(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

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.

If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? ¹  Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul? ² 

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

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

But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, ¹  are the things God has prepared for those who love him.” ² 

When I came ¹  to you, brothers and sisters, ²  I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony ³  of God.

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

But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. ¹  God has called you in peace.

So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

For whenever someone says, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human? ¹ 

If you sin against your brothers or sisters ¹  in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go.

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with ¹  a prostitute is one body with her? ²  For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ³ 

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? ¹  Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation? ²