so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name!

For whenever someone says, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human?

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

To the rest I say -- I, not the Lord -- if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

But if someone says to you, "This is from a sacrifice," do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience --

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

And if the ear says, "Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor in turn can the head say to the foot, "I do not need you."

Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord.

So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. But when it says "everything" has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God -- I say this to your shame!

But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?"