to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, as well as to all who, wherever they may be, invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord no less than ours:

Those who are doomed to perish find the story of the cross 'sheer folly,' but it means the power of God for those whom he saves.

but for those who are called, whether Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

We do discuss 'wisdom' with those who are mature; only it is not the wisdom of this world or of the dethroned Powers who rule this world,

No, as it is written, what no eye has ever seen, what no ear has ever heard, what never entered the mind of man, God has prepared all that for those who love him.

To ensure this, I am sending you Timotheus, my beloved and trustworthy son in the Lord; he will remind you of those methods in Christ Jesus which I teach everywhere in every church.

Outsiders it is no business of mine to judge. No, you must judge those who are inside the church, for yourselves;

Of course, if you are actually married, there is no sin in that; and if a maid marries, there is no sin in that. (At the same time those who marry will have outward trouble ??and I would spare you that.)

I mean, brothers, ??the interval has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,

let those who mix in the world live as if they were not engrossed in it, for the present phase of things is passing away.

so the Lord's instructions were that those who proclaim the gospel are to get their living by the gospel?

To Jews I have become like a Jew, to win over Jews; to those under the Law I have become as one of themselves ??though I am not under the Law myself ??to win over those under the Law;

to those outside the Law I have become like one of themselves ??though I am under Christ's law, not outside God's Law ??to win over those outside the Law;

Look at the rites of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?

Quite the contrary. We cannot do without those very members of the body which are considered rather delicate,

More than that: those who have slept the sleep of death in Christ have perished after all.

But it is not so! Christ did rise from the dead, he was the first to be reaped of those who sleep in death.

On my arrival I will furnish credentials for those whom you select, and send them to convey your bounty to Jerusalem;