But the spiritual man judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

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 is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by any human court; I do not even judge myself.

I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted by this. It is the Lord who judges me.

Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me.

And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to have mourned? Let the one who has done this be removed from your midst.

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

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?

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between his brethren,

Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

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,

"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.

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.

I say this by way of concession, not of command.

(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.

and those who mourn, as though they were not mourning; and those who rejoice, as though they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;

But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.

But if any man thinks that he is not acting properly toward his betrothed, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let them marry.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

But if anyone loves God, he is known by him.

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?

And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that I might by all means save some.

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

For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea;

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play."

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.

Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

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.

No, but I say that the things pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?

just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

If anyone wants to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

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 if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

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

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be uninformed.

Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

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

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one bodywhether Jews or Greeks, slaves or freeand we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason be any less a part of the body.

And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason be any less a part of the body.

If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?

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

On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

If I give all I have to the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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.

Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless some one interprets, so that the church may be edified.

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.

For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be infants in evil, but in thinking be mature.

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."

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all;

What is the outcome then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, or a teaching, or a revelation, or a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn; and one must interpret.

For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged;

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as even the law says.

But all things should be done decently and in an orderly way.

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

For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of themyet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

More than that, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.

For since by a man came death, by a man came also the resurrection of the dead.

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

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

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.

I protest, brethren, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day.

Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

And that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

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.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

On the first day of every week, each one of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come.

Be on the your guard, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Let all that you do be done in love.

to be subject to such men and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.

If anyone does not love the Lordlet him be accursed. Come, O Lord!

The grace of The Lord Jesus be with you.

My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are throughout Achaia:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.

You also must help us by your prayers, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to the prayers of many.