Paul, a called apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

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 it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nought the discernment of the discerning."

For I determined not to know anything while with you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

For God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the depths of God.

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

for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?

For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not [like common] men?

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

the work of every one will be made manifest; for the day will show it; because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will prove what every ones work is.

If the work which any one built thereon remaineth, he will receive reward;

if any ones work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through fire.

If any one defaceth the temple of God, God will deface him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

So then let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come,all are yours;

So then judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the purposes of mens hearts; and then shall every one have his praise from God.

being slandered, we exhort; we have become as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

For this end I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will put you in mind of my ways in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every church.

But I shall come to you shortly, if it be the Lords will, and will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power;

What will ye? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in love, and the spirit of mildness?

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

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?

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?

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?

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Meats are for the stomach, and the stomach for meats; but God will make an end of both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

and God both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his power.

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 let every one continue to walk in the lot which the Lord appointed him, in the condition in which God called him. And this direction I give in all the churches.

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

But if thou hast married, thou hast committed no sin; and if a virgin hath married, she hath committed no sin. Such, however, will have trouble in the flesh, which I desire to spare you.

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.

But if any one is settled in his purpose, and is under no necessity, but is free to act as he will, and hath determined in his heart to keep his own virgin daughter [unmarried], he doeth well.

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

The wife is bound to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband die, she is free to marry whom she will, only in the Lord.

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

yet to us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we to him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

But there is not in all men this knowledge; for some, with a conscience directed toward the idol even now, eat of it as a thing offered in sacrifice to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

But food will not recommend us to God; if we do not eat, we are not the worse; nor if we do eat, are we the better.

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?

Wherefore, if food cause my brother to fall, I will eat no flesh for ever, lest I cause my brother to fall. Am I not free?

Have we not a right to carry about with us a sister as a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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?

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.

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

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.

And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable.

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

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

and all ate the same spiritual food,

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

but with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.

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.

All things are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all things are not edifying.

Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

as I also strive to please all in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many; that they may be saved.

Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and hold fast the instructions, as I delivered them to you.

For as the woman is from the man, so also is the man by the woman; but all things from God.

So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to the body and the blood of the Lord.

If any one hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

and there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God who worketh all things in all.

But all these worketh the one and selfsame Spirit, allotting to each one severally as it will.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or freemen; and were all made to drink one Spirit.

If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

And if they were all one member, where would be the body?

while our seemly parts have no need. But God so put the body together, as to give special honor to that part which lacked,

And so if one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?

Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Love never faileth; but whether there are prophesyings, they will come to an end; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away.

but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part will be done away.

I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, unless he interpret, that the church may receive edification.

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall that be known which is spoken? For ye will be speaking into the air.

How stands it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

For thou indeed givest thanks well; but the other is not edified.

I thank God, I speak in an [unknown] tongue more than ye all;

In the Law it is written: "With men of other tongues and with other lips will I speak to this people,

and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord." Wherefore the tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers, but for believers.

If therefore the whole church be assembled in one place, and all be speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

But if all prophesy, and there come in one that is an unbeliever, or unlearned, he is convinced by all, he is searched through by all,

the secrets of his heart become manifest; and so falling down on his face, he will worship God, and report that God is indeed within you.

How is it then, brethren? When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a lesson of instruction, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation; let all things be done for edification.

For one by one ye can all prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

but let all things be done becomingly, and in order.

For I delivered to you first of all what I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures;