Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

So now there are many members, but one body.

If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,

because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents.

For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body – though many – are one body, so too is Christ.

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

The churches in the province of Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, with the church that meets in their house.

With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.