No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man. And God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? No, I will not.

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.

But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

Love never fails; but where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

If even lifeless things, such as the flute or the harp, do not give a distinction in the notes, how will any one know what is played?

And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

So it is with you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is intelligible, how will anyone know what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the one who is speaking, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.

In the law it is written, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord."

Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, he will fall on his face, and worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are people baptized for them?

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

And when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.

But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia;

and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go.

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

As for our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the other brethren, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.

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 throughout Achaia:

He delivered us from so deadly a peril, and he will deliver us; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

You also must help us by your prayers, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

For we write you nothing but what you can read and understand; and I hope you will understand fully,

so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

so that when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.

And I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

For I testify that according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, they gave of their own free will,

And they did not do as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

and not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work which we are carrying on, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.

The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will multiply the harvest of your righteousness.

You will be enriched in every way for great generosity, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

Because of the test of this service, you will glorify God by your obedience in your confession of the gospel of Christ, and by the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others;

Let such people realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the field God has apportioned to us, a field that reaches even to you.

And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

And what I am doing, I will also continue to do, in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things of which they boast.

Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.

Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

I must go on boasting, though there is nothing to be gained by it; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

On behalf of such a man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.

Though if I should boast, I will not be a fool, for I will be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?

I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and lewdness which they have practiced.

I warned those who sinned in the past and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present the second time, that if I come again I will not spare them

I trust that you will realize that we have not failed the test.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

yet who know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law will no flesh be justified.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you will all the nations be blessed."

Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine; and the one who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Brethren, even if anyone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.

But let each one test his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in his neighbor.

For each one will bear his own load.

Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus:

he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,

also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will,

For this reason it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

not in the way of eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Render service with good will, as to the Lord, and not to men,

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

and also pray for me, that in the opening of my mouth, utterance may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,

Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing.

For I am confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I do not know.

Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,