For as in one body we are many members, and all members have not the same office,

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Wouldest thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from it; for he is the servant of God to thee for good.

Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction, that we, through patience and consolation of the scriptures, may have hope.

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly to you, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace which is given to me of God,

I have therefore whereof to glory, through Jesus Christ, in the things pertaining to God.

by the power of the Spirit, so that I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ, from Jerusalem round about, as far as Illyricum.

But I have striven, so to preach the gospel, not where Christ had been named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation.

But as it is written, They to whom he was not spoken of shall see; and they that have not heard, shall understand.

Therefore I have been long hindered from coming to you.

It hath pleased them, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have partook of their spiritual things, they ought to minister to them in carnal things.

When therefore I have performed this, and sealed to them this fruit, I will go by you into Spain.

Who for my life, have laid down their own necks; to whom not I alone owe my thanks, but likewise all the churches of the Gentiles.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore on your behalf; but I would have you wise with regard to that which is good, and simple with regard to that which is evil.

Which none of the rulers of this world knew; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things which are freely given to us of God.

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

According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise master-builder I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed how he buildeth thereon.

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

These things, brethren, I have by a figure transferred to myself and Apollos, for your sakes; that ye may learn in us, not to think of men above what is here written, that ye may not be puffed up for one above another.

Now ye are full: now ye are rich: ye have reigned as kings without us. And I would ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

Even to this present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain abode, And labour, working with our own hands:

For if ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for I have begotten you in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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

It is commonly reported, that there is fornication among you, and such fornication, as is not even named among the heathens, that one should have his father's wife.

And are ye puffed up? Have ye not rather mourned, that he who hath done this deed, might be taken from among you?

For I verily as absent in body, but present in spirit, have already,

But I have now written unto you, if any who is named a brother, be a lewd person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, not to converse with such an one, no, not to eat with him.

For what have I to do, to judge them also that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?

How much more things pertaining to this life? If then ye have any controversies of things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no esteem in the church?

Indeed even this is altogether a fault among you, that ye have contests with each other. Why do ye not rather suffer wrong?

Know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have from God?

Yet, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife; and let every woman have her own husband.

But if they have not power over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one who hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

Yet if thou dost marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh; but I spare you.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that even they that have wives, be as if they had none: And they that weep, as if they wept not;

and they that buy, as if they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it; for the fashion of this world passeth away: Now I would have you without carefulness.

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

Now as to things sacrified to idols, we know: for all of us have knowledge.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

Have we not power to lead about with us a sister, a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Peter?

Or I only and Barnabas, have we not power to forbear working?

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter, if we shall reap your carnal things?

If others partake of this power over you, do not we rather? Yet we have not used this power: but we suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

But I have used none of these things; nor have I written thus, that it might be done so unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make this my glorying void.

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for a necessity lieth upon me, and wo is me, if I preach not the gospel.

If indeed I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, yet a dispensation is intrusted to me.

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud,

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

Therefore if a woman is not covered, let her also be shaved: but if it be shameful, for a woman to have her hair shaved off, or cut short, let her be covered.

A man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

For this cause also the woman ought to have a veil upon her head, because of the angels.

Doth not nature itself teach you, that for a man to have long hair, is a disgrace to him?

Whereas for a woman to have long hair, is a glory to her; for her hair was given her instead of a veil.

But if any one be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or do ye despise the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this?

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

For we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or freemen; and we have all drank of one Spirit.

And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

And those which we think to be the less honourable parts of the body, these we surround with more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

For our comely parts have no need; but God hath tempered the body together, giving more abundant honour to that which lacked:

That there might be no schism in the body, but that the members might have the same care for each other:

Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all miraculous powers?

Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? But covet earnestly the best gifts.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

And though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and deliver up my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

By which also ye are saved, if ye retain what I preached to you, unless ye have believed in vain.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all men.

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

Why are we also in danger every hour? I protest by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

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

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Concerning the collection for the saints, as I have ordered the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.

Now I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia,

And I beseech you, brethren, as ye know the houshold of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to serve the saints,

I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus: for they have supplied what was wanting on your part.

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours; such therefore acknowledge.

For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of the trouble which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly pressed, above our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

For this is our rejoicing, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more especially toward you.

As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, as ye also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And in this confidence I was minded to come to you before, that ye might have had a second benefit, And to pass by you into Macedonia,

Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith ye have stood.

And I wrote thus to you, that I might not when I come have grief from those for whom I ought to rejoice; being persuaded concerning you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For from much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that ye might be grieved, but that ye might know the abundant love which I have toward you.

And if any have caused grief, he hath grieved me but in part, that I may not overburden you all.

Such trust have we in God through Christ.

Therefore having this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not: But have renounced the hidden things of shame,

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.

according to what is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken, we also believe, and therefore speak:

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

We do not again recommend ourselves to you; but we give you an occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have something to answer them, who glory in appearance, and not in heart.

So that we from this time know no one after the flesh; yea, if we have known even Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in a day of salvation have I succoured thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Receive us. We have hurt no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.