For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. ¹  But when it says “everything” has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will ¹  bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition ²  from God.

Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

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.

Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come! ¹ 

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 

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians? ¹ 

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.

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

And you are proud! ¹  Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this ²  from among you?

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

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

For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard ¹  for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple ¹  eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

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

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

Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.