so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

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

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

One ¹  should think about us this way – as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, ¹  who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol in this world is nothing,” and that “there is no God but one.” ¹ 

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” ¹ 

I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

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.

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

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Then ¹  comes the end, ²  when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God – I say this to your shame!

Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: ¹  Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

God chose ¹  what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

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.

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!