To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband

(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.

But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.

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.

But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him do so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what counts.

You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.

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.

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 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;

but a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he may please his wife,

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.

This I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is good and to secure undivided devotion to the Lord.

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.

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.

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 in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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

Therefore concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we exist.

However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, being accustomed to idols, eat food as really sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

If others share this right of support from you, do not we all the more? Nevertheless, we did not make use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

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.

To those who are without law, I became as one without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without the law.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

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

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

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.

"All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.

Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

But if anyone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who informed you and for conscience' sake

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.

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her headit is the same as if her head were shaved.

For if a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head.

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

For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

But in the following instructions, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

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 there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are varieties of service, but the same Lord.

There are varieties of working, but the same God who works all of them in all men.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as he wills.

For the body is not made up of one member but of many.

But now God has arranged the members in the body, each one of them, just as he desired.

As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

while our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving the greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

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

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

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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.

it does not rejoice in evil, but rejoices with the truth.

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.

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know fullyeven as I have been fully known.

So now faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their edification and encouragement and comfort.

He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

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.

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?

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

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

but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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

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

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

But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

But if a revelation is made to another who is sitting, the first one must keep silent.

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

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 if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

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

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.

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised;

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then, at his coming, those who belong to him.

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

"For God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "All things are put in subjection under him," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things under him.

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.

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

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

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.

But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.

For not all flesh is the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of birds, and another of fish.

There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.

However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; and then the spiritual.

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