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.

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.

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 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.

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