to the church of God which is at Corinth, the sanctified in Christ Jesus, called, holy, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours;

that in him ye were enriched in everything, in all utterance, and all knowledge,

so that ye come behind in no gift, while waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

who will also make you steadfast to the end, so that ye may be without blame in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you.

What I mean is this, that each of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

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

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; I am not aware that I baptized any one besides.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

For consider, brethren, who ye are that have been called; not many wise men after the fashion of the world, not many mighty, not many noble;

and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;

that no flesh might glory before God.

But from him it is that ye are in Christ Jesus, who from God was made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption;

that, according as it is written, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

that your faith might not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

but, as it is written: "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him."

But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by the grace of God;

But he that is spiritual judgeth of all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.

For "who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each?

So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth.

And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor.

For other foundation can no one lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.

Know ye not, that ye are Gods temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: "He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;"

and again: "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."

Here moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human tribunal; nay, I do not even judge myself;

for though I am conscious to myself of nothing wrong, yet not by this am I cleared of blame; but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

And these things, brethren, I have transferred in a figure to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye may learn not to go beyond what is written, that no one of you may pride himself in one against another.

For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?

Already ye are full; already ye are rich; without us ye have become kings; and I would indeed ye were kings, that we also might reign with you.

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

It is everywhere reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the gentiles, that one should have his fathers wife.

And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, so that he that committed this deed might be separated from among you.

to deliver such a man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Cleanse out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened; for our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ.

I wrote to you in that letter, not to keep company with fornicators;

But those who are without, God will judge. Do ye put away that bad man from among yourselves.

Or do ye not know, that the holy will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge in causes of the least importance?

Know ye not, that we shall pass judgment upon angels? How much more, concerning affairs of this life?

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not one that will be able to judge between his brethren?

Nay, brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

Now therefore it is altogether an evil among you, that ye have suits against each other. Why do ye not rather submit to wrong? Why do ye not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

But ye yourselves wrong, and defraud, and that too your brethren.

Know ye not, that wrongdoers shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Know ye not, that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid!

Know ye not, that he who is connected with a harlot is one body with her? "For the two," saith he, "shall become one flesh;"

but he that is connected with the Lord is one spirit with him.

Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man may commit, is apart from the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own?

Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.

I would that all men were as I myself; but every one hath his own gift from God, one man this, and another that.

but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

For how dost thou know, O wife, but that thou mayst save thy husband? or how dost thou know, O husband, but that thou mayst save thy wife?

For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lords freeman. In like manner the freeman, who is called, is Christs slave.

In that state, brethren, in which he was called, let every one remain with God.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.

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 they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

and they that use this world as not abusing it; for the outward condition of this world is passing away;

and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

but he that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please his wife.

There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

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.

But if any one thinketh that he behaveth improperly in respect to his virgin [daughter], if she pass the flower of her age [without being married], and if it must be so, let him do what he will, he committeth no sin; let them marry.

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; and he that doth not give her in marriage doeth better.

But she is happier if she remain as she is, in my opinion; and I too think that I have the Spirit of God.

Now concerning the things offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth;

if any one think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know;

Concerning the eating of the things offered in sacrifice to idols, then, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

For though there are those that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, at table in an idols temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat the things offered to idols?

For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth,the brother for whom Christ died!

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

For it is written in the law of Moses: "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out grain." Is it for oxen that God careth?

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.

If others possess this right in relation to you, do not we still more? But we have not used this right; but we submit to all things, that we may occasion no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

Do ye not know, that they who minister in the offerings of the temple live from the temple? that they who serve at the altar share with the altar?

In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

But I have used no right of this kind; nor have I written thus that anything of this kind should be done for me; for it were better for me to die, than that any one should take from me what I glory in.

What then is my reward? It is that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel free of charge, that I use not to the full my right as a preacher of the gospel.

For being free from all men, yet I made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more;

and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under the Law, as under the Law, not being myself under the Law, that I might gain those under the Law;

to those without the Law, as without the Law, being not without a law before God, but under the law of Christ, that I might gain those without the Law;

to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all, that I might by all means save some.

And I do all for the sake of the gospel, that I may with others partake of it.

Know ye not, that of those who run in the racecourse all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.

For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of the spiritual rock that accompanied them; and the rock was Christ;

Now these things were warnings for us, in order that we should not lust after evil things, as they lusted.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.

No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

For we, the many, are one loaf, one body; for we all share in that one loaf.

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