I say this as a concession, not as a command.

Now I mean this, that<n id="1" /> each of you is saying, &#8220;I am with Paul,&#8221; or &#8220;I am with Apollos,&#8221; or &#8220;I am with Cephas,&#8221; or &#8220;I am with Christ.&#8221;

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense,<n id="1" /> or does the law not say this as well?

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

Listen,<n id="1" /> I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep,<n id="2" /> but we will all be changed &#8211;

For whenever someone says, &#8220;I am with Paul,&#8221; or &#8220;I am with Apollos,&#8221; are you not merely human?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?<n id="1" />

I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.p>

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

Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

I do not mean yours but the other person&#8217;s. For why is my freedom being judged by another&#8217;s conscience?

It is written in the law: &#8220;<i><b>By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangersb> <b>I will speak to this peopleb>, <b>yet not even in this way will they listen to meb>i>,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the Lord.

the women<n id="1" /> should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak.<n id="2" /> Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead,<n id="1" /> how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

<p class="bodytext">To the rest I say &#8211; I, not the Lord<n id="1" /> &#8211; if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, &#8220;This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.&#8221;

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, &#8220;Jesus is cursed,&#8221; and no one can say, &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; except by the Holy Spirit.p>

Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift<n id="1" /> say &#8220;Amen&#8221; to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

<t /><p class="bodytext">I urge you, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together,<n id="2" /> to end your divisions,<n id="3" /> and to be united by the same mind and purpose.<n id="4" />