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;

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong;

and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;

but we speak Gods wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God determined on before the world was, for our glory;

which none of the rulers of this world comprehended; for had they comprehended it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

but, as it is written: "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him."

For who among men knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of the man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no one but the Spirit of God.

But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by the grace of God;

which things we also speak, not in words taught by mans wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, connecting what is spiritual l with what is spiritual.

For other foundation can no one lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.

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

Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man may commit, is apart from the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own?

Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;

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.

Let every one remain in the same calling in which he was called.

In that state, brethren, in which he was called, let every one remain with God.

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.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a partaking of the blood of Christ? the loaf which we break, is it not a partaking of the body of Christ?

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I to be evil spoken of in a matter for which I give thanks?

For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf,

and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me.

Nay, still more, those members of the body which seem to be weak, are necessary;

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

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

And even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, if they make no distinction in the sounds, how shall that be known which is piped or harped?

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.

Moreover, brethren, I declare anew to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also ye received, and wherein ye stand,

by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the same word which I preached to you, unless ye believed in vain.

But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

I protest, brethren, by my glorying in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily.

Fool! that which thou sowest is not brought to life unless it die;

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass that which is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

Now concerning the collection for the saints, according to the directions which I gave to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.