And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere men?

and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.

And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper,

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

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

So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come.

You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led.

but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

For He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him.

When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.

But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.

On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come.

When I arrive, whomever you may approve, I will send them with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem;

But concerning Apollos our brother, I encouraged him greatly to come to you with the brethren; and it was not at all his desire to come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.