Brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg of you all to drop these party-cries. There must be no cliques among you; you must regain your common temper and attitude.

Therefore, as it is written, "The person who boasts must boast in the Lord."

The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.

As a skilled architect, in accordance with God's unmerited favor given to me, I laid a foundation, and now another is building upon it. But every builder must be careful how he builds upon it;

If a man's work is burned up, he must stand the loss, though he himself will be saved, but as one who has passed through the fire.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in this world's wisdom, as compared with the rest of you, to become really wise he must become a fool.

So you must not boast about men. For all belongs to you;

Now in this matter of stewards your first requirement is that they must be trustworthy.

For although my conscience does not accuse me, yet I am not entirely vindicated by that. It is the Lord Himself who must examine me.

So you must stop forming any premature judgments, but wait until the Lord shall come again, for He will bring to light the secrets hidden in the dark and will make known the motives of men's hearts, and the proper praise will be awarded each of us.

What do you wish? must I come unto you with the rod, or in divine love and the spirit of meekness?

You must clean out the old yeast, that you may be a fresh lump, as you are to be free from the old yeast. For our Passover Lamb, Christ, has already been sacrificed.

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

Now what I really meant was for you to stop associating with any so-called brother, if he is sexually immoral, a greedy grasper, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler -- with such a person you must even stop eating.

What have I to do with the judging of outsiders? Must not you judge those who are within the church, while God judges outsiders?

but for God to judge those who are outside? You must expel that wicked person from your membership.

Do you not know that we will judge [even] angels? [And if so], then how much more [must we judge] the things of this life!

Must brother go to law with brother, and that, too, before unbelievers?

Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I, then, take the members of the Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? It must not be.

for you have been bought and actually paid for. So you must honor God with your bodies.

The husband must always give his wife what is due her, and the wife too must do so for her husband.

You husbands and wives must stop refusing each other what is due, unless you agree to do so just for awhile, so as to have plenty of time for prayer, and then to be together again, so as to keep Satan from tempting you because of your lack of self-control.

To married people I give this command (not really I, but the Lord): A wife must not leave her husband.

But if she does leave him, she must remain single, or better, be reconciled to her husband. I instruct the husband too not to divorce his wife.

To the rest of the people I myself would say -- though the Lord Himself has said nothing about it -- if a Christian has a wife that is not a believer and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her;

and a woman who has a husband that is not a believer, but he consents to live with her, must not divorce her husband.

Only, everybody must continue to live in the station which the Lord assigned to him, in that in which God called him. These are my orders in all the churches.

Has a man been called after he was circumcised? He must not try to change it. Has a man been called without being circumcised? He must not be circumcised.

Everybody must remain in the station in which he was called.

You have been bought and paid for; you must not let yourselves become slaves to men.

Brothers, each one must continue close to God in the very station in which he was called.

But if any one thinks that he behaves improperly to his virgin, if she is past her prime, and it must be so, let him do what he wishes; he does not sin; let them marry.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases, except that he must be a Christian.

If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he, as he must needs come to know,

But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block to overscrupulous people.

Or, are Barnabas and I the only ones who must have a [secular] job for our living?

For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox that is treading out your grain." Is it that God is concerned about oxen only?

Now if I do this willingly, I have a reward; and if unwillingly, yet I am intrusted with the commission, and I must execute it.

Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

And you must not be idolaters like some of them. as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, And they rose up for idol dances.

Nor must we act licentiously, as some of them did, and fell in a single day, twenty-three thousand of them.

Neither must we presume upon the patience of our Lord, as some of them presumed, and were destroyed by the serpents;

You must stop grumbling, as some of them did, and for it were destroyed by the destroying angel.

So the man who thinks he stands securely must be on the lookout not to fall.

A man must not study his own interests, but the interests of others.

But if someone tells you, 'This was sacrificial meat,' then do not eat it; you must consider the man who told you, and also take conscience into account ??29 his conscience, I mean, not your own; for why should one's own freedom be called in question by someone else's conscience?

You must not be hindrances to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God either,

You must follow my example, just as I myself am following Christ's.

Therefore, in view of the angels, woman must wear a symbol of subjection on her head.

You must judge for yourselves in this matter. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with nothing on her head?

Yes, indeed, there must be parties among you, in order that people of approved fitness may come to the front among you.

So he that eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthy must answer for a sin against the body and blood of the Lord.

A man, then, must examine himself, and only in this way should he eat any of the bread and drink from the cup.

and if anyone is hungry let him eat at home. You must not gather, only to incur condemnation. I will give you my instructions upon the other matters when I come.

Therefore, I must tell you that no one who is speaking under the influence of the Spirit of God ever says, "Curse Jesus!" and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord!" without being under the influence of the holy Spirit.

But you must cultivate the higher endowments.

You must pursue love, while you are cultivating the spiritual endowments, and especially inspired preaching.

For the person who speaks in a language [supernaturally] does not speak to people, but to God, for no one can understand him [i.e., unless there is an interpreter or it is the person's native language]; he speaks [previously] unrevealed truths under the influence of the Holy Spirit [or "in his spirit"]. [Note: For a correct understanding of this chapter, it must be kept in mind that Paul is addressing a misuse ofthe gift of speaking in languages supernaturally. The Corinthians were doing this in the wrong way and for the wrong purpose].

But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in languages [supernaturally], how will I benefit you unless my speaking consists of a revelation [from God], or a [message of] knowledge [See 12:8], or a prophecy, or a teaching? [i.e., the message must be intelligible to be beneficial].

So since you are ambitious for spiritual endowments, you must try to excel in them in ways that will do good to the church.

Therefore, the man who speaks in ecstasy must pray for power to explain what he says.

Brothers, you must not be children mentally. In evil be babies, but mentally be mature.

Then what is the right course, brothers? When you meet together, suppose every one of you has a song, a teaching, a revelation, an ecstatic utterance, or an explanation of one; it must all be for the good of all.

If anybody speaks in ecstasy, there must be only two, or three at most, and let one speak at a time, and someone explain what he says.

But if there is no interpreter, he must be silent in the church, but let him speak to himself and to God.

and if anything is revealed to another who is seated, the one who is speaking must stop.

Women are to keep quiet in church, for they are not allowed to speak. They must take a subordinate place, just as the Law says.

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or a spiritual person, he must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.

Everything must always be done in a proper and orderly way.

For he must reign till he have put all his enemies under his feet.

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we must also bear the image of the heavenly.

For this corruptible must put on incorruptibility: and this mortal must put on immortality.

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you must also do.

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.

So no one must slight him at all. But send him on with your goodbye, that he may come back to me, for I am expecting him with the other brothers.

All your [actions] must be done in love.

Yes, they have cheered my spirit, and yours too. You must deeply appreciate such men.