so that no one would say you were baptized in my name.

For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere men?

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,

Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “The two shall become one flesh.”

But this I say by way of concession, not of command.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.

But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;

This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things?

I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.

No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.

But if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience’ sake;

What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

Otherwise if you bless in the spirit only, how will the one who fills the place of the ungifted say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?

In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord.

Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?

The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.

Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

For He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him.

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”

Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.