Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will frustrate."

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work.

If any man's work which he has built on it survives, he will receive a reward.

If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts. Then every man will receive his praise from God.

Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that in us you may learn not to go beyond what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in favor of one against the other.

For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out, not the words of these arrogant people, but their power.

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to try trivial cases?

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life!

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts,

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be mastered by anything.

"Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food"but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

By his power God raised the Lord, and he will also raise us up.

Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have troubles in this flesh, and I am trying to spare you.

But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has control over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.

So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who does not marry her will do better.

But food will not commend us to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to fall.

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me. I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if it is not of my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

But I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man. And God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? No, I will not.

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.

But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

Love never fails; but where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

If even lifeless things, such as the flute or the harp, do not give a distinction in the notes, how will any one know what is played?

And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

So it is with you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is intelligible, how will anyone know what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the one who is speaking, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.

In the law it is written, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord."

Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, he will fall on his face, and worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are people baptized for them?

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

And when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.

But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia;

and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go.

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

As for our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the other brethren, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.