2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, acame not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you bthe testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, csave Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And dI was with you ein weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching was anot with ||enticing words of man’s wisdom, but fin demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not †stand in the wisdom of men, but gin the power of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are hperfect: yet anot the wisdom iof this world, nor of the pprinces of this world, kthat come to nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God lin a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, mwhich God ordained nbefore the world unto our glory: 8 oWhich none of the pprinces iof this world knew: for qhad they known it, they would not have crucified rthe Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written, sEye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have tentered into the heart of man, the things which God hath uprepared for them that love him. 10 But xGod hath revealed them unto us yby his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 zFor what man knoweth the things of a man, asave the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but bthe Spirit of God. 12 Now cwe have received, not the spirit of the world, but cthe spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, dnot in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; ecomparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 fBut the gnatural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: hfor they are foolishness unto him: ineither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But khe that is spiritual ||ljudgeth all things, yet he himself is ||ljudged of no man. 16 mFor who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he †may instruct him? But nwe have the mind of Christ.

3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto abspiritual, but as unto accarnal, even as unto dbabes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with emilk, and not with meat: ffor hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you genvying, and ghstrife, and ||divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk †as men? 4 For iwhile one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of jApollos; are ye not carnal?

5 Who then is Paul, and who is jApollos, but kministers by whom lye believed, meven as the Lord gave to every man? 6 nI have planted, joApollos watered; pbut God gave the increase. 7 So then qneither 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: rand every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For swe are labourers together with God: ye are God’s ||husbandry, ye are tGod’s building. 10 uAccording to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, xI have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For yother foundation can no man lay than that is laid, zwhich is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 aEvery man’s work shall be made manifest: for bthe day cshall declare it, because dit †shall be revealed eby fire; and ethe fire shall ftry every man’s work of what sort it is. 14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, ahe shall receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work shall be burned, ghe shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as ehby fire. 16 iKnow ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that jthe Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man ||defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 18 kLet no man deceive himself. lIf any man among you seemeth to be wise in mthis world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For nthe wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, oHe taketh the wise in their own pcraftiness. 20 And again, qThe Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 21 Therefore rlet no man glory sin men. For tall things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or uApollos, or uCephas, or the world, or life, or death, or xthings present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And yye are Christ’s; and zChrist is God’s.

4 Let a man so account of us, as of athe ministers of Christ, and bstewards of cthe mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found dfaithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be ejudged of you, or of man’s †judgment: yea, I ejudge not mine own self. 4 For fI know nothing by myself; gyet am I not hereby justified: but he that ejudgeth me is the Lord. 5 Therefore hjudge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, iwho both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and kthen shall every man have lpraise of God.

6 And these things, brethren, mI have nin a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us onot to think of men above that which is written, pthat no one of you qbe puffed up for one against another. 7 For who †rmaketh thee to differ from another? and swhat hast thou that thou didst not treceive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 8 Now ye are full, unow ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and xI would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 9 For yI think that God hath set forth ||us the apostles last, zas it were appointed to death: for awe are made a †spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 bWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but bbye are wise in Christ; cwe are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. 11 Even unto this present hour we both dhunger, and dthirst, and deare naked, and fare buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 12 And glabour, working with our own hands: hbeing reviled, we bless; ibeing persecuted, we suffer it: 13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made jas the filth of the world, and are kthe offscouring of all things unto this day. 14 I write not these things to lshame you, but mas my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand ninstructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for oin Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, pbe ye followers of me. 17 For this cause have I sent unto you qTimotheus, rwho is my beloved son, and sfaithful in the Lord, who shall tbring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, uas I teach every where in every church. 18 Now xsome are ypuffed up, as though I would not come to you. 19 zBut I will come to you shortly, aif the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are ypuffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but bin power. 21 What will ye? cshall I come unto you dwith a rod, or in love, and in ethe spirit of meekness?