GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.kingjames:46urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.kingjames:46Paul , called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God , and Sosthenes our brother , Unto the church of God which is at Corinth , to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus , called to be saints , with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord , both theirs and ours : Grace be unto you , and peace , from God our Father , and from the Lord Jesus Christ . I thank my God always on your behalf , for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him , in all utterance , and in all knowledge ; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you : So that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ : Who shall also confirm you unto the end , that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ . God is faithful , by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord . Now I beseech you , brethren , by 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 perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment . For it hath been declared unto me of you , my brethren , by them which are of the house of Chloe , that there are contentions among you . Now this I say , that every one of you saith , I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ . Is Christ divided ? was Paul crucified for you ? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul ? I thank God that I baptized none of you , but Crispus and Gaius ; Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name . And I baptized also the household of Stephanas : besides , I know not whether I baptized any other . For Christ sent me not to baptize , but to preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words , lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect . For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God . For it is written , I will destroy the wisdom of the wise , and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent . Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God , it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe . For the Jews require a sign , and the Greeks seek after wisdom : But we preach Christ crucified , unto the Jews a stumblingblock , and unto the Greeks foolishness ; But unto them which are called , both Jews and Greeks , Christ the power of God , and the wisdom of God . Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men ; and the weakness of God is stronger than men . For ye see your calling , brethren , how that not many wise men after the flesh , not many mighty , not many noble , are called : But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; And base things of the world , and things which are despised , hath God chosen , yea , and things which are not , to bring to nought things that are : That no flesh should glory in his presence . But of him are ye in Christ Jesus , who of God is made unto us wisdom , and righteousness , and sanctification , and redemption : That , according as it is written , He that glorieth , let him glory in the Lord . And I , brethren , when I came to you , came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom , declaring unto you the testimony of God . For I determined not to know any thing among you , save Jesus Christ , and him crucified . And I was with you in weakness , and in fear , and in much trembling . And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom , but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power : That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men , but in the power of God . Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect : yet not the wisdom of this world , nor of the princes of this world , that come to nought : But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery , even the hidden wisdom , which God ordained before the world unto our glory : Which none of the princes of this world knew : for had they known it , they would not have crucified the Lord of glory . But as it is written , Eye hath not seen , nor ear heard , neither have entered into the heart of man , the things which God hath prepared for them that love him . But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit : for the Spirit searcheth all things , yea , the deep things of God . For what man knoweth the things of a man , save the spirit of man which is in him ? even so the things of God knoweth no man , but the Spirit of God . Now we have 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 of God . Which things also we speak , not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth , but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual . But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned . But he that is spiritual judgeth all things , yet he himself is judged of no man . For who hath known the mind of the Lord , that he may instruct him ? But we have the mind of Christ . And I , brethren , could not speak unto you as unto spiritual , but as unto carnal , even as unto babes in Christ . I have fed you with milk , and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it , neither yet now are ye able . For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying , and strife , and divisions , are ye not carnal , and walk as men ? For while one saith , I am of Paul ; and another , I am of Apollos ; are ye not carnal ? Who then is Paul , and who is Apollos , but ministers by whom ye believed , even as the Lord gave to every man ? I have planted , Apollos watered ; but God gave the increase . So then neither is he that planteth any thing , neither he that watereth ; but God that giveth the increase . Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one : and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour . For we are labourers together with God : ye are God's husbandry , ye are God's building . According to the grace of God which is given unto me , as a wise masterbuilder , I have laid the foundation , and another buildeth thereon . But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon . For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid , which is Jesus Christ . Now if any man build upon this foundation gold , silver , precious stones , wood , hay , stubble ; Every man's work shall be made manifest : for the day shall declare it , because it shall be revealed by fire ; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is . If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon , he shall receive a reward . If any man's work shall be burned , he shall suffer loss : but he himself shall be saved ; yet so as by fire . Know ye not that ye are the temple of God , and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God , him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy , which temple ye are . Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world , let him become a fool , that he may be wise . For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God . For it is written , He taketh the wise in their own craftiness . And again , The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise , that they are vain . Therefore let no man glory in men . For all things are yours ; Whether Paul , or Apollos , or Cephas , or the world , or life , or death , or things present , or things to come ; all are yours ; And ye are Christ's ; and Christ is God's . Let a man so account of us , as of the ministers of Christ , and stewards of the mysteries of God . Moreover it is required in stewards , that a man be found faithful . But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you , or of man's judgment : yea , I judge not mine own self . For I know nothing by myself ; yet am I not hereby justified : but he that judgeth me is the Lord . Therefore judge nothing before the time , until the Lord come , who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness , and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God . And these things , brethren , I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes ; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written , that no one of you be puffed up for one against another . For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou didst receive it , why dost thou glory , as if thou hadst not received it ? Now ye are full , now ye are rich , ye have reigned as kings without us : and I would to God ye did reign , that we also might reign with you . For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last , as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world , and to 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 are honourable , but we are despised . Even unto this present hour we both hunger , and thirst , and are naked , and are buffeted , and have no certain dwellingplace ; And labour , working with our own hands : being reviled , we bless ; being persecuted , we suffer it : Being defamed , we intreat : we are made as the filth of the world , and are the offscouring of all things unto this day . I write not these things to shame you , but as my beloved sons I warn you . For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ , yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel . Wherefore I beseech you , be ye followers of me . For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus , who is my beloved son , and faithful in the Lord , who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ , as I teach every where in every church . Now some are puffed up , as though I would not come to you . But I will come to you shortly , if the Lord will , and will know , not the speech of them which are puffed up , but the power . For the kingdom of God is not in word , but in power . What will ye ? shall I come unto you with a rod , or in love , and in the spirit of meekness ? It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you , and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles , that one should have his father's wife . And ye are puffed up , and have not rather mourned , that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you . For I verily , as absent in body , but present in spirit , have judged already , as though I were present , concerning him that hath so done this deed , In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , when ye are gathered together , and my spirit , with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ , To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh , that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus . Your glorying is not good . Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump ? Purge out therefore the old leaven , that ye may be a new lump , as ye are unleavened . For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : Therefore 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 . I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators : Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world , or with the covetous , or extortioners , or with idolaters ; for then must ye needs go out of the world . But now I have written unto you not to keep company , if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator , or covetous , or an idolater , or a railer , or a drunkard , or an extortioner ; with such an one no not to eat . For what have I to do to judge them also that are without ? do not ye judge them that are within ? But them that are without God judgeth . Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person . Dare any of you , having a matter against another , go to law before the unjust , and not before the saints ? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world ? and if the world shall be judged by you , are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters ? Know ye not that we shall judge angels ? how much more things that pertain to this life ? If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life , set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church . I speak to your shame . Is it so , that there is not a wise man among you ? no , not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren ? But brother goeth to law with brother , and that before the unbelievers . Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you , because ye go to law one with another . Why do ye not rather take wrong ? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded ? Nay , ye do wrong , and defraud , and that your brethren . 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 of themselves with mankind , Nor thieves , nor covetous , nor drunkards , nor revilers , nor extortioners , shall inherit the kingdom of God . And such were some of you : but ye are washed , but ye are sanctified , but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus , and by the Spirit of our God . All things are lawful unto me , but all things are not expedient : all things are lawful for me , but I will not be brought under the power of any . Meats for the belly , and the belly for meats : but God shall destroy both it and them . Now the body is not for fornication , but for the Lord ; and the Lord for the body . And God hath both raised up the Lord , and will also raise up us by his own power . Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ ? shall I then take the members of Christ , and make them the members of an harlot ? God forbid . What ? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body ? for two , saith he , shall be one flesh . But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit . Flee fornication . Every sin that a man doeth is without the body ; but he that commiteth fornication sinneth against his own body . What ? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you , which ye have of God , and ye are not your own ? For ye are bought with a price : therefore glorify God in your body , and in your spirit , which are God's . Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me : It is good for a man not to touch a woman . Nevertheless , to avoid fornication , let every man have his own wife , and let every woman have her own husband . Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence : and likewise also the wife unto the husband . The wife hath not power of her own body , but the husband : and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body , but the wife . Defraud ye not one the other , except it be with consent for a time , that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer ; and come together again , that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency . But I speak this by permission , and not of commandment . For I would that all men were even as I myself . But every man hath his proper gift of God , one after this manner , and another after that . I say therefore to the unmarried and widows , It is good for them if they abide even as I . But if they cannot contain , let them marry : for it is better to marry than to burn . And unto the married I command , yet not I , but the Lord , Let not the wife depart from her husband : But and if she depart , let her remain unmarried , or be reconciled to her husband : and let not the husband put away his wife . But to the rest speak I , not the Lord : If any brother hath a wife that believeth not , and she be pleased to dwell with him , let him not put her away . And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not , and if he be pleased to dwell with her , let her not leave him . For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife , and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy . But if the unbelieving depart , let him depart . A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases : but God hath called us to peace . For what knowest thou , O wife , whether thou shalt save thy husband ? or how knowest thou , O man , whether thou shalt save thy wife ? But as God hath distributed to every man , as the Lord hath called every one , so let him walk . And so ordain I in all churches . Is any man called being circumcised ? let him not become uncircumcised . Is any called in uncircumcision ? let him not be circumcised . Circumcision is nothing , and uncircumcision is nothing , but the keeping of the commandments of God . Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called . Art thou called being a servant ? care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free , use it rather . For he that is called in the Lord , being a servant , is the Lord's freeman : likewise also he that is called , being free , is Christ's servant . Ye are bought with a price ; be not ye the servants of men . Brethren , let every man , wherein he is called , therein abide with God . Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord : yet I give my judgment , as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful . I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress , I say , that it is good for a man so to be . Art thou bound unto a wife ? seek not to be loosed . Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife . But and if thou marry , thou hast not sinned ; and if a virgin marry , she hath not sinned . Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh : but I spare you . But this I say , brethren , the time is short : it remaineth , that both they that have wives be as though they had none ; And they that weep , as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice , as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy , as though they possessed not ; And they that use this world , as not abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away . But I would have you without carefulness . He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord , how he may please the Lord : But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world , how he may please his wife . There is difference also between a wife and a virgin . The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord , that she may be holy both in body and in spirit : but she that is married careth for the things of the world , how she may please her husband . And this I speak for your own profit ; not that I may cast a snare upon you , but for that which is comely , and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction . But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin , if she pass the flower of her age , and need so require , let him do what he will , he sinneth not : let them marry . Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart , having no necessity , but hath power over his own will , and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin , doeth well . So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well ; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better . The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth ; but if her husband be dead , she is at liberty to be married to whom she will ; only in the Lord . But she is happier if she so abide , after my judgment : and I think also that I have the Spirit of God . Now as touching things offered unto idols , we know that we all have knowledge . Knowledge puffeth up , but charity edifieth . And if any man think that he knoweth anything , he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know . But if any man love God , the same is known of him . As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols , we know that an idol is nothing in the world , and that there is none other God but one . For though there be that are called gods , whether in heaven or in earth , ( as there be gods many , and lords many , ) But to us there is but one God , the Father , of whom are all things , and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ , by whom are all things , and we by him . Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge : for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol ; and their conscience being weak is defiled . But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither , if we eat , are we the better ; neither , if we eat not , are we the worse . But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak . For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple , shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols ; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish , for whom Christ died ? But when ye sin so against the brethren , and wound their weak conscience , ye sin against Christ . Wherefore , if meat make my brother to offend , I will eat no flesh while the world standeth , lest I make my brother to offend . Am I not an apostle ? am I not free ? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord ? are not ye my work in the Lord ? If I be not an apostle unto others , yet doubtless I am to you : for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord . Mine answer to them that do examine me is this , Have we not power to eat and to drink ? Have we not power to lead about a sister , a wife , as well as other apostles , and as the brethren of the Lord , and Cephas ? Or I only and Barnabas , have not we power to forbear working ? Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges ? who planteth a vineyard , and eateth not of the fruit thereof ? or who feedeth a flock , and eateth not of the milk of the flock ? Say I these things as a man ? or saith not the law the same also ? For it is written in the law of Moses , Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn . Doth God take care for oxen ? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes ? For our sakes , no doubt , this is written : that he that ploweth should plow in hope ; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope . If we have sown unto you spiritual things , is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things ? If others be partakers of this power over you , are not we rather ? Nevertheless we have not used this power ; but suffer all things , lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ . Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple ? and they which wait at the alter are partakers with the alter ? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel . But I have used none of these things : neither have I written these things , that it should be so done unto me : for it were better for me to die , than that any man should make my glorying void . For though I preach the gospel , I have nothing to glory of : for necessity is laid upon me ; yea , woe is unto me , if I preach not the gospel ! For if I do this thing willingly , I have a reward : but if against my will , a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me . What is my reward then ? Verily that , when I preach the gospel , I may make the gospel of Christ without charge , that I abuse not my power in the gospel . For though I be free from all men , yet have I made myself servant unto all , that I might gain the more . And unto the Jews I became as a Jew , that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law , as under the law , that I might gain them that are under the law ; To them that are without law , as without law , ( being not without law to God , but under the law to Christ , ) that I might gain them that are without law . To the weak became I as weak , that I might gain the weak : I am made all things to all men , that I might by all means save some . And this I do for the gospel's sake , that I might be partaker thereof with you . Know ye not that they which run in a race run all , but one receiveth the prize ? So run , that ye may obtain . And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things . Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible . I therefore so run , not as uncertainly ; so fight I , not as one that beateth the air : But I keep under my body , and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means , when I have preached to others , I myself should be a castaway . Moreover , brethren , I would not that ye should be ignorant , how that all our fathers were under the cloud , and all passed through the sea ; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea ; And did all eat the same spiritual meat ; And did all drink the same spiritual drink : for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them : and that Rock was Christ . But with many of them God was not well pleased : for they were overthrown in the wilderness . Now these things were our examples , to the intent we should not lust after evil things , as they also lusted . Neither be ye idolaters , as were some of them ; as it is written , The people sat down to eat and drink , and rose up to play . Neither let us commit fornication , as some of them committed , and fell in one day three and twenty thousand . Neither let us tempt Christ , as some of them also tempted , and were destroyed of serpents . Neither murmur ye , as some of them also murmured , and were destroyed of the destroyer . Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition , upon whom the ends of the world are come . Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall . There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man : but God is faithful , who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape , that ye may be able to bear it . Wherefore , my dearly beloved , flee from idolatry . I speak as to wise men ; judge ye what I say . The cup of blessing which we bless , is it not the communion of the blood of Christ ? The bread which we break , is it not the communion of the body of Christ ? For we being many are one bread , and one body : for we are all partakers of that one bread . Behold Israel after the flesh : are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the alter ? What say I then ? that the idol is any thing , or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing ? But I say , that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice , they sacrifice to devils , and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils . Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord , and the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table , and of the table of devils . Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? are we stronger than he ? All things are lawful for me , but all things are not expedient : all things are lawful for me , but all things edify not . Let no man seek his own , but every man another's wealth . Whatsoever is sold in the shambles , that eat , asking no question for conscience sake : For the earth is the Lord's , and the fulness thereof . If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast , and ye be disposed to go ; whatsoever is set before you , eat , asking no question for conscience sake . But if any man say unto you , This is offered in sacrifice unto idols , eat not for his sake that shewed it , and for conscience sake : for the earth is the Lord's , and the fulness thereof : Conscience , I say , not thine own , but of the other : for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience ? For if I by grace be a partaker , why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks ? Whether therefore ye eat , or drink , or whatsoever ye do , do all to the glory of God . Give none offence , neither to the Jews , nor to the Gentiles , nor to the church of God : Even as I please all men in all things , not seeking mine own profit , but the profit of many , that they may be saved . Be ye followers of me , even as I also am of Christ . Now I praise you , brethren , that ye remember me in all things , and keep the ordinances , as I delivered them to you . But I would have you know , that the head of every man is Christ ; and the head of the woman is the man ; and the head of Christ is God . Every man praying or prophesying , having his head covered , dishonoureth his head . But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head : for that is even all one as if she were shaven . For if the woman be not covered , let her also be shorn : but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven , let her be covered . For a man indeed ought not to cover his head , forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God : but the woman is the glory of the man . For the man is not of the woman ; but the woman of the man . Neither was the man created for the woman ; but the woman for the man . For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels . Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman , neither the woman without the man , in the Lord . For as the woman is of the man , even so is the man also by the woman ; but all things of god . Judge in yourselves : is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered ? Doth not even nature itself teach you , that , if a man have long hair , it is a shame unto him ? But if a woman have long hair , it is a glory to her : for her hair is given her for a covering . But if any man seem to be contentious , we have no such custom , neither the churches of God . Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not , that ye come together not for the better , but for the worse . For first of all , when ye come together in the church , I hear that there be divisions among you ; and I partly believe it . For there must be also heresies among you , that they which are approved may be made manifest among you . When ye come together therefore into one place , this is not to eat the Lord's supper . For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper : and one is hungry , and another is drunken . What ? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in ? or despise ye the church of God , and shame them that have not ? What shall I say to you ? shall I praise you in this ? I praise you not . For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you , That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread : And when he had given thanks , he brake it , and said , Take , eat : this is my body , which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me . After the same manner also he took the cup , when he had supped , saying , This cup is the new testament in my blood : this do ye , as oft as ye drink it , in remembrance of me . For as often as ye eat this bread , and drink this cup , ye do shew the Lord's death till he come . Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread , and drink this cup of the Lord , unworthily , shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord . But let a man examine himself , and so let him eat of that bread , and drink of that cup . For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily , eateth and drinketh damnation to himself , not discerning the Lord's body . For this cause many are weak and sickly among you , and many sleep . For if we would judge ourselves , we should not be judged . But when we are judged , we are chastened of the Lord , that we should not be condemned with the world . Wherefore , my brethren , when ye come together to eat , tarry one for another . And if any man hunger , let him eat at home ; that ye come not together unto condemnation . And the rest will I set in order when I come . Now concerning spiritual gifts , brethren , I would not have you ignorant . Ye know that ye were Gentiles , carried away unto these dumb idols , even as ye were led . Wherefore I give you to understand , that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed : and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord , but by the Holy Ghost . Now there are diversities of gifts , but the same Spirit . And there are differences of administrations , but the same Lord . And there are diversities of operations , but it is the same God which worketh all in all . But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal . For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit ; To another faith by the same Spirit ; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit ; To another the working of miracles ; to another prophecy ; to another discerning of spirits ; to another divers kinds of tongues ; to another the interpretation of tongues : But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit , dividing to every man severally as he will . For as the body is one , and hath many members , and all the members of that one body , being many , are one body : so also is Christ . For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body , whether we be Jews or Gentiles , whether we be bond or free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit . For the body is not one member , but many . If the foot shall say , Because I am not the hand , I am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body ? And if the ear shall say , Because I am not the eye , I am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body ? If the whole body were an eye , where were the hearing ? If the whole were hearing , where were the smelling ? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body , as it hath pleased him . And if they were all one member , where were the body ? But now are they many members , yet but one body . And the eye cannot say unto the hand , I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet , I have no need of you . Nay , much more those members of the body , which seem to be more feeble , are necessary : And those members of the body , which we think to be less honourable , upon these we bestow more abundant honour ; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness . For our comely parts have no need : but God hath tempered the body together , having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked : That there should be no schism in the body ; but that the members should have the same care one for another . And whether one member suffer , all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honoured , all the members rejoice with it . Now ye are the body of Christ , and members in particular . And God hath set some in the church , first apostles , secondarily prophets , thirdly teachers , after that miracles , then gifts of healings , helps , governments , diversities of tongues . Are all apostles ? are all prophets ? are all teachers ? are all workers of miracles ? Have all the gifts of healing ? do all speak with tongues ? do all interpret ? But covet earnestly the best gifts : and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way . Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels , and have not charity , I am become as sounding brass , or a tinkling cymbal . And though I have the gift of prophecy , and understand all mysteries , and all knowledge ; and though I have all faith , so that I could remove mountains , and have not charity , I am nothing . And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and though I give my body to be burned , and have not charity , it profiteth me nothing . Charity suffereth long , and is kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself , is not puffed up , Doth not behave itself unseemly , seeketh not her own , is not easily provoked , thinketh no evil ; Rejoiceth not in iniquity , but rejoiceth in the truth ; Beareth all things , believeth all things , hopeth all things , endureth all things . Charity never faileth : but whether there be prophecies , they shall fail ; whether there be tongues , they shall cease ; whether there be knowledge , it shall vanish away . For we know in part , and we prophesy in part . But when that which is perfect is come , then that which is in part shall be done away . When I was a child , I spake as a child , I understood as a child , I thought as a child : but when I became a man , I put away childish things . For now we see through a glass , darkly ; but then face to face : now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I am known . And now abideth faith , hope , charity , these three ; but the greatest of these is charity . Follow after charity , and desire spiritual gifts , but rather that ye may prophesy . For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men , but unto God : for no man understandeth him ; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries . But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification , and exhortation , and comfort . He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself ; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church . I would that ye all spake with tongues , but rather that ye prophesied : for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues , except he interpret , that the church may receive edifying . Now , brethren , if I come unto you speaking with tongues , what shall I profit you , except I shall speak to you either by revelation , or by knowledge , or by prophesying , or by doctrine ? And even things without life giving sound , whether pipe or harp , except they give a distinction in the sounds , how shall it be known what is piped or harped ? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound , who shall prepare himself to the battle ? So likewise ye , except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood , how shall it be known what is spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air . There are , it may be , so many kinds of voices in the world , and none of them is without signification . Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice , I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian , and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me . Even so ye , forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts , seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church . Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret . For if I pray in an unknown tongue , my spirit prayeth , but my understanding is unfruitful . What is it then ? I will pray with the spirit , and I will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with the spirit , and I will sing with the understanding also . Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit , how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks , seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest ? For thou verily givest thanks well , but the other is not edified . I thank my God , I speak with tongues more than ye all : Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding , that by my voice I might teach others also , than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue . Brethren , be not children in understanding : howbeit in malice be ye children , but in understanding be men . In the law it is written , With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people ; and yet for all that will they not hear me , saith the Lord . Wherefore tongues are for a sign , not to them that believe , but to them that believe not : but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not , but for them which believe . If therefore the whole church be come together into one place , and all speak with tongues , and there come in those that are unlearned , or unbelievers , will they not say that ye are mad ? But if all prophesy , and there come in one that believeth not , or one unlearned , he is convinced of all , he is judged of all : And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest ; and so falling down on his face he will worship God , and report that God is in you of a truth . How is it then , brethren ? when ye come together , everyone of you hath a psalm , hath a doctrine , hath a tongue , hath a revelation , hath an interpretation . Let all things be done unto edifying . If any man speak in an unknown tongue , let it be by two , or at the most by three , and that by course ; and let one interpret . But if there be no interpreter , let him keep silence in the church ; and let him speak to himself , and to God . Let the prophets speak two or three , and let the other judge . If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by , let the first hold his peace . For ye may all prophesy one by one , that all may learn , and all may be comforted . And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets . For God is not the author of confusion , but of peace , as in all churches of the saints . Let your women keep silence in the churches : for it is not permitted unto them to speak ; but they are commanded to be under obedience , as also saith the law . And if they will learn any thing , let them ask their husbands at home : for it is a shame for women to speak in the church . What ? came the word of God out from you ? or came it unto you only ? If any man think himself to be a prophet , or spiritual , let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord . But if any man be ignorant , let him be ignorant . Wherefore , brethren , covet to prophesy , and forbid not to speak with tongues . Let all things be done decently and in order . Moreover , brethren , I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you , which also ye have received , and wherein ye stand ; By which also ye are saved , if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you , unless ye have believed in vain . For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received , how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures ; And that he was buried , and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures : And that he was seen of Cephas , then of the twelve : After that , he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once ; of whom the greater part remain unto this present , but some are fallen asleep . After that , he was seen of James ; then of all the apostles . And last of all he was seen of me also , as of one born out of due time . For I am the least of the apostles , that am not meet to be called an apostle , because I persecuted the church of God . But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain ; but I laboured more abundantly than they all : yet not I , but the grace of God which was with me . Therefore whether it were I or they , so we preach , and so ye believed . Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead , how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead ? But if there be no resurrection of the dead , then is Christ not risen : And if Christ be not risen , then is our preaching vain , and your faith is also vain . Yea , and we are found false witnesses of God ; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ : whom he raised not up , if so be that the dead rise not . For if the dead rise not , then is not Christ raised : And if Christ be not raised , your faith is vain ; ye are yet in your sins . Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished . If in this life only we have hope in Christ , we are of all men most miserable . But now is Christ risen from the dead , and become the firstfruits of them that slept . For since by man came death , by man came also the resurrection of the dead . For as in Adam all die , even so in Christ shall all be made alive . But every man in his own order : Christ the firstfruits ; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming . Then cometh the end , when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God , even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power . For he must reign , till he hath put all enemies under his feet . The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death . For he hath put all things under his feet . But when he saith , all things are put under him , it is manifest that he is excepted , which did put all things under him . And when all things shall be subdued unto him , then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him , that God may be all in all . Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead , if the dead rise not at all ? why are they then baptized for the dead ? And why stand we in jeopardy every hour ? I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord , I die daily . If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus , what advantageth it me , if the dead rise not ? let us eat and drink ; for to morrow we die . Be not deceived : evil communications corrupt good manners . Awake to righteousness , and sin not ; for some have not the knowledge of God : I speak this to your shame . But some man will say , How are the dead raised up ? and with what body do they come ? Thou fool , that which thou sowest is not quickened , except it die : And that which thou sowest , thou sowest not that body that shall be , but bare grain , it may chance of wheat , or of some other grain : But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him , and to every seed his own body . All flesh is not the same flesh : but there is one kind of flesh of men , another flesh of beasts , another of fishes , and another of birds . There are also celestial bodies , and bodies terrestrial : but the glory of the celestial is one , and the glory of the terrestrial is another . There is one glory of the sun , and another glory of the moon , and another glory of the stars : for one star differeth from another star in glory . So also is the resurrection of the dead . It is sown in corruption ; it is raised in incorruption : It is sown in dishonour ; it is raised in glory : it is sown in weakness ; it is raised in power : It is sown a natural body ; it is raised a spiritual body . There is a natural body , and there is a spiritual body . And so it is written , The first man Adam was made a living soul ; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit . Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual , but that which is natural ; and afterward that which is spiritual . The first man is of the earth , earthy : the second man is the Lord from heaven . As is the earthy , such are they also that are earthy : and as is the heavenly , such are they also that are heavenly . And as we have borne the image of the earthy , we shall also bear the image of the heavenly . Now this I say , brethren , that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption . Behold , I shew you a mystery ; We shall not all sleep , but we shall all be changed , In a moment , in the twinkling of an eye , at the last trump : for the trumpet shall sound , and the dead shall be raised incorruptible , and we shall be changed . For this corruptible must put on incorruption , and this mortal must put on immortality . So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption , and this mortal shall have put on immortality , then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written , Death is swallowed up in victory . O death , where is thy sting ? O grave , where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin is the law . But thanks be to God , which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ . Therefore , my beloved brethren , be ye stedfast , unmoveable , always abounding in the work of the Lord , forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord . Now concerning the collection for the saints , as I have given order to the churches of Galatia , even so do ye . Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store , as God hath prospered him , that there be no gatherings when I come . And when I come , whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters , them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem . And if it be meet that I go also , they shall go with me . Now I will come unto you , when I shall pass through Macedonia : for I do pass through Macedonia . And it may be that I will abide , yea , and winter with you , that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go . For I will not see you now by the way ; but I trust to tarry a while with you , if the Lord permit . But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost . For a great door and effectual is opened unto me , and there are many adversaries . Now if Timotheus come , see that he may be with you without fear : for he worketh the work of the Lord , as I also do . Let no man therefore despise him : but conduct him forth in peace , that he may come unto me : for I look for him with the brethren . As touching our brother Apollos , I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren : but his will was not at all to come at this time ; but he will come when he shall have convenient time . Watch ye , stand fast in the faith , quit you like men , be strong . Let all your things be done with charity . I beseech you , brethren , ( ye know the house of Stephanas , that it is the firstfruits of Achaia , and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints , ) That ye submit yourselves unto such , and to every one that helpeth with us , and laboureth . I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus : for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied . For they have refreshed my spirit and yours : therefore acknowledge ye them that are such . The churches of Asia salute you . Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord , with the church that is in their house . All the brethren greet you . Greet ye one another with an holy kiss . The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand . If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ , let him be Anathema Maranatha . The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you . My love be with you all in Christ Jesus . Amen .