I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.

Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave.

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

and all ate the same spiritual food,

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.

Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord's Supper.

In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me."

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

If they were all the same member, where would the body be?

On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,

It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God -- I say this to your shame!

All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.