1 CORINTHIANS 1 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Ihsou Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Ihsou, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Ihsou Christ, both theirs and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Ihsou Christ. 4 I thank my God always for you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Ihsou, 5 that in every thing ye were enriched in him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you; 7 so that ye come behind in no gift, having received the revelation of our Lord Ihsou Christ; 8 who also shall confirm you unto the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Ihsou Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Ihsou Christ our Lord. 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Ihsou 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. 11 For it was declared unto me concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 12 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. 13 Is Christ divided? Was not Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius; 15 lest you should say that I baptized in my own name. 16 And I baptized the household of Stephanas; I do not know whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the speaker of this age? Has not God despised the wisdom of this world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom. 23 But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Greeks foolishness. 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the child of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many noble, 27 but the child of the world he chose God chose the weak things of the world to shame the wise; and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised, God chose the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things which are; 29 so that no flesh should boast in his presence. 30 But of him are you in Christ Ihsou, who of God became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, He who boasts,In the Lord I boast. 1 CORINTHIANS 2 1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined to know nothing among you, save Ihsou Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I came unto you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 6 But we speak wisdom in perfections; yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing; 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the ages for our glory; 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 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. 10 But God has revealed it to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows the things of a man except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Sacred Spirit teacheth, comparing spiritual with spiritual. 14 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. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may approve him? but we have the mind of Christ. 1 CORINTHIANS 3 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for ye were not yet strong; neither now are ye strong. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for where there is among you jealousy, and strife, and divisions, ye are not carnal, but walk as men. 4 For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul? Who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord distributed? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now both he who plants and he who waters are one; and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building. 10 According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But each one looks carefully how he builds. 11 For no other foundation can be laid than that which is laid, which is Ihsou Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each person’s work will become clear, for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test each person’s work, what sort of work it is. 14 If anyone’s work remains, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, but so as by fire. 16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 18 Do not deceive yourself. If anyone seems to be wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He who catches the wise in their craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain. 21 So that I may boast in no man: for all things are yours, 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. 1 CORINTHIANS 4 1 So consider us as men, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 This is what is required in stewards, that one be found faithful. 3 But it is a very small thing for me to be judged by you, or by a human day; but I do not judge myself. 4 For I have no authority over myself, nor do I have any authority over this matter; but the one who judges me is the Lord. 5 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. 6 And these things, brethren, I have inverted myself and Apollos for your sakes, that ye might learn in us not to think beyond that which is written, that ye be not esteemed one for another against another. 7 For who judges thee? What havest thou that thou didst not receive? And if thou didst receive, why gloryest thou as not having received? 8 You are already full, you are already rich, you reign without us; and what advantage do you have in reigning, that we also may reign with you? 9 For I believe that God has exhibited us the apostles last as unworthy of death; for we have become a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 We are babes for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are glorious, but we are dishonorable. 11 Until the last hour we hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and are troubled; 12 And we labor, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 When we are reviled, we entreat; we are made as the offscourings of the world, the offscouring of all things, even unto the last hour. 14 I write not these things to restrain you, but as my beloved children I admonish you. 15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Ihsou I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me. 17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. 18 But as if I were not coming to you, some were inspired. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know not the word of inspiration, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What do you seek? Do I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of foreknowledge? 1 CORINTHIANS 5 1 It is reported among you that there is fornication, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles is called, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And you are full of lust, and would not rather repent, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I, absent in the body but present in the spirit, have already condemned, as I now am, the one who is doing this work, 4 in the name of our Lord Ihsou Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Ihsou Christ, 5 to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Ihsou. 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. And for our Passover is Christ sacrificed for us, 8 so that we may keep it, not with old leaven, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with fornicators, 10 but not with the fornicators of this world, or with the greedy, or extortioners, or idolaters. For then you must go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a man not to eat. 12 For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do ye not judge them that are within? 