It is so, because God's nonsense is wiser than men's wisdom, and God's weakness is mightier than men's might.

so that no mortal man might ever boast in the presence of God.

So you owe it all to Him through union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom, our means of right standing, our consecration, and our redemption,

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

Now, brothers, for your sakes I have applied all this to Apollos and myself, that from us as illustrations you might learn the lesson, "Never go beyond what is written," so that you might stop boasting in favor of one teacher against another.

Are you satisfied already? Have you grown rich already? Have you ascended your thrones without us to join you? Yes, I could wish that you had ascended your thrones, that we too might join you on them!

When we are slandered by them, we try to conciliate them. To this very hour we have been made the filth of the world, the scum of the universe!

for when you met I too met with you in spirit by the power of our Lord Jesus --

But the father who stands firm in his purpose, without having any necessity for doing so, and he has made the decision in his own heart to keep her single, will do what is right.

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and the goal of our living, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom everything was made and through whom we live.

So then, if food can make my brother fall, I will never, no, never, eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from falling.

Yes, indeed, though I am free from any human power, I have made myself a slave to everybody, to win as many as possible.

For I would not have you, brothers, to be ignorant of the fact that though our forefathers were all made safe by the cloud, and all went securely through the sea, and in the cloud and the sea

As a rule eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it for conscience' sake,

But if someone says to you, "This meat has been offered as a heathen sacrifice," make it your rule not to eat it, for the sake of the man who warned you and for conscience' sake;

For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that there are cliques among you, and I partly believe it.

So, my brothers, when you meet to eat, wait for one another.

You know that when you were heathen you were in the habit of going off, wherever you might be led, after idols that could not speak.

So it is with you; unless in your ecstatic speaking you speak a message that is clearly intelligible, how can the message spoken by you be understood? You might just as well be talking to the air!

Hence, if the whole church has met and everybody speaks in ecstasy, and illiterate people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy?

Then what is our conclusion, brothers? When you meet together, everybody has a song, something to teach, a revelation, an ecstatic utterance, or an explanation of one. It must all be for the upbuilding of all.

For just as all men die by virtue of their descent from Adam, so all such as are in union with Christ will be made to live again.

The first man was made of the dust of the earth; the second Man is from heaven.

Now those who are made of the dust are just like him who was first made of dust, and those who are heavenly are like Him who is from heaven,

and as we have reflected the likeness of him who was made of dust, let us also reflect the likeness of the Man from heaven.

On the first day of every week each of you must put aside and store up something in proportion as he is prospered, so that no contributions need be made when I come back.