For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.

On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income ¹  and save ²  it to the extent that God has blessed you, ³  so that a collection will not have to be made ⁴  when I come.

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, ¹  so that through us you may learn “not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?

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.

If someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear ¹  the image of the man of heaven.

So then, the one who marries ¹  his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better. ² 

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. ¹ 

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

What should you do then, brothers and sisters? ¹  When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

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