to the Church of God at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all, wherever they are, who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

Sage, rabbi, skeptic of this present age??here are they all? Has not God made foolish the philosophy of the world?

None of the rulers of the present age understands it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.

and again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, how futile they are.

If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.

Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,

let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,

Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.

They all ate of the same spiritual bread,

and all drank from the same spiritual stream, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

But in most of them God was not well pleased, for they were laid low in the desert.

Now this happened as a warning for us, that we might not long for evil things as they longed.

And you must not be idolaters like some of them. as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, And they rose up for idol dances.

On the contrary, what the heathen sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have communion with demons.

For so I also try to please all men in every way, not by seeking my own good, but the good of the many, that they may be saved.

for just as the woman was made from the man, so also is the man born of the woman, while they both come from God.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.

Love never fails; but though there are prophecies, they will fail; though there are tongues, they will cease; though there is knowledge, it will be superseded.

In the Law it is written. With men of other tongues, and by the lips of strangers, will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.

Accordingly, when the whole church assemblies, and everybody is speaking "with tongues," if there enter men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that you are mad?

"In your congregation" you write, "as in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. On the contrary let them be subordinate, as also says the law.

And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a women to speak in church."

But whether it is I or they, thus do I preach, and thus you came to believe.

Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are really not raised, why are they baptized for them?

But some one will ask. "How are the dead raised? and with what body are they coming?"

And if it is worth while for me to go too, they will accompany me.

I beg you this, my brothers??ou know the household of Stephanus, that they were the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to the service of the saints??16 so I want you also to show deference to such, and to every fellow worker, and laborer.

I am glad that Stephanus and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence.

They refresh my spirit as they do yours. So cultivate the acquaintance of such men.