And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And I am persuaded, my brothers, even I myself, concerning you, that you are full of kindness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another;

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the nations, administering as a priest the gospel of God, that the offering of the nations may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

by the power of miracles and prodigies, by the power of the Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

And I have been anxious so to preach where Christ was not named, that I might not build on another's foundation;

and I know that when I come to you I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

that I may be delivered from those that obey not in Judea, and that my service which is for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and be refreshed together with you.

that you receive her in the Lord worthily of the saints, and assist her in any thing in which she may have need of you; for she has been an assistant of many, and of myself also.

I exhort you, brothers, to observe those that cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the teaching which you learned, and avoid them;

For your obedience has come to all; I rejoice in you therefore, but I wish you to be wise for that which is good, and simple for evil.

And to him that is able to confirm you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery not revealed in ancient times,

to the church of God which is at Corinth, to the sanctified in Jesus Christ, called to be saints, with all that call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours.

that in every thing you are enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge,

so that you are behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected in the same mind and the same will.

For I have been informed of you, my brothers, by the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

I mean this; that each one of you says I indeed am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

that no one may say that I baptized in my name.

And I also baptized the family of Stephanus; besides I do not know that I baptized any other.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, God was pleased by the foolishness of preaching to save those that believe;

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble [are called];

and the ignoble things of the world and things that are despised has God chosen, and things that are not, to destroy things that are,

that no flesh may glory in the sight of God.

that as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.

that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

but as it is written, An eye has not seen, an ear has not heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those that love him;

And we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things given us by God,

so neither is he that plants any thing, nor he that waters, but God that causes it to grow.

He that plants and he that waters are one; and each shall receive his reward according to his labor.

For no one can lay another foundation besides that laid, which is Christ Jesus.

Know you not that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Let no one deceive himself; if any one seems to be wise among you in this life, let him be a fool, that he may be wise.

And again; The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise that they are vain.

But, moreover, it is required of stewards that one should be found faithful.

But it is of little account to me that I should be judged by you or by man's day [judgment]; but I judge not myself;

for I am not conscious to myself [of wrong], but I am not on this account justified; but he that judges me is the Lord.

I have applied these things figuratively, brothers, to myself and Apollos on your account, that you may learn by us not to [go beyond] what is written, that you may not be puffed up for one against another.

For who made you to differ? And what have you that you did not receive? And if you received, why do you boast as one that receives not?

You are already full, you are already enriched; you have reigned without us; and I would that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

For I think that God has shown us the apostles last, as devoted to death, for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

IT is commonly reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not among the gentiles, that a man should have his father's wife.

And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed should be removed from among you.

For I indeed as absent in body, but present in spirit, have already judged as present him that has so done this,

to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Your rejoicing is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole mass?

Remove the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, as you are unleavened; for Christ our passover was also sacrificed for us.

Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the lowest courts?

Know you not that we shall judge angels? Much more then things pertaining to this life?

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

Now therefore there is a great fault among you, that you go to law one with another. Why not rather suffer injustice? why not rather be defrauded?

But you injure and defraud, and that your brothers.

Know you not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,

Know you not that your bodies are Christ's members? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them a harlot's members? by no means.

Know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body [with her]? For the two, says he, shall be one flesh.

But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit [with him].

Avoid fornication. Every crime that a man commits is out of his body; but he that commits fornication sins in his body.

Know you not that your bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit in you which you have from God, and you are not your own?

Withhold not yourselves from one another, except by agreement for a time that you may be at leisure for prayer, and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you by your incontinence.

For I wish that all men were even as I am; but each one has his gift from God, and one is of one kind and another of another.

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows, that it is good for them to continue as I am;

For how do you know, wife, that you will not save your husband? or how do you know, husband, that you will not save your wife?

And concerning the virgins I have no ordinance of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

I think then that this is good on account of the present necessity, because it is good for man to be so.

But this I say, brothers, the time is short, so that in future those who have wives should be as those not having them,

but he that is married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

And the wife and the virgin are different; the unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and spirit; but she that is married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

But if any one thinks that he behaves improperly to his virgin, if she is past her prime, and it must be so, let him do what he wishes; he does not sin; let them marry.

But he that stands firm in mind, not having a necessity, but has power over his will, and has determined in his mind to keep his virgin, does well.

He that gives in marriage therefore does well, and he that gives not in marriage does better.

Concerning eating things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

For if any one sees you who have knowledge reclining in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols?

Wherefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no meat forever, that I may not offend my brother.

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.

And if others have this right, do we not have it more? But we have not used this right, but endure all things, that we may not impede the gospel of Christ.

Know you not that those who perform sacred rites eat from the temple? Those who wait on the altar partake of the altar?

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.

What then is my reward? That preaching I may make the gospel without expense, that I may not abuse my right in the gospel.

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

to the Jews I have been as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain those under the law;

to those without law, as without law, being not without law to God, but with law to Christ, that I might gain those without law;

to the weak I have been as weak, that I might gain the weak; I have been all things to all men, that I may save some in all conditions;

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

Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain.

And every one that contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable.

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

so that he who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall.

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.

What then do I say? that an idol sacrifice is any thing, or that an idol is any thing?

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?

as I also please all in all things, not seeking my own profit but that of many, that they may be saved.

I COMMEND you, brothers, that you have remembered all my [instructions], and that you retain the traditions as I delivered them to you.

But I wish you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman, the man, and the head of Christ, God.

Judge of yourselves; is it becoming that a woman should pray to God unveiled?

Does not nature herself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace to him?