What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

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,

So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

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

Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

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

With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

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.