My brothers, some members of Chloe's family have made it clear to me that there are quarrels among you.

For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is God's power and God's wisdom.

It is because of God that you are in union with the Messiah Jesus, who for us has become wisdom from God, as well as our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.

A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.

That's because you are still worldly. As long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, you are worldly and living by human standards, aren't you?

For when one person says, "I follow Paul," and another person says, "I follow Apollos," you're following your own human nature, aren't you?

For we are God's co-workers. You are God's farmland and God's building.

You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you?

If anyone destroys God's sanctuary, God will destroy him, for God's sanctuary is holy. And you are that sanctuary!

and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless."

We are fools for the Messiah's sake, but you are wise in the Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

We are hungry, thirsty, dressed in rags, brutally treated, and homeless, right up to the present.

But I will come to you soon if it's the Lord's will. Then I'll discover not only what these arrogant people are saying but also what power they have,

And you are being arrogant instead of being filled with grief and seeing to it that the man who did this is removed from among you.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are gathered together (and I am there in spirit), and the power of our Lord Jesus is there, too,

Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, since you are to be free from yeast. For the Messiah, our Passover, has been sacrificed.

I wrote to you in my letter to stop associating with people who are sexually immoral

not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, greedy, robbers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

After all, is it my business to judge outsiders? You are to judge those who are in the community, aren't you?

When one of you has a complaint against another, does he dare to take the matter before those who are unrighteous and not before the saints?

I say to those who are unmarried, especially to widows: It is good for them to remain like me.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified because of her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

For even if there are "gods" in heaven and on earth (as indeed there are many so-called "gods" and "lords"),

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are so accustomed to idolatry that when they eat food that has been offered to an idol, their conscience becomes contaminated because it is weak.

However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol, and no better off if we do.

But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block for those who are weak.

When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak consciences, you are sinning against the Messiah.

I am free, am I not? I am an apostle, am I not? I have seen Jesus our Lord, haven't I? You are the result of my work in the Lord, aren't you?

If I am not an apostle to other people, surely I am one to you, for you are the evidence of my apostolic authority from the Lord.

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, because all of us eat from the same loaf.

or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is?

For in the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!

That's why so many of you are weak and sick and a considerable number are dying.

Now, while we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so we won't be condemned along with the world.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,

and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord.

There are varieties of results, but it is the same God who produces all the results in everyone.

So there are many parts, but one body.

On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable,

and the parts of the body that we think are less honorable are treated with special honor, and we make our less attractive parts more attractive.

Now you are the Messiah's body and individual parts of it.

Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

Love never fails. Now if there are prophecies, they will be done away with. If there are languages, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

There are, I suppose, many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

Foreign languages, then, are meant to be a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers, while prophecy is meant, not for unbelievers, but for believers.

Now if the whole church gathers in the same place and everyone is speaking in foreign languages, when uneducated people or unbelievers come in, they will say that you are out of your mind, won't they?

The spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets,

As in all the churches of the saints, the women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the oral law also says.

Did God's word originate with you? Are you the only ones it has reached?

and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

In addition, we are found to be false witnesses about God because we testified on God's behalf that he raised the Messiah whom he did not raise if in fact it is true that the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, then the Messiah has not been raised,

and if the Messiah has not been raised, your faith is worthless and you are still imprisoned by your sins.

Yes, even those who have died believing in the Messiah are lost.

Otherwise, what will those people do who are being baptized because of those who have died? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they being baptized because of them?

And why in fact are we being endangered every hour?

If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?"

There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of those in heaven is of one kind, and that of those on earth is of another.

Those who are made of the dust are like the man from the dust; those who are heavenly are like the man who is from heaven.

because a door has opened wide for me to do effective work, although many people are opposing me.