Now I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Now some are inflated with pride, as though I were not coming to you.

And some of you used to be like this. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

However, not everyone has this knowledge. In fact, some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food offered to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.

To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.

They all ate the same spiritual food,

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.

Let us not commit sexual immorality as some of them did, and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead.

Let us not test Christ as some of them did and were destroyed by snakes.

Nor should we complain as some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer.

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.

In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

And there are different activities, but the same God activates each gift in each person.

to one is given a message of wisdom
through the Spirit,
to another, a message of knowledge
by the same Spirit,

to another, faith by the same Spirit,
to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

But one and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as He wills.

And if they were all the same part, where would the body be?

But even more, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary.

so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.

In the same way, unless you use your tongue for intelligible speech, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air.

But if all are prophesying and some unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convicted by all and is judged by all.

Then He appeared to over 500 brothers at one time;
most of them are still alive,
but some have fallen asleep.

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say, “There is no resurrection of the dead”?

Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

Not all flesh is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

Now about the collection for the saints: You should do the same as I instructed the Galatian churches.

I don’t want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.