so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For members of Chloe's household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.

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

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

so that no one can boast in his presence.

so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.

each builder's work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.

If someone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are.

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn "not to go beyond what is written," so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now.

It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father's wife.

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough -- you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?

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

Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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.

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts.

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave.

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

I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.

So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.

If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience be "strengthened" to eat food offered to idols?

So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

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

If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than -- no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

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

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

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

for the earth and its abundance are the Lord's.

I do not mean yours but the other person's. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience?

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord's Supper.

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!

For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

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.

For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body -- though many -- are one body, so too is Christ.

So now there are many members, but one body.

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."

so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.

Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it.

And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

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?

So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

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?

For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord's command.

So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

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 just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

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?"

Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.

And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed -- perhaps of wheat or something else.