For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?

More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.