It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive,<n id="1" /> and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

<p class="bodytext">Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

If the foot says, &#8220;Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,&#8221; it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

And if the ear says, &#8220;Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,&#8221; it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

<p class="bodytext">So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

<p class="bodytext">Think about the circumstances of your call,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters.<n id="2" /> Not many were wise by human standards,<n id="3" /> not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

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

Do we not have the right to financial support?<n id="1" />

But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

<p class="bodytext">Your boasting is not good. Don&#8217;t you know that a little yeast<n id="1" /> affects<n id="2" /> the whole batch of dough?

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Everything is lawful,&#8221; but not everything is beneficial. &#8220;Everything is lawful,&#8221;<n id="1" /> but not everything builds others up.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

But just as it is written, &#8220;<i><b>Things that no eye has seenb>, <b>or ear heardb>, <b>or mind imaginedb>,i><n id="1" /> <i><b>are the things God has prepared for those who love himb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />

The eye cannot say to the hand, &#8220;I do not need you,&#8221; nor in turn can the head say to the foot, &#8220;I do not need you.&#8221;

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel &#8211; and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.<n id="1" />p>

The unbeliever<n id="1" /> does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

<p class="bodytext">Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners,<n id="1" /> practicing homosexuals,<n id="2" />