For since in God's providence the world with all its wisdom did not come to know God, God chose, through the folly of the gospel message, to save those who had faith in him.

So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you the secret purpose of God in superior, philosophical language,

For my part, I came among you in weakness and with a great deal of fear and trembling,

What is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Just servants through whom you came to have faith, as the Lord gave each of us opportunity.

when they slander us, we try to conciliate them. We have come to be like the scum of the earth, the dregs of the world, and we are so now.

Which will you have? Shall I come to you with a stick, or in a loving and gentle spirit?

Do you not know that the Christians are to be the judges of the world? And if the world is to come before you for judgment, are you unfit to decide the most trivial cases?

I ask it to shame you. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a disagreement between one brother and another,

You must not refuse each other what is due, unless you agree to do so for a while, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then to come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

Only, everyone must continue in the station which the Lord has appointed for him, and in which he was when God's call came to him. This is the rule I make in all the churches.

For just as woman was made from man, man is born of woman, and both like everything else really come from God.

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

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

And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.

But as it is brothers, if I come back to you and speak ecstatically, what good will I do you, unless I have some revelation or special knowledge or message or teaching to give you?

Hence, if the whole church assembles and they all speak ecstatically, and ordinary people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy?

After that will come the end, when he will turn over the kingdom to God his Father, bringing to an end all other government, authority, and power,

But someone will say, "How can the dead rise? What kind of a body will they have when they come back?"

And when this mortal nature puts on immortality, then what the Scripture says will come true??Death has been triumphantly destroyed.

On the first of every week each of you is to put aside and store up whatever he gains, so that money will not have to be collected after I come.

When I come I will send whatever persons you authorize with credentials, to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

I will come to you after passing through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia,

As for our brother Apollos, I have often urged him to visit you with the other brothers, and he is quite unwilling to come now, but he will come when he has a good opportunity.

And I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here, for they have made up for your absence.

A curse upon anyone who has no love for the Lord. Lord, come quickly!