For they who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple.

I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.

Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery, having been unvoiced during eternal times;

to the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called out with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

God is faithful, by whom you were called to the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom did not know God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

so that, according as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord."

But, we speak wisdom among those who are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, that come to nothing.

But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of man within him? So also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each?

So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

For any other foundation can no one lay than the one being laid, who is Jesus Christ.

for I know nothing by myself. Yet I have not been justified by this, but He who judges me is the Lord.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall each one have praise of God.

For who makes you to differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved son and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills. And I will not know the speech of those who are puffed up, but the power.

And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, so that he who has done this deed may be taken from your midst.

For as being absent in body but present in spirit, I indeed have judged already as though I were present concerning him who worked out this thing;

For what is it to me to also judge those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?

But God judges those who are outside. Therefore put out from you the evil one.

If, then, you truly have judgments of the things of this life, set those who are least esteemed in the church to judge.

For I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not a wise one among you, not even one in your midst who shall be able to judge between his brother?

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,

But to the rest I speak, not the Lord, If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is pleased to dwell with him, do not let him put her away.

And the woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is pleased to dwell with her, do not let her leave him.

For he who is called a slave in the Lord is a freed man of the Lord. And likewise, he who is called a free man is a slave of Christ.

But concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. Yet I give my judgment, as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

But this I say, brothers, The time is short. It remains that both those who have wives should be as not having one.

And they who weep are as though they did not weep. And they who rejoice are as though they did not rejoice. And they who buy are as though they did not possess.

And they who use this world are as not abusing it, for the fashion of this world is passing away.

But I desire you to be without anxiety. The one who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how to please the Lord.

But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how to please his wife.

The wife and the virgin are different. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but who has authority over his own will (and has so judged in his heart that he will keep his virginity) he does well.

So then he who gives in marriage does well. But he who does not give in marriage does better.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives, but if her husband sleeps in death, she is at liberty to be remarried to whom she will, only in the Lord.

For though there are those who are called gods, whether in Heaven or in earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

but there is to us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.

For if anyone sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol temple, will not the weak one's conscience be lifted up so as to eat things sacrificed to idols?

And on your knowledge the weak brother will fall, he for whom Christ died.

My answer to those who examine me is this:

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no authority whether not to work?

Who serves as a soldier at his own wages at any time? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock and does not partake of the milk of the flock?

Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? It was written for us, so that he who plows should plow in hope, and so that he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope.

Do you not know that those who minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? And those attending the altar are partakers with the altar.

And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews. To those who are under the Law, I became as under the Law, so that I might gain those who are under the Law.

To those who are outside Law, I became as outside Law (not being outside law to God, but under the Law to Christ), so that I might gain those who are outside Law.

And everyone who strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Then those truly that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

So then I run, not as if I were uncertain. And so I fight, not as one who beats the air.

And all these things happened to them as examples; and it is written for our warning on whom the ends of the world have come.

So let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

No temptation has taken you but what is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation also will make a way to escape, so that you may be able to bear it.

Behold Israel after the flesh. Are not those who eat of the sacrifices also partakers of the altar?

If any of those who do not believe invite you to a feast, and if you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake.

But if anyone says to you, This is slain in sacrifice to idols, do not eat for the sake of him who showed it, and for conscience' sake; "for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness of it";

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head; for that is even the same as if she were shaved.

For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who do not have? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? I do not praise you!

For he who eats and drinks unworthily eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. For no one hears, but in spirit he speaks mysteries.

But he who prophesies speaks to men for building up, and exhortation, and comfort.

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

So that tongues are not a sign to those who believe, but to those who do not believe. But prophesying is not to those who do not believe, but to those who believe.

Afterward He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until this present day, but also some fell asleep.

And we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified of God that He raised Christ; whom He did not raise if the dead are not raised.

But now Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruit of those who slept.

But each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit, and afterward they who are Christ's at His coming;

For He put all things under His feet. But when He says that all things have been put under His feet, it is plain that it excepts Him who has put all things under Him.

But when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subject to Him who has subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all things in all.

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

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

He comforting us in all our trouble, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in every trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us,

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

For if I make you sorry, who then is he who makes me glad, but the same who has been made sorry by me?

And I wrote this to you, lest when I came I should have sorrow from the ones of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

But to whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if I forgave anything, for your sakes I forgave it to him in the person of Christ;

Now thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and He revealing through us the odor of the knowledge of Him in every place.

to the one we are the savor of death to death, and to the other we are the savor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit makes alive.

And we are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of the thing being done away.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them.

For it is God who said, "Out of darkness Light shall shine;" who shone in our hearts to give the brightness of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

For we who live are always being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus might also be revealed in our body.

knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus shall also raise us up by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that the mortal might be swallowed up by the life.

And He who has worked in us for this same thing is God, who also is giving to us the earnest of the Spirit.

and He died for all, that the living ones may live no more to themselves, but to Him who died for them and having been raised.

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

For He has made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

But He who comforts the lowly comforted us by the coming of Titus.

Then, though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered wrong, but for the sake of revealing our earnestness on your behalf, for you before God.

And in this I give my judgment; for this is profitable for you, who began before, not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago.