My brothers, some members of Chloe's family have made it clear to me that there are quarrels among you.

Some of you have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to evaluate you.

That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah and by the Spirit of our God.

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are so accustomed to idolatry that when they eat food that has been offered to an idol, their conscience becomes contaminated because it is weak.

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."

Let's stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.

Let's stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.

You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.

Indeed, brothers, if I come to you speaking in foreign languages, what good will I be to you unless I speak to you in some revelation, knowledge, prophecy, or teaching?

After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

Now if we preach that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how can some of you keep claiming there is no resurrection of the dead?

Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you I say this to your shame don't fully know God.