1Corinthians:1:18-2
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For the word of the cross is foolishness to those being lost ,
but to us being saved ,
it is the power of God .
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For it has been written , "
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise ,
and I will set aside the understanding of the understanding ones ."
Isaiah .
strkjv @
29:14
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Where is the wise ?
Where the scribe ?
Where the lawyer of this world ?
Did God not make the wisdom of this world foolish ?
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For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom did not know God ,
God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save the ones believing .
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And since Jews ask for a sign ,
and Greeks seek wisdom ,
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we on the other hand preach Christ crucified (
truly an offense to Jews ,
and foolishness to Greeks ),
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but to the called-out ones ,
both to Jews and to Greeks ,
Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God ;
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because the foolish thing of God is wiser than men ,
and the weak thing of God is stronger than men .
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For you see your calling ,
brothers ,
that there are not many wise according to flesh ,
nor many powerful ,
not many wellborn .
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But God chose the foolish things of the world that the wise might be put to shame ,
and God chose the weak things of the world so that He might put to shame the strong things .
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And God chose the low-born of the world ,
and the despised ,
and the things that are not ,
so that He might bring to nothing the things that are ,
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so that no flesh might glory in His presence .
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But of Him ,
you are in Christ Jesus ,
who was made to us wisdom from God ,
both righteousness and sanctification and redemption ,
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so that even as it has been written , "
He that glories ,
let him glory in "
the "
Lord ."
Jeremiah .
strkjv @
9:24
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And I do not want you to be ignorant ,
brothers ,
that our fathers were all under the cloud ,
and all passed through the Sea .
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And all were baptized to Moses in the cloud ,
and in the Sea ,
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and all ate the same spiritual food .
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And all drank the same spiritual drink ;
for they drank of the spiritual rock following ,
and that Rock was Christ .
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Yet God was not pleased with most of them , "
for they were scattered in the deserted place ."
Numbers .
strkjv @
14:16
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But these things became examples for us ,
so that we may not be lusters after evil ,
even as those indeed lusted .
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Neither be idolaters ,
even as some of them ,
as it has been written , "
The people sat down to eat and drink ,
and stood up to play ."
Ex .
strkjv @
32:6
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Nor should we commit fornication ,
as some of them fornicated ,
and twenty three thousand fell in one day .
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Neither over-tempt Christ ,
as some of them tempted ,
and perished by serpents .
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Neither should you murmur ,
as also some of them murmured ,
and perished by the destroyer .
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And all these things happened to those as examples ,
and it was written for our warning ,
on whom the ends of the ages have come .
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So that he that thinks to stand ,
let him be careful that he not fall .
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No temptation has taken you except what is human ;
but God is faithful ,
who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able .
But with the temptation ,
He will also make the way out ,
so that you may be able to bear it .
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On account of this ,
flee from idolatry ,
my beloved .
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I speak as to prudent ones ;
you judge what I say .
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The cup of blessing that we bless ,
is it not a partaking of the blood of Christ ?
The bread which we break ,
is it not a partaking of the body of Christ ?
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Because we ,
the many ,
are one bread ,
one body ,
for we all partake of the one bread .
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Look at Israel according to flesh ;
are not those eating the sacrifices partakers of the altar ?
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What then do I say ,
that an idol is anything ,
or that an idolatrous sacrifice is anything ?
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But the things the nations sacrifice , "
they sacrifice to demons ,
and not to God ."
Deuteronomy .
strkjv @
32:17 But I do not want you to become sharers of demons ;
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you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and a cup of demons ;
you cannot partake of the table of the Lord ,
and a table of demons .
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Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ?
Are we stronger than He ?
Deuteronomy .
strkjv @
32:21
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All things are lawful to me ,
but not all things profit .
All things are lawful to me ,
but not all things build up .
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Let no one seek the things of himself ,
but each one that of the other .
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Eat everything being sold in a meat market ,
examining nothing because of conscience ,
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for "
the earth is the Lord '
s ,
and the fullness of it ."
Psa .
strkjv @
24:1
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And if any of the unbelievers invite you ,
and you desire to go ,
eat everything set before you ,
examining nothing because of conscience .
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But if anyone tells you ,
This is slain in sacrifice to idols ,
do not eat ,
because of that one pointing it out ,
and the conscience ;
for "
the earth is the Lord '
s ,
and the fullness of it ."
Psa .
strkjv @
24:1
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But I say conscience ,
not that of himself ,
but that of the other .
For why is my freedom judged by another '
s conscience ?
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But if I partake by grace ,
why am I evil spoken of because of what I give thanks for ?
