Berean Standard Bible

1 Corinthians

16 chapters

Chapters

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!

Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.

Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia: