All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

and God both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his power.

Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.

But I say this by way of permission, not command.

and if she have separated herself let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband put away his wife.

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she be satisfied to dwell with him, let him not put her away;

and if a wife hath an unbelieving husband, and he be satisfied to dwell with her, let her not put her husband away.

For the unbelieving husband hath been made holy by his wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been made holy by the brother; otherwise were your children unclean, but, as it is, they are holy.

But if the unbelieving separateth himself, let him separate himself; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God hath called you to be in peace.

Wast thou called being a slave, care not for it; but even if thou canst be made free, use it rather.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

Art thou bound to a wife, seek not to be loosed from her; art thou loosed from a wife, do not seek for one.

But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;

and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

But if any one thinketh that he behaveth improperly in respect to his virgin [daughter], if she pass the flower of her age [without being married], and if it must be so, let him do what he will, he committeth no sin; let them marry.

but if any one love God, the same is known by Him.

For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, at table in an idols temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat the things offered to idols?

But I have used no right of this kind; nor have I written thus that anything of this kind should be done for me; for it were better for me to die, than that any one should take from me what I glory in.

to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all, that I might by all means save some.

but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, when I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected as unworthy.

Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and were destroyed by the serpents.

And do not ye murmur, as some of them murmured, and perished by the Destroyer.

No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Look at Israel by natural descent. Have not those who eat of the sacrifices, communion with the altar?

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons; ye cannot be partakers of the Lords table, and the table of demons.

conscience I mean, not thine own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty to be judged by another conscience [than my own]?

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I to be evil spoken of in a matter for which I give thanks?

as I also strive to please all in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many; that they may be saved.

For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn; but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

For as the woman is from the man, so also is the man by the woman; but all things from God.

But if any one seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.

for there must be also parties among you, that they who are approved may also become manifest among you.

So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to the body and the blood of the Lord.

But if we judged ourselves, we should not be judged;

but when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

Ye know, that when ye were gentiles, ye were carried away to dumb idols, as ye happened to be led;

wherefore I give you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God saith, Accursed be Jesus; and that no one can say, Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

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

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or freemen; and were all made to drink one Spirit.

If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

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

Nay, still more, those members of the body which seem to be weak, are necessary;

and what we think to be less honorable parts of the body, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our unseemly parts have more abundant seemliness;

that there might be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another.

God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?

But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And furthermore I show you by far the most excellent way.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

Love never faileth; but whether there are prophesyings, they will come to an end; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away.

but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part will be done away.

But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by teaching?

And even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, if they make no distinction in the sounds, how shall that be known which is piped or harped?

So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall that be known which is spoken? For ye will be speaking into the air.

There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and not one is without meaning.

If then I know not the meaning of the language, I shall be to him that speaketh a foreigner, and he that speaketh a foreigner to me.

So also ye, since ye are eager to possess spiritual gifts, be earnest to abound in them to the edification of the church.

Brethren, do not become children in understanding; yet in malice be children, but in understanding be men.

If therefore the whole church be assembled in one place, and all be speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

But if all prophesy, and there come in one that is an unbeliever, or unlearned, he is convinced by all, he is searched through by all,

How is it then, brethren? When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a lesson of instruction, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation; let all things be done for edification.

If any one speak in an [unknown] tongue, let it be by two, or, at the most, by three, and in turn; and let one interpret.

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

if anything be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first speaker be silent.

For one by one ye can all prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.

let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as also saith the Law.

If any one thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know surely that the directions I am writing to you are the Lords;

but if any one be ignorant, let him be ignorant!

but let all things be done becomingly, and in order.

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

For I am the least of the apostles, one not worthy 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 which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

But if Christ be preached that he hath risen from the dead, how is it that some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?

But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ hath not risen;

And we are also found false witnesses concerning God; because we testified concerning God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise up, if so be that the dead rise not.

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

Then will be the end, when he delivereth up the kingdom to God, the Father, when he shall have destroyed all dominion, and all authority, and power.

The last enemy, death, will be destroyed;

And when all things have been put under him, then will also the Son himself become subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

If it be not so, what are they doing, who are baptized for the dead? If the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for them?

I protest, brethren, by my glorying in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily.

Be not deceived; "evil communications corrupt good manners."

and what thou sowest, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but a bare grain, of wheat perhaps, or of some of the other grains;

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed,

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

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass that which is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

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

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

Every first day of the week let each of you lay by him something in store, according as he hath prospered; that the collections may not have to be made when I come.

and if it be worth while for me to go also, they shall go with me.

and perhaps I may remain, or even spend the winter with you, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I may be going.

Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he is laboring in the work of the Lord, as I am;

Watch, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong;

let all your doings be in love.

for they refreshed my spirit and yours. Pay regard then to those that are such.

If any one loveth not the Lord, let him be accursed! The Lord is at hand.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

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

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Fathers and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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