Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God,

Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Christ Jesus:

waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who will also confirm you to the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together, in the same mind and in the same judgment.

For it hath been declared to me of you, my brethren, by them of the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

I know not that I baptized any other. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel; but not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who is made by God unto us wisdom,

But God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the deep things of God.

Which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, explaining spiritual things by spiritual words.

But the spiritual man discerneth all things, while he himself is discerned by no man.

and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

wood, hay, stubble, Every one's work shall be made manifest;

for the day shall declare it: for it is revealed by fire; yea the fire shall try every one's work, of what sort it is.

If any one's work shall be burnt, he shall suffer loss, but himself shall be saved, yet so as through the fire.

Let none deceive himself: if any one among you thinketh himself to be wise, let him become a fool in this world, that he may become wise.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

But it is a very small thing with me, to be judged by you or by any man's judgment; yea, I judge not myself.

These things, brethren, I have by a figure transferred to myself and Apollos, for your sakes; that ye may learn in us, not to think of men above what is here written, that ye may not be puffed up for one above another.

I beseech you therefore, be ye followers of me.

And are ye puffed up? Have ye not rather mourned, that he who hath done this deed, might be taken from among you?

with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened; for our passover is slain for us, even Christ:

But I have now written unto you, if any who is named a brother, be a lewd person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, not to converse with such an one, no, not to eat with him.

Know ye not, that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

I speak to your shame. What, is there not so much as one wise man among you, that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, even your brethren.

Know ye not, that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate,

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

All things are lawful for me; but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.

God forbid. Know ye not, that he who is joined to an harlot is one body? For they two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

Withdraw not from each other, unless it be by consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to prayer, and may come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

But I say this by way of advice, not by way of precept. For I would that all men were even as myself:

But if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband.

For the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified by the wife; and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified by the husband. Else were your children unclean; but now they are holy.

And thus I ordain in all the churches. Is any one called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any one called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou canst be made free, use it rather.

For he that is called by the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman; and in like manner, he that is called being free, is the servant of Christ.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one who hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that even they that have wives, be as if they had none: And they that weep, as if they wept not;

and they that buy, as if they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it; for the fashion of this world passeth away: Now I would have you without carefulness.

There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit: but the married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

But if any think that he acteth indecently toward his virgin, if she be above age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

The wife is bound as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to marry whom she will; only in the Lord.

But if any one love God, he is known by him. I say, as to the eating of things sacrificed to idols,

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are many gods and many lords) Yet to us there is but one God,

the Father from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

But take heed, lest by any means this your liberty become a stumbling-block to the weak.

For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at meat in an idol-temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be encouraged to eat of the things sacrificed to the idol?

Or speaketh he chiefly for our sakes? surely for our sakes it was written: for he who ploweth, ought to plow in hope; and he that thresheth in hope, ought to be a partaker of his hope.

But I have used none of these things; nor have I written thus, that it might be done so unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make this my glorying void.

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I became all things to all men, that by all means I might save some.

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker thereof with you.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should become a reprobate.

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents.

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above your ability, but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

But that what the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. Now I would not that ye should be partakers with devils.

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils; ye cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and the table of devils.

Conscience I say, not thy own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another's conscience?

For if I by grace am a partaker, why am I blamed for that for which I give thanks?

Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but that of many that they may be saved.

Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.

Therefore if a woman is not covered, let her also be shaved: but if it be shameful, for a woman to have her hair shaved off, or cut short, let her be covered.

And as the woman was of the man, so also the man is by the woman; but all things are of God.

But if any one be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

For there must be heresies also among you, that the approved among you may be manifest).

So that whosoever shall eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

And if any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye come not together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

Therefore I give you to know, that as no one speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed; so no one can say, Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

For to one is given by the Spirit, the word of wisdom; to another by the same Spirit, the word of knowledge;

To another faith by the same Spirit;

to another the gift of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues.

For we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or freemen; and we have all drank of one Spirit.

Yea, the members of the body, which appear to be weaker, are much more necessary.

And those which we think to be the less honourable parts of the body, these we surround with more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

That there might be no schism in the body, but that the members might have the same care for each other:

And whether one member suffer, all the members might suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members might rejoice with it.

And though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and deliver up my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

And now we see by means of a glass obscurely; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then I shall know even as also I am known.

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not to men, but to God; for no one understandeth him, though by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries:

Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you, either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecy, or by doctrine?

So inanimate things which give a sound, whether pipe or harp, unless they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

So likewise unless ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye will speak to the air.

Let there be ever so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them without signification:

Yet if I know not the meaning of the language, I shall be a barbarian to him that speaketh, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian to me.

Brethren, be not children in understanding: in wickedness be ye as infants, but in understanding be ye grown men.

Yet if the whole church be met together, and all speak with unknown tongues, and there come in ignorant persons or unbelievers, will they not say, that ye are mad?

Whereas if all prophesy, and there come in an unbeliever, or an ignorant person, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all:

Let all things be done to edification. If any one speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two or three at most, and that by course, and let one interpret.

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

Let two or three of the prophets speak, and let the rest judge. But if any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by,