13 But God judgeth them that are without. And put away the wicked man from among yourselves. 1 CORINTHIANS 6 1 Do some of you, having a matter against another, dare to go to judgment before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the smallest judgments? 3 Do you not know that we judge angels? Is it not also the judgments of the flesh? 4 If then you have judgments of the flesh, those who are weak in the church, these you set aside. 5 I say this to your shame. So there is not one wise man among you, not one, who can discern between his brother, 6 but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 Therefore it is already a complete defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why do you not rather be wronged? Why do you not rather be deprived? 8 But you do wrong and deprive even these brothers. 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor effeminate, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were you; but you were cast out, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Ihsou, and in the Spirit of our God. 12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 The filth of the belly, and the belly of the filth: but God shall do away with both them and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God both raised the Lord, and will raise us up by his power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then make the members of Christ members of a harlot? God forbid. 16 Know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body: for the two are one flesh. 17 But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? And you are not your own, 20 for you were bought with honor; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. 1 CORINTHIANS 7 1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me, a good man must not touch a woman. 2 But because of sexual immorality, let each one divorce his own wife, and let each one divorce his own husband. 3 Let the husband render to his wife due respect, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not rule over the body, but the husband; and likewise also the husband does not rule over the body, but the wife. 5 Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you for your indolence. 6 This I say by way of exhortation, not by commandment. 7 For I would that all men were even as I myself: but every man hath his own gift of God; one hath this gift, and another hath that gift. 8 But I say unto the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they do not control themselves, let them commit adultery; judge for yourselves, whether it be to commit adultery or to be burned. 10 But to the married I command, not I, but the Lord, that a wife should not divorce her husband. 11 But and if she does divorce, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And let no man divorce his wife. 12 But to the rest I say, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she lives with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he lives with her, let her not leave him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Then your children were unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving one departs, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife? 17 If not, as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I command in all the churches. 18 Was he called circumcised? Let him not be circumcised. Was he called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 In the calling in which he was called, let him remain in it. 21 Were you called a slave? Let me not be concerned about you; but if you are able to become free, that is more profitable. 22 For he who is called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman, and he who is called free is Christ's slave. 23 You were bought with honor, do not become slaves of men. 24 Brothers, in whatever you were called, let each one remain with God. 25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord; but I give my opinion, as one who has received mercy from the Lord is faithful. 26 I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, because it is good for a man to do so. 27 Are you given to a wife? Do not seek release. Are you divorced from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 And if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin does marry, she has not sinned. But such will have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you. 29 This I know, brothers, that the time is short. This is so that both those who have wives may be as though they had none; 30 and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; 31 and those who are envious of this world,as not abusing, for the fashion of this world is producing. 32 But I want you to be carefree. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; 33 but the married man is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 The wife and the virgin are divided. The unmarried woman is concerned about the things of the Lord, how she may be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 But I say this for your own benefit; not that I may impose a burden on you, but for that which is agreeable and acceptable to the Lord without distraction. 36 But if any man think that he is unchaste toward his virgin, if he be a virgin, and so it behoveth to be, let him do what he will; he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no need, but hath power over his own will, and hath determined this in his heart, to keep his own virgin, doeth well. 38 So also he that giveth in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth not in marriage doeth wickedly. 39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 40 But it is better if she remains as she is, in my opinion. I also think that I have the Spirit of God. 1 CORINTHIANS 8 1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge corrupts, but love builds up. 2 But if anyone tries to know anything, he has never known anything as he sees and knows. 3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by him. 4 So then, concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 5 For if there are those who are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there are many gods and many lords, 6 but to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Ihsou Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him. 7 But not everyone has knowledge. For some, with the consciousness of the idol, eat as if it were offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But we are not an unclean thing to God. For neither if we eat are we the more, nor if we abstain are we the less. 9 But consider whether this authority of yours is a stumbling block to the weak. 10 For if anyone sees someone who has knowledge worshipping an idol, will not his conscience, being weak, be strengthened to eat things offered to idols? 11 And the brother who is sick is lost through your knowledge, for whom Christ died? 12 So then, when you sin against your brothers and wound their consciences, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if something causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I cause my brother to stumble. 1 CORINTHIANS 9 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen our Lord Ihsou Christ? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship is you in the Lord. 3 This is my defense to those who examine me: 4 Have we not power to eat and drink? 5 Have we not power to lead a sister and a wife about, as well as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or do I and Barnabas alone not have authority to refrain from working? 7 Who ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who keeps flocks and does not eat of the milk of the flock? 8 Am I speaking these things as a man? Does not the law also say these things? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle an ox that is treading out the grain? For God is not concerned with oxen. 10 Or does he speak them for us? For it is written for us, that he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that ploweth in hope should partake in hope. 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, shall we not rather reap your carnal things? 12 If others be partakers of your power, are we not? But we have not used this power: but we forbear, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Know ye not that they which minister in the sanctuary eat of the things of the sanctuary, and they which wait at the altar partake of the things of the altar? 14 So also the Lord commanded those who preach the gospel to live by the gospel. 15 But I have used none of these things; I have not written these things that it might be so in me, for it would be better for me to die than for my boasting to be made empty. 16 For if I preach the gospel, that is no boasting to me; for necessity is laid upon me: but woe is me if I do not preach the gospel. 17 For if I do this, I have a reward; but if I do not, I am assured of a stewardship. 18 Who then is my reward? that, having preached the gospel of Christ, I may not abuse my authority in the gospel. 19 For though I am free from all things, I have made myself a slave to all, that I may win more. 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, that I might win those under the law; 21 to those without law as one without law, not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ, that I might win the without law. 22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I am become all things to all men, that by all means I might save some. 23 But I do this for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a sharer in its work. 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that you may obtain. 25 But every one that competeth exerciseth all things: they therefore to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. 26 So I so run, as not in confusion; so I fight, as not beating the wind: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest, having preached to others, I myself should be disqualified. 1 CORINTHIANS 10 1 For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, 2 and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual bread, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them; and that rock was Christ. 5 But God was not well pleased with most of them, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things became our examples, so that we would not desire evil things, as they also desired. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Neither commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell twenty thousand in one day. 9 Neither tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 so that the one who tempts you may not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man. But God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men, judge what is said. 16 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? 17 For we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What then is the matter? What is an idol? or what is an idolater? 20 But the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should be partakers of devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and the table of devils. 22 Or do we envy the Lord? Are we not stronger than he? 23 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but not all things edify. 24 Seek not your own, but every man that is another's. 25 Eat whatsoever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience' sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 But if he call you of the unbelievers, and ye would go, whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no questions for conscience' sake. 28 But if anyone says to you, “This has been offered to idols,” do not eat it for the sake of that accuser and conscience; for the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness of it. 29 I do not mean my own conscience, but the conscience of another. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 But if I partake of grace, why am I being blasphemed for that for which I give thanks? 31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Be a witness both to Jews and Greeks, and to the church of God. 33 Just as I please all men, not seeking my own advantage,but that of many, that they might be saved. 1 CORINTHIANS 11 1 Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them unto you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ: and the head of a woman is the man: and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man that prayeth or prophesieth, having his head uncovered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for it is one thing for her that is naked. 6 For if a woman is not covered, let her also be covered: but if it is shameful for a woman to be circumcised or shaven, let her be covered. 7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God: and woman is the glory of man. 8 For man is not of woman, but woman of man. 9 For man was not created for woman, but woman for man. 10 Therefore the woman ought to have authority on the head because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless neither is man without woman, nor woman without man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, so also the man is of the woman; but all things are of God. 13 Judge among yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered? 14 Or does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has his hair cut off, it is a dishonor to him? 15 But if a woman has her hair cut off, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if he is contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God. 17 But in this I command you, I do not praise you, that you come together not on the Sabbath, but on the Sabbath. 18 For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I believe some. 19 For I see that there are also heresies among you, so that those who are tested may be made manifest among you. 20 So when you come together to this same meal, it is not to eat the Lord's supper. 21 For each one takes his own supper in advance, and the one who is hungry is not the one who is drunk. 22 Have you no homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have not? What do I say to you? I praise you in this; I do not praise you. 23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Ihsou on the night he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 So whoever eats this bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks unworthily eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and those who are able sleep. 31 For if we judge ourselves,We are not judged; 32 but when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we will not be condemned with the world. 