Chap. I. He commendeth the Corinthians, exhorteth th&ebar; to be of one mynde, & rebuketh the diuysion that was amonge them. Wordly wysdome is foolishnes before God, yee there is no wysdome but in the despysed crosse of Christ.

Chap. II. It is not eloquence and glorious paynted wordes of wordly wysdome, that can edifie and conuerte soules vnto Christ: but the playne wordes of the scripture, for, they make mencion of him and his crosse.

Chap. III. Paul rebuketh the sectes and authores therof. Christ is the fo&ubar;daci&obar; of his church No man ought to reioyce in men, but in God.

Chap. IIII. The preachers are but ministers. Iudgment belongeth only vnto God.

Chap. V. After what maner Paul curseth the man, that had committed fornicacion with his mother in lawe.

Chap. VI. He rebuketh th&ebar; for goinge to lawe together before the Heithen, and reproueth vnclennesse.

Chap. VII. Of mariage, virginite and wyddowheade.

Chap. VIII. He rebuketh th&ebar; that vse their lyberte to the slaunder of other, & sheweth how men ought to behaue th&ebar; towarde soch as be weake.

Chap. IX. Loue forbeareth the thinge that she maye do by the lawe. He exorteth them to runne on forth in the course that they haue begonne.

Chap. X. He feareth them with the ensamples of the olde Testament, and exorteth them to a godly conuersacion.

Chap. XI. He rebuketh th&ebar; for the abuse and misordre that they had aboute the Sacram&ebar;t of the body and bloude of Christ, and bringeth them agayne to the first institucion.

Chap. XII. The diuersite of the giftes of the holy goost, geuen to the c&obar;forte and edifienge of one another, as the membres of a mans body serue one another.

Chap. XIII. The nature and condicions of loue.

Chap. XIIII. Paul sheweth that the gift of prophecie, interpretinge, or preachinge, excelleth the gift of tunges, and how they ought both to be vsed.

Chap. XV. The resurreccion of the deed.

Chap. XVI. He putteth th&ebar; in remembraunce of the gadderynge for the poore christ&ebar; at Ierusal&ebar;, and concludeth his epistle with the salutacions of certayne louynge brethren.

The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul, to the Corinthians.