For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.

And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced?

But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,

By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.

If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.

And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.

Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.