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PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, 2) and Sosthenes 1our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, (3 their Lord and ours: Grace Itol you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4) I thank my God always concerning you', for the grace of God which 'was1 (5 given you in Christ Jesus; that in everything ye were enriched 'in' him, in all utterance and all knowledge; 6 even as the testimony of Christ was 7 confirmed in you: so that ye come

behind in no gift; waiting for the Irevelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; (8 who shall also confirm you unto the

end, that ye be 'unreproveable' in the 9 day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, 'through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected' together in the same mind and in the 11 same judgement. For it hath been Isignified unto me concerning! you, my brethren, by them which are of the household of Chloe, that there are 12 contentions among you. Now this I Imean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and 13 I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

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I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

And the 'prudence of the prudent

will I reject'.

20 °Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this "world? hath not God made foolish 21 the wisdom of the world? For Iseeing that in the wisdom of God the world 'through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. Seeing that Jews ask for signs!, (23 and Greeks seek after wisdom: "but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles! 24 foolishness; but unto them that! are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the 25 wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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'that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are 28 Istrong; and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, 'did' God 'choose', yea 1and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things 29 that are: that no flesh should glory 30) 'before God'. But of him are ye in

Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemp31 tion that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

21 And I, brethren, when I came 'untol you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, 'proclaiming to 2 you the mystery of God. °For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and 3 him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much (4 trembling. And my speech and my Spreaching were not in persuasive! words of wisdom, but in demonstra5 tion of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

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Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet lal wisdom not of this world, nor of the 'rulers of this world, which are coming to nought: 7) but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God 'foreordained before the worlds unto our 8 glory which none of the 'rulers' of this world knoweth: for had they known it, they would not have cruci(9 fied the Lord of glory: but as it is written,

Things which' eye saw not, 'and' ear heard 'not',

And which entered 'not into the heart of man,

Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

(10) 9But unto us God revealed 10them through the Spirit: for the Spirit

searcheth all things, yea, the deep 11 things of God. For who among men1 knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God 'none' knoweth, savel the Spirit of God.

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But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God. *(13 °Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the 'Spirit' teacheth; 112comparing spiritual things with spir*14 itual. Now the natural man receiv

eth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged'. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all

things, and he himself is 18judged of 16 no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he 'should' instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. (2 °I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not 'yet' able to bear it : (3 Inay, not even now are ye able; °for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy' and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk after the 4 manner of men? For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men'? (5) What then is Apollos? and what' is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed and each as the Lord (6 gave to him'. I planted, Apollos

watered; but God gave the increase. 7°So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to (9 his own labour. For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's 15husbandry, God's building.

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terbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let leach man take heed how he buildeth 11 thereon. For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, 12 which is Jesus Christ. But if any man 'buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stub13 ble; leach man's work shall be made manifest for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; 1and the fire itself shall prove each man's (14 work of what sort it is. If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. 15 °If any man's work shall be burned', he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as 'through'

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16 Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God 17 dwelleth in you? If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 18) Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a (19 fool, that he may become wise. For

the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their crafti20 ness and again, The Lord knoweth

the reasonings of the wise, that they 21 are vain. Wherefore let no one! glory in men. For all things are 22 yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; 23 all are yours; and ye are Christ's;

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and Christ is God's.

Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of 2 the mysteries of God. Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a 3 man be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgement: yea, I 'judge not mine own self. 4 °For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he (5) that judgeth me is the Lord. Where

fore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both

bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall leach man have his praise from God. (6) Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one (7 against the other. For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? *(8) Already are ye 'filled, already1 ye are 'become rich, ye have reigned without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with *(9 you. For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as Imen doomed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to 10 angels, and to men. "We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory!, but we have 11 dishonour. Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have 12 no certain dwellingplace; and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being perse(13 cuted, we endure; being defamed, we intreat we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, leven until now.

14) write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my 15 beloved children. For though ye should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I begat! you 16 through the gospel. I beseech you

Itherefore, be ye limitators of me. 17 °For this cause have I sent unto you 'Timothy', who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall 'put you in remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, even as I teach 18 everywhere in every church. Now

some are puffed up, as though I 'werel 19 not coming to you. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and

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I will know, not the word of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20 °For the kingdom of God is not in *21 word, but in power. What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?

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It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not leven among the Gentiles, that one of you hath his 2 father's wife. And ye are puffed up, and did not rather 'mourn', that he that had done this deed might be (3) taken away from among you. "For I verily, 'being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him that hath (4 so wrought this thing, in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power 5 of our Lord Jesus, to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved 6 in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole (7) lump? Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ: 8 wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators; *(10 not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous land' extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the *11 world: but now I write unto you

not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; (12 with such a one no, not to eat.

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what have I to do 'with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge (13) them that are within, whereas them

that are without God judgeth? Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.

1 Or, are ye puffed up?

2 Or, did ye not rather mourn, . . . you?

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Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbour, go to law before the unrighteous!, and not before 2) the saints? Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest mat3 ters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things 4 that pertain to this life? If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, 10 do yel set them to judge who are of no account in the church? (5) I say this to move you to shame. Is it so, that there cannot be found among you one wise man, who shall be able to decide between his breth(6 ren, but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers ? (7 Nay, already it is altogether a 'de

fect in you, that ye have lawsuits! one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be de8 frauded? Nay, but ye yourselves! do wrong, and defraud, and that your 9 brethren. Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers 10 of themselves with men, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit 11 the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye 12 were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye werel justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ', and in the Spirit of our God.

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12) All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of 13 any. Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall 'bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body: (14 and God both raised the Lord, and

will raise up us through his power. (15 Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take laway the members of Christ, and

make them members of a harlot? God 16 forbid. Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, 'The twain', saith he, shall 17 become one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth 19 against his own body. Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have 'from God? and ye (20) are not your own; °for ye were! bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

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Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to 2 touch a woman. But, because of fornications', let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have 3 her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife 'her' due: and likewise also the wife unto the hus4 band. "The wife hath not power lover! her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power 'over' his own body, but the 5 wife. Defraud 'ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves Junto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not be*(6) cause of your incontinency. °But

this I say by way of permission, 1 not of commandment. Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own! gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

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But I say to the unmarried and 'to' widows, It is good for them if they 9 abide even as I. But if they have not continency', let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 10) But' unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband 11)°(but and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband 12 leave not his wife. But to the rest Isay I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she lis

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content to dwell with him, let him not (13 'leave her. And the woman which hath an unbelieving husband, and he lis content to dwell with her, let her 14 not leave her husband'. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified 'ir! the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the 'brother: else were your children unclean; but now are 15 they holy. Yet if the unbelieving

departeth', let him depart: thei brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath 16 called us in peace. For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband', whether thou 17) shalt save thy wife? Only', as the Lord hath distributed to leach man, as God hath called 'each', so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the 18 churches. Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? let him not 19 be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the command20 ments of God. Let 'each' man abide in 'that' calling wherein he was called. 21 °Wast thou called being a 'bondservant? care not for it: but if thou Icanst become free, use it rather. (22 °For he that 'was' called in the Lord, being a 'bondservant', is the Lord's 'freedman': likewise he that was! called, being free, is Christ's 'bondser23 vant. Ye were bought with a price; become not 'bondservants of men. 24 Brethren, let leach' man, wherein he Iwas called, therein abide with God.

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Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgement, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be *26 faithful. I think therefore that this

is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for 27 a man to be las he is'. Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? 28 seek not a wife. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned.

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