And will not the weak brother for whom Christ died perish by your knowledge?

If I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; for you are a seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the ox that threshes. Does God care for oxen?

or does he speak entirely for our sakes? For our sakes, doubtless, it was written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and that he who threshes in hope should partake of it.

If we have sown for you spiritual things, is it too much if we reap your earthly things?

But I have used none of these things, and I have not written these things that it should be so done to me; for I prefer to die, rather than that any one should make my boasting vain.

For if I preach the gospel I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for woe is me, if I preach not the gospel.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am intrusted with a stewardship.

For being free from all men, I have made myself a servant of all, that I may gain more;

and I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it.

For I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of the spiritual rock which followed them, and that rock was Christ;

but with many of them God was not pleased; for they were destroyed in the wilderness.

But these things are examples for us, that we should not desire evil things, as they did.

All these things happened to them as examples, and are recorded for our admonition on whom the ends of the ages have come;

For no trial has befallen you but what is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with the trial will order the event, that you may be able to endure.

For we, being many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread.

Whatever is sold in the market eat, asking no questions for conscience' sake;

for the earth is the Lord's and all it contains.

But if an unbeliever invites you and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake.

But if any one says to you, This has been offered to an idol, eat not for his sake that informed you, and for conscience' sake.

I mean not your conscience, but that of the other. For why is my freedom limited by the conscience of another?

If I partake with thanks, why am I blamed for that for which I give thanks?

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered disgraces her head; for it is one and the same as if she was shaved.

For if a woman is not veiled then let her hair be cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off, or to be shaved, let her wear a veil.

For a man ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory of God; but the woman is a glory of man.

For man is not of woman, but woman of man;

for man also was not created because of the woman, but woman because of the man.

For this reason ought the woman to have a power [veil] on her head because of the angels.

for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman, but all things are from God.

but if a woman wears long hair it is her glory; for the hair is given her for a covering.

But I tell you this, not to praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

For first, when you come together in an assembly, I hear that there are divisions among you, and some part of it I believe.

For it is necessary that there should be heresies among you, that the approved may be manifest among you.

for each one in eating takes his supper before the rest, and one is hungry and another drunk.

For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you; that on the night in which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread

and giving thanks broke, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you declare the Lord's death till he comes.

for he eats and drinks judgment to himself, who eats and drinks not discerning the body.

For this reason many are weak and sick among you and some sleep.

For if we judged ourselves we should not be judged;

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

If any one is hungry let him eat at home, that you come not together for judgment. The other things I will arrange when I come.

But a manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for a useful purpose.

For to one is given by the Spirit a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit,

For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body being many are one body, so also is Christ;

for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to drink one Spirit.

For the body also is not one member but many.

for our comely ones have no need. But God has commingled the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which was lacking,

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

bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all things, and endures all things.

For now we see by a mirror darkly, but then we shall see face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully as I also am known.

For he that speaks with a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in spirit he speaks mysteries;

For also if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

So also you by a tongue if you utter a word not easily understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you will speak to the air.

So also you, since you are earnestly desirous of spirits [spiritual gifts], seek to abound for the edification of the church.

For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

For you indeed give thanks well; but the other is not edified.

For it is written in the law, With other tongues, and with other lips will I speak to this people, and so they shall not understand me, says the Lord.

Tongues therefore are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, but prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.

What then is [to be done] brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a doctrine, has a revelation, has an interpretation; let all things be done for edification.

For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all be comforted.

for God is not [the friend] of disorder but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints, let your women keep silence in the assemblies; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be in subjection, as the law also says.

But if they wish to learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in an assembly.

For I delivered to you at first, what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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

For if the dead are not raised, Christ was not raised;

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

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

For he must reign till he has put all enemies under his feet.

for he put all things under his feet. But when he says that all things are put under him, it is clear that he is excepted who puts all things under him;

Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage is it to me? If the dead rise not, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

Awake to righteousness and sin not; for some have not a knowledge of God. I speak to your shame.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead be raised, indestructible, and we shall be changed.

For this destructible must put on indestructibleness, and this mortal must put on immortality.

CONCERNING the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so also do you.

And I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia; for I will pass through Macedonia

For I do not wish now to see you by the way; for I hope to continue some time with you, if the Lord permits.

for a great and effectual door is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

If Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he performs the work of the Lord, as I also do;

let no one therefore despise him. But send him forward in peace, that he may come to me; for I look for him with the brothers.

And I exhort you, brothers, know the family of Stephanas, for it is a first fruit of Achaia, and they devoted themselves to serving the saints;

I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaiacus, for they supplied your lack,

And if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation, wrought by a patient endurance the same sufferings which we also suffer, and our hope for you is strong; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation,

For we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed beyond our power, so that we despaired even of life;

you also striving together for us in prayer, that thanks may be rendered for us by many persons for the gift bestowed on us by many.

For this is our rejoicing; the testimony of our conscience that in purity and godly sincerity, not with a carnal wisdom, but with a divine grace, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and most abundantly towards you.

For we do not write to you of other things, but of what you read and acknowledge; and I hope you will also acknowledge to the end,

For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but was yes in him;

for all the promises of God, the yes in him, and the Amen in him, are for glory to God by us.

Not that we are lords of your faith, but co-laborers of your joy; for you stand firm by the faith.

for if I grieve you, who is he that gladdens me, but he that is grieved by me?

And I wrote the same to you that coming I might not have sorrow for those in whom I ought to have joy, having trusted in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

For I wrote to you in much affliction and distress of mind with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have abundantly for you.

Sufficient for such a one is this rebuke by many;

for I wrote for this purpose, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

But whom you favor I also will favor; for what favor I have shown, if I have shown any favor, has been for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,