Now I mean this, - that, each one of you, is saying - I, indeed, am of Paul, but, I, of Apollos, but, I, of Cephas, but, I, of Christ:

Because, God's foolish thing, is, wiser than men, and, God's weak thing, mightier than men.

In order that, your faith, might not be in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

But, even as it is written - The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and upon the heart of man have not come up, - whatsoever things God hath prepared for them that love him,

For who of men knoweth the things of a man, - save the spirit of the man that is in him? thus, even the things of God, hath no one come to know, save the Spirit of God.

But, a man of the soul, doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, and he cannot get to know them, because, spiritually, are they examined;

But, the man of the spirit, on the one hand, examineth all things, but, on the other, he himself, by no one, is examined.

I, therefore, brethren, have not been able to speak unto you, as unto men of the Spirit, but as unto men of the flesh - as unto babes in Christ: -

For ye are yet fleshly. For, whereas there are, among you, jealousy and strife, are ye not, fleshly, and, after the manner of men, walking?

For, as soon as one beginneth to say - I, indeed, am of Paul! and another - I, of Apollos! are ye not, men?

So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours -

Let a man, so, be reckoning of us, as officers of Christ, and stewards of sacred secrets of God.

For I think that, God, hath set forth, us the apostles, to be last of all, as men devoted to death, - in that, a spectacle, have we been made, unto the world, - both unto messengers and unto men.

Whereas, them who are without, God, judgeth? Remove ye the wicked man from among, yourselves.

With a view to shame you, am I speaking. So, is it possible that there is among you - not so much as one wise man, who shall be able to judge between his brethren, -

Flee fornication! Every sin, whatsoever a man shall commit, is, outside his body, but, he that committeth fornication, bringeth sin into his own body.

Now, concerning the things whereof ye wrote, it were, good, for a man, not to touch, a woman;

But, on account of fornications, let, each man, have, his own wife, and, each woman, have, her own husband:

Besides, I desire all men to be, even as myself, - but, each one, hath his, personal, gift from God, one, after this manner, and, another, after that.

For how knowest thou, O woman, whether, thy husband, thou shalt save? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether, thy wife, thou shalt save?

For, he who in the Lord was called, being a bond-servant, is, a freed-man of the Lord: in like manner, he that was called being, a freeman, is Christ's bond-servant: -

With a price, have ye been bought, - do not become bond-servants of men:

I consider this, then, to be, good, in the circumstances, by reason of the existing distress, - that it is, good for a man, so, to be:

And I desire you to be, without anxiety: - the unmarried man, is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Is it, after the manner of men, that these things I am saying? Or doth not, even the law, the same things, say?

I, however, have not used any of these things; and have not written these things, in order that, so it should be done, in my case; for it were, good for me, rather to die than - - my boast, shall, no man, make void!

I became, unto the weak, weak, - that, the weak, I might win; - to all men, have I become all things, that, by all means, some, I might save.

But, every man who striveth in the games, in all things, useth self-control; - they, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown, they may receive; but, we, an incorruptible!

Trial, hath not taken you, save such as man can bear; faithful, moreover is God, who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able, but will make, with the trial, also the way of escape, that ye may be able to hold out.

As, to prudent men, I speak, - judge, ye, what I say: -

But, if anyone should say unto you, - This, is, a holy sacrifice, do not eat, for that man's sake who disclosed it, and for conscience sake: -

But, conscience, I mean, not thine own, but the other's, - for why is my freedom to be judged by another's conscience?

But I wish you to know - that, the head of every man, is, the Christ, and, the head of a woman, is, the man; and, the head of the Christ, is, God.

Every man, praying, or prophesying, having anything upon his head, putteth to shame his head;

For, a man, indeed, ought not to be veiling his head, being, the image and glory of God, - but, the woman, is the glory of man;

For, man, is not, of woman, but, woman, of man;

For also man was not created, for the sake of the woman, but woman, for the sake of the man.

Howbeit, neither is woman apart from man, nor man apart from woman - in the Lord;

For, just as the woman is of the man, so, also the man, is through means of the woman; - but, all things, are of God.

Doth not, even nature herself, teach you - that, if, a man, have long hair, it is a dishonour to him;

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

Although with the tongues of men, I be speaking, and of messengers, and have not, love, I have become resounding brass, or a clanging cymbal;

When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, to prefer as child, to reason as a child: now I have become a man, I have laid aside the things of the child!

For, he that speaketh with a tongue, not unto men, doth speak, but, unto God, - for, no one, understandeth, although, in spirit, he is speaking sacred secrets;

But, be that prophesieth, unto men, doth speak - edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

If, in this life, in Christ, we have hoped - and that is all, we are, of all men, most to be pitied.

For, since indeed, through a man, came death, through a man, also cometh the raising of the dead;

If, after the manner of men, I have fought with wild-beasts at Ephesus, what, to me, the profit? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for, tomorrow, we die.

Not all flesh, is the same flesh; but, one, indeed, is, the flesh of men, and, another, the flesh of beasts, and, another, the flesh of birds, and, another, of fishes;

One, is the glory of a sun, and, another, the glory of a moon, and, another, the glory of stars, - nay! star from star, differeth in glory.

Thus, also, it is written - The first man, Adam, became, a living soul, the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven:

As, the man of earth, such, also, the men of earth, and, as, the man of heaven, such, also, the men of heaven;

And, even as we have borne the image of the man of earth, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Be on the watch, stand firm in the faith, be men - be strong;