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My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

But just as it is written, " Things that no eye has seen , or ear heard , or mind imagined , are the things God has prepared for those who love him ."

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

For who has known the mind of the Lord , so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

If someone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.