For my own part, Brothers, when I came to you, it was with no display of eloquence or philosophy that I came to tell the hidden purpose of God;

Indeed, when I came among you, I was weak, and full of fears, and in great anxiety.

When one says 'I follow Paul,' and another 'I follow Apollos,' are not you like other men?

I have decided-having been present in spirit at your meetings, when the power of the Lord Jesus was with us-

Can it be that, when one of you has a dispute with another, he dares to have his case tried before the heathen, instead of before Christ's People?

In any case, a man should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to him, and in which he was when God called him. This is the rule that I lay down in every Church.

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.

Let every one remain in that condition of life in which he was when the Call came to him.

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best.

For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave.

Brothers, let every one remain in the condition in which he was when he was called, in close communion with God.

If, however, a father thinks that he is not acting fairly by his unmarried daughter, when she is past her youth, and if under these circumstances her marriage ought to take place, let him act as he thinks right. He is doing nothing wrong-let the marriage take place.

No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.

Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonors him who is his Head;

Still, when in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man, or man of woman;

When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord's Supper;

For the man who eats and drinks brings a judgment upon himself by his eating and drinking, when he does not discern the body.

Therefore, my Brothers, when you meet together to eat the Supper, wait for one another.

If a man is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment upon you. The other details I will settle when I come.

You know that there was a time when you were Gentiles, going astray after idols that could not speak, just as you happened to be led.

But, when the Perfect has come, that which is incomplete will be done with.

When I was a child, I talked as a child, I felt as a child, I reasoned as a child; now that I am a man, I have done with childish ways.

He who, when speaking, uses the gift of 'tongues' is speaking, not to men, but to God, for no one understands him; yet in spirit he is speaking of hidden truths.

He who, when speaking, uses the gift of 'tongues' builds up his own faith, while he who preaches builds up the faith of the Church.

Therefore let him who, when speaking, uses the gift of 'tongues' pray for ability to interpret them.

If, when praying, I use the gift of 'tongues,' my spirit indeed prays, but my mind is a blank.

But at a meeting of the Church I would rather speak five words with my mind, and so teach others, than ten thousand words when using the gift of 'tongues.'

So, when the whole Church meets, if all present use the gift of 'tongues,' and some men who are without the gift, or who are unbelievers, come in, will not they say that you are mad?

Then will come the end-when he surrenders the Kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.

For God has placed all things under Christ's feet. (But, when it is said that all things have been placed under Christ, it is plain that God is excepted who placed everything under him.)

And, when everything has been placed under him, the Son will place himself under God who placed everything under him, that God may be all in all!

And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain-perhaps of wheat, or something else.

And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of Scripture come true-