33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, welcome one another. 34 If anyone is hungry, eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. But the rest I will arrange when I come. 1 CORINTHIANS 12 1 Now concerning spiritual things, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 You know that you were Gentiles to the voiceless idols, as if you were being led astray. 3 For I know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Ihsou is accursed,” and no one can say, “Ihsou is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are varieties of activities, but it is God who works all in all. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 to another workings of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues; 11 but all these work that one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one individually as He wills. 12 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. 13 For by one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the hand shall say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body; 16 and if the ear shall say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body; 17 if the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? if the whole hearing be, where would the smell be? 18 But now hath God set the members, every one of them, in the body, as he hath pleased him. 19 If all were one member, where would the body be? 20 but now there are many members, but one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you; or again the head to the body, I have no need of you. 22 But much more the members of the body that are weaker are necessary. 23 And those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor. And our unpresentable parts have more abundant comeliness. 24 But our presentable parts have no need of our presentable parts. But God has put the body together, having given more abundant honor to that which lacked, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that the body should be one. Care for one another's members. 26 And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or whether one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members. 28 And God has set some in the church: first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, knowledge, government, kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracles? 30 Have all gifts of healing? Are all tongues? Are all interpretations? 31 But desire the gifts that are given. and yet, in an exaggerated way, I show you the way. 1 CORINTHIANS 13 1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I profit nothing. 3 And if I give away all my goods, and deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing. 4 Love is long-suffering, love is kind; love is not jealous; love does not brag, is not arrogant, 5 does not behave itself unbecomingly, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. Whether there are prophecies, they will be done away with; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect comes, then that which is in part will be done away with. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For we see now in a mirror, darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know even as I also am known. 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 CORINTHIANS 14 1 Pursue love, but desire spiritual things, but rather that you may prophesy. 2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one hears; for he speaks mysteries in the spirit. 3 But he who prophesies speaks to men edification and intercession and a parable. 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I would that you all spoke in tongues, but rather that you prophesied. For greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edification. 6 But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you, unless I speak to you either by revelation or by knowledge or by prophecy or by teaching? 7 But if the lifeless things give voice, whether on the flute or on the harp, unless they give a distinction to the sound, how will it be known who is singing or who is playing the harp? 8 For if the trumpet gives an indistinct sound, who will prepare for battle? 9 So also you, if you do not utter intelligible words by tongues, how will it be known what is spoken? For you are speaking into the air. 10 However, if there are many kinds of voices in the world and no one is speechless, 11 if I do not know the power of the voice, I will be a barbarian to the one speaking, and he who speaks to me a barbarian. 12 So also you, since you are zealous for the Spirit, seek to abound in the building up of the church. 13 For the one who speaks in a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 15 What then? I pray with the spirit, but I pray with the mind also; I sing with the spirit, but I sing with the mind also. 16 But if you bless with the spirit, how can he who fills the private place say the Amen at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you are saying? 17 For you give me thanks well, but the other is not edified. 18 I thank my God that I speak with tongues to all of you. 19 But in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue. 20 Brothers, do not be children in words, but in evil be children, and in words be perfect. 21 In the law it is written, ‘With tongues and other lips will I speak to this people, and they will not hear me,’ says the Lord. 22 So tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but to those who believe. 23 If then the whole church comes together to one thing and all speak with tongues, and there comes in one or an unbeliever, will they not say that you are mad? 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or a private person comes in, he is judged by all, he is questioned by all, 25 and the secrets of his heart are made manifest. And so, falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that God is indeed among you. 26 What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be by two or at the most three, and let one interpret. 28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 29 But let two or three prophets speak, and let the others discern.30 But if another revelation is made to you while you are sitting, let the first keep silent. 31 For you can all prophesy together, so that all may learn and all may pray. 32 And the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. 33 For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be in subjection, as also the law says. 35 And if they will learn anything, let them ask their own men at home; for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church. 36 Did the word of God come out from you? Or did it come to you alone? 37 If anyone is a prophet or spiritual, let him observe the things that I write to you, for they are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if he does not know them, let him know them. 39 Therefore, brothers, desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 CORINTHIANS 15 1 Now I know, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, and in which you stand, 2 by which you are saved. For what reason did I preach it to you, if you possess it, except in the case of faith? 