None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

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

If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.

Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!