Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.

So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.

But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.

But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.

Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.

And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.

But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.

So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.

On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.

Let all you do be done in love.

If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).

Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.

For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.

Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.

But whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

And being let down in a basket from the wall through a window, I got free from his hands.

For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.

As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.

And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.

Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.

And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.

Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.