just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you –

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.<n id="1" />

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now I want to make clear for you,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

Grace and peace to you<n id="1" /> from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!p>

<p class="bodytext">I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.<n id="1" />

But you should be eager for the greater gifts.p> <p class="bodytext">And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.<n id="1" />p>

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;

<t /><p class="bodytext">I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

For members of Chloe&#8217;s household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> that there are quarrels<n id="2" /> among you.

For I decided to be concerned about nothing<n id="1" /> among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh,<n id="2" /> as infants in Christ.

for you are still influenced by the flesh.<n id="1" /> For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Do you not know that you are God&#8217;s temple<n id="1" /> and that God&#8217;s Spirit lives in you?

If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

<t /><p class="bodytext">I praise you<n id="1" /> because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

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.

<p class="bodytext">If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord&#8217;s command.