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

As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.

But now I am writing to you to stop associating with any so-called brother if he is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunk, or a robber. You must even stop eating with someone like that.

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 unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. Likewise, a husband must not abandon his wife.

I (not the Lord) say to the rest of you: If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not abandon her.

And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not abandon him.

But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block for those who are weak.

For in the Law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not only concerned about oxen, is he?

You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.

You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.

Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!

A person must examine himself and then eat the bread and drink from the cup,

In the same way, since you're so desirous of spiritual gifts, you must keep on desiring them for building up the church.

What, then, does this mean, brothers? When you gather, everyone has a psalm, teaching, revelation, foreign language, or interpretation. Everything must be done for upbuilding.

If anyone speaks in a foreign language, only two or three at the most should do so, one at a time, and somebody must interpret.

As in all the churches of the saints, the women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the oral law also 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.

But everything must be done in a proper and orderly way.

For he must rule until God puts all the Messiah's enemies under his feet.

For what is decaying must be clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying must be clothed with what cannot die.