But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian ¹  who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, ²  or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, ¹  but each will receive his reward according to his work.

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

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

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” ¹  – but the immoral person sins against his own body.

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. ¹  Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

Were you called as a slave? ¹  Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

With regard to the question about people who have never married, ¹  I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

And I say this, brothers and sisters: ¹  The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

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.” ¹ 

No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice ¹  is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, ¹  and God is the head of Christ.

and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity, ¹ 

but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.

And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed ¹  – perhaps of wheat or something else.