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

Is there anyone who can understand his own thoughts except his own inner spirit? In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit.

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?

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,

I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?

Now concerning eating food offered to idols: We know that no idol is real in this world and that there is only one God.

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

yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything came into being and for whom we live. And there is only one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, through whom everything came into being and through whom we live.

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

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!

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.

Now if all of it were one part, there wouldn't be a body, would there?

So there are many parts, but one body.

so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.

She bears up under everything; believes the best in all; there is no limit to her hope, and never will she fall.

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.

In the same way, lifeless instruments like the flute or harp produce sounds. But if there's no difference in the notes, how can a person tell what tune is being played?

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

Now if we preach that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how can some of you keep claiming there is no resurrection of the dead?

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then the Messiah has not been raised,

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.

It is planted a physical body but is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.