that no one may say that ye were baptized into my name.

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

I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am;

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she be satisfied to dwell with him, let him not put her away;

But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;

And this I say for your own profit; not to cast a noose over you, but with a view to what is becoming, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

Is it on mans authority that I am saying these things, or doth not the Law too say the same?

Or doth he say it altogether on our account? On our account, no doubt, it was written, that he who plougheth ought to plough in hope, and that he who thrasheth should do it in the hope of partaking.

I speak as to wise men, judge ye what I say.

What do I say then? That what is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything?

But if any one say to you, This hath been offered in sacrifice to an idol, do not eat of it, on account of him that showed you this, and from a regard to conscience;

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

wherefore I give you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God saith, Accursed be Jesus; and that no one can say, Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

If the foot say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body?

And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body?

And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee; nor, again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

Else, if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since he understandeth not what thou art saying?

If therefore the whole church be assembled in one place, and all be speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

But if Christ be preached that he hath risen from the dead, how is it that some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Awake, as is your duty, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God; I say it to your shame.

But some one will say, How are the dead to rise? and with what body do they come?

And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor doth corruption inherit incorruption.