For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.

Is Christ divided? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul’s name?

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize—not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.

For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

For I didn’t think it was a good idea to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.

None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But as it is written:

What eye did not see and ear did not hear,
and what never entered the human mind—
God prepared this for those who love Him.

Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

For

who has known the Lord’s mind,
that he may instruct Him?

But we have the mind of Christ.

because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers?

For whenever someone says, “I’m with Paul,” and another, “I’m with Apollos,” are you not unspiritual people?

For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

each one’s work will become obvious, for the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.

If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; yet it will be like an escape through fire.

If anyone destroys God’s sanctuary, God will destroy him; for God’s sanctuary is holy, and that is what you are.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;

So no one should boast in human leaders, for everything is yours—

For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. The One who evaluates me is the Lord.

Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another.

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?

For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to men.

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!

For you can have 10,000 instructors in Christ, but you can’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

For though I am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already decided about the one who has done this thing as though I were present.

turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch. You are indeed unleavened, for Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Don’t you judge those who are inside?

Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated?

“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything.

“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will do away with both of them. The body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh.

for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.”

Do not deprive one another sexually—except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.

But if they do not have self-control, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with desire.

For the unbelieving husband is set apart for God by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart for God by the husband. Otherwise your children would be corrupt, but now they are set apart for God.

For you, wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Or you, husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?

Were you called while a slave? It should not be a concern to you. But if you can become free, by all means take the opportunity.

For he who is called by the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called as a free man is Christ’s slave.

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.

and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.

Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants—only in the Lord.

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

yet for us there is one God, the Father.
All things are from Him,
and we exist for Him.
And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ.
All things are through Him,
and we exist through Him.

For if someone sees you, the one who has this knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?

Then the weak person, the brother for whom Christ died, is ruined by your knowledge.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain. Is God really concerned with oxen?

Or isn’t He really saying it for us? Yes, this is written for us, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should do so in hope of sharing the crop.

If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

But I have used none of these rights, and I have not written this to make it happen that way for me. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast!

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship.

What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my authority in the gospel.

Although I am a free man and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did.

I am speaking as to wise people. Judge for yourselves what I say.

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for all of us share that one bread.

Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake,

But if someone says to you, “This is food offered to an idol,” do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake.

I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged by another person’s conscience?

If I partake with thanks, why am I slandered because of something I give thanks for?

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory.

So if a woman’s head is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered.

For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.

And man was not created for woman, but woman for man.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

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

Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread,

gave thanks, broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.”

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.

Love never ends.
But as for prophecies,
they will come to an end;
as for languages, they will cease;
as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

For we know in part,
and we prophesy in part.

For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.

For the person who speaks in another language is not speaking to men but to God, since no one understands him; however, he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.

But the person who prophesies speaks to people for edification, encouragement, and consolation.

In fact, if the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will prepare for battle?