For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

To the married I give this command – not I, but the Lord – a wife should not divorce a husband

These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

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

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

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 thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

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

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn “not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.