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; 4 and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; 5 and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; 6 after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remaineth unto the end, though some are fallen asleep; 7 after that he was seen of James, then of all the apostles; 8 last of all he was seen of me also in the evening. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Whether then I or they, so we preach, and so believe. 12 Now if Christ is preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is also in vain. 15 And we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise. So then the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 So then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life we are poor in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable. 20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For by man came death, and by man the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God the Father, when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For behold, he shall reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that is to be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put under him, he signifies that there are none except him that put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be put under him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 29 What then shall they do which are baptized for the dead? If the dead rise not all; why then are they baptized for the dead? 30 Why are we also in danger every hour? 31 I die daily, that your boasting may be in me which I have in Christ Ihsou our Lord. 32 If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what profiteth it me? If the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we die. 33 Be not deceived: evil words are corrupting.34 Awake and do not sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this for your reverence. 35 But he says, How are the dead raised? And with what body do they come? 36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has pleased him, and to each seed its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same flesh; but there is one kind of human flesh, another kind of animal flesh, another kind of fish flesh, and another kind of bird flesh. 40 And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. It is a natural body, it is a spiritual body. 45 So it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 But the spiritual was not first, but the spiritual, then the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the earth, earthy; the second man, the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I know, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible will put on incorruption, and this mortal will put on immortality. 54 When this corruptible will put on incorruption, and this mortal will put on immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is your sting? Where, O hell, is your victory? 56 For the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Ihsou Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.and another glory of the stars: for star differeth from star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. It is a natural body, and it is a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a life-giving spirit. 46 But the spiritual was not first, but the spiritual, then the spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 The earthy is like the earthy; the heavenly is like the heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I know, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible will put on incorruption, and this mortal will put on immortality. 54 When this corruptible will put on incorruption, and this mortal will put on immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is your sting? Where, O hell, is your victory? 56 For the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Ihsou Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.and another glory of the stars: for star differeth from star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. It is a natural body, and it is a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a life-giving spirit. 46 But the spiritual was not first, but the spiritual, then the spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 The earthy is like the earthy; the heavenly is like the heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I know, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible will put on incorruption, and this mortal will put on immortality. 54 When this corruptible will put on incorruption, and this mortal will put on immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is your sting? Where, O hell, is your victory? 56 For the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Ihsou Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.55 Where, O death, is your sting? Where, O hell, is your victory? 56 For the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Ihsou Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.55 Where, O death, is your sting? Where, O hell, is your victory? 56 For the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Ihsou Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 1 CORINTHIANS 16 1 Now concerning the word to the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so do you also. 2 Every Sabbath, each of you will lay up something in store, as may be profitable, so that when I come, there will be no need for me to be in charge of the word. 3 And when I come, whomever you approve, I will send by letter to confirm your grace to Jerusalem. 4 But if it is not fitting for me to go with you, let them go with me. 5 But I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia; for I am passing through Macedonia. 6 But I hope to stay with you, or even to winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I go. 7 For I do not want to see you now in passing; but I hope to stay a while longer, if the Lord permits. 8 But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great door and effectual door has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me. 10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he is treated with respect among you, for he is working the work of the Lord, just as I am. 11 Do not discourage him, but send him on his way in peace, that he may come to me; for I will welcome him with the brothers. 12 Now concerning Apollos the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; but it was not his will to come now, but he will come when he has the opportunity. 13 Be of good cheer, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong. 14 Let all things be done in love. 15 Now I beseech you, brethren, know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints: 16 That ye also be subject unto such, and to every one that helpeth and laboureth. 17 But I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, and of Fortunatus, and of Achaicus; for that which was lacking in you they have supplied. 18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours: receive such. 19 The churches of Asia greet you; Aquila and Priscilla greet you in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 20 All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. 21 The hand of Paul greets me. 22 If anyone does not greet the Lord Ihsou Christ, let him be accursed. Maran atha. 23 The grace of the Lord Ihsou Christ be with you. 24 My love to you all in Christ Ihsou. Amen.