I do not write these things shaming you, but I warn you as my beloved children.

I beseech you therefore, become followers of me.

Because of this I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every congregation.

But as of me not coming to you, some men are puffed up.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Purge out the old leaven, so that ye may be a new lump, since ye are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.

For what is in me to also judge those outside? Do ye not judge those inside?

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under control by anything.

Know ye not that your bodies are body-parts of Christ? Therefore, having taken the body-parts of the Christ, should I make them body-parts of a harlot? May it not happen!

Flee fornication. Every sin, whatever a man may do, is outside the body, but he who fornicates sins against his own body.

Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me. It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Do not defraud each other except from agreement for a time, so that ye may have time for fasting and prayer. And come together again for the same thing, so that Satan not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

But this I say, brothers, the time is shortened. It is the remaining, so that also those who have wives may be as not having,

And the wife and the virgin are differentiated. The unmarried woman is concerned for the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned for the things of the world, how s

And I say this for your own benefit, not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for what is respectable and assiduous toward the Lord, undistracted.

But she is more blessed if she remains this way according to my opinion. And I also seem to have Spirit of God.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are ye not my work in Lord?

If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you, for ye are the seal of my apostleship in Lord.

My defense to those who examine me is this.

If others are partakers of the right from you, are not we more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we cover all things, so that we may not give any hindrance to the good-news of the Christ.

But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty.

For if I preach the good-news, it is not a source of pride for me, for an obligation is laid upon me. And woe is to me if I do not preach the good-news.

What then is my reward? That, while preaching the good-news, I may make the good-news of the Christ without charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the good-news.

Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.

But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

All things are permitted for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are permitted for me, but not all things are constructive.

And I say conscience, not the one of himself, but the one of the other man. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

Become ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you.

and having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and said, Take ye, eat, this is my body broken for you. This do ye for my memorial.

Likewise also the cup after the supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do, as often as ye drink it, for my memorial.

Therefore whoever may eat this bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily of the Lord, will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

But when we are judged by Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world.

Therefore, my brothers, when ye come together to eat, await each other.

And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home so that ye may not come together for condemnation. And the rest I will set in order as soon as I come.

And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.

Pursue love, and be zealous for the spiritual things, but more that ye may prophesy.

Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but more that ye may prophesy. For greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the congregation may receive edification.

If therefore I know not the force of the voice, I will be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.

So also ye, since ye are zealots of spirits, seek so that ye may excel for the edification of the church.

Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

For if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays, but my intellect is unfruitful.

I thank my God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

Yet in an assembly I would rather speak five words with my intellect, so that I might also make others understand, than countless words in a tongue.

In the law it is written, In other tongues and in other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear me, says Lord.

For ye can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn, and all may be encouraged.

and last of all, as to the untimely birth, he also appeared to me.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace for me did not become empty, but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

And when all things are made subordinate to him, then the Son himself will also be made subordinate to him who subordinated all things to him, so that God may be all in all.

If in respect to men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me if the dead are not raised? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.

Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.

And when I arrive, whomever ye may approve by letters, I will send these men to bring your gift to Jerusalem.

And if it is fitting for me to go also, they will go with me.

And it may be that I will remain with you, or I will even spend winter, so that ye may set me on my way wherever I go.

For a great and effective door has opened to me, and yet there are many who are hostile.

Let not any man therefore disparage him, but send him forth in peace, so that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brothers.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge ye such men.

The salutation of Paul by my hand.

My love is with you all in Christ Jesus. Truly.