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Then whether you eat or drink ,
or whatever you do ,
do all things to the glory of God .
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Be without offense both to Jews and Greeks ,
and to the church of God .
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Even as I also please all in all things ,
not seeking my own advantage ,
but that of the many ,
that they may be saved .
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Be imitators of me ,
as I also of Christ .
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But I praise you ,
brothers ,
that in all things you have remembered me ,
and even as I delivered to you ,
you hold fast the doctrines .
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But I want you to know that Christ is the Head of every man ,
and the man is the head of a woman ,
and God is the head of Christ .
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Every man praying or prophesying ,
having anything down over his head shames his Head .
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And every woman praying or prophesying with the head unveiled dishonors her head ,
for it is the same as being shaved .
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For if a woman is not veiled ,
let her also be shorn .
But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn ,
or to be shaved ,
let her be veiled .
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For truly a man ought not to have the head covered ,
being the image and glory of God .
But woman is the glory of man ;
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for man is not of the woman ,
but woman of man ;
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for also man was not created for the sake of the woman ,
but woman for the sake of the man ;
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because of this ,
the woman ought to have authority on the head ,
because of the angels .
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However ,
man is not apart from woman ,
nor woman apart from man ,
in the Lord .
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For as the woman is out of the man ,
so also the man through the woman ;
but all things from God .
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You judge among yourselves :
is it fitting for a woman to pray to God unveiled ?
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Or does not nature herself teach you that if a man indeed wears long hair ,
it is a dishonor to him ?
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But if a woman wears her hair long ,
it is a glory to her ;
because the hair has been given to her corresponding to a veil .
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But if anyone thinks to be contentious ,
we do not have such a custom ,
nor the churches of God .
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But enjoining this ,
I do not praise you ,
because you come together not for the better ,
but for the worse .
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Indeed ,
first ,
I hear divisions to be among you when you come together in the church .
And I believe some part .
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For there must also be heresies among you ,
so that the approved ones may become revealed among you .
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Then you coming together into one place ,
it is not to eat the Lord '
s supper .
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For each one takes his own supper first in the eating ;
and one is hungry ,
and another drunken .
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For do you not have houses to eat and to drink ?
Or do you despise the church of God ,
and shame those who have not ?
What do I say to you ?
Shall I praise you for this ?
I do not praise .
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For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you ,
that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread ;
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and giving thanks ,
He broke and said ,
Take ,
eat ;
this is My body which is broken on behalf of you ;
this do in remembrance of Me .
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In the same way the cup also ,
after supping ,
saying ,
This cup is the New Covenant in My blood ;
as often as you drink ,
do this in remembrance of Me .
See Luke strkjv @
22:19 ,
20
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For as often as you may eat this bread ,
and drink this cup ,
you solemnly proclaim the death of the Lord ,
until He shall come .
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So that whoever should eat this bread ,
or drink the cup of the Lord ,
unworthily ,
that one will be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord .
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But let a man examine himself ,
and so let him eat of the bread ,
and let him drink of the cup ;
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for he eating and drinking unworthily eats and drinks judgment to himself ,
not discerning the body of the Lord .
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For this reason many among you are weak and feeble ,
and many sleep .
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For if we discerned ourselves ,
we would not be judged .
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But being judged ,
we are corrected by the Lord ,
that we not be condemned with the world .
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So that ,
my brothers ,
coming together to eat ,
wait for one another .
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But if anyone is hungry ,
let him eat at home ,
that you may not come together for judgment .
And the other things I will set in order whenever I come .
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But concerning the spiritual things ,
brothers ,
I do not wish you to be ignorant .
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You know that being led away ,
you nations were led to dumb idols .
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Because of this I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says ,
Jesus is a curse .
And no one is able to say Jesus is Lord ,
except by the Holy Spirit .
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And there are differences of gifts ,
but the same Spirit ;
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and there are differences of ministries ,
yet the same Lord .
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And there are differences of workings ,
but the same God is working all things in all .
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And to each one is given the showing forth of the Spirit to our profit .
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For through the Spirit is given to one a word of wisdom ,
and to another a word of knowledge ,
according to the same Spirit ;
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and to another ,
faith by the same Spirit ,
and to another ,
gifts of healing by the same Spirit ,
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and to another ,
workings of powers ,
and to another ,
prophecy ,
and to another ,
discerning of spirits ,
and to another ,
kinds of languages ,
and to another ,
interpretation of languages .
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But the one and the same Spirit works all these things ,
distributing separately to each as He wills .
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Even as the body is one ,
and has many members ,
but all the members of the one body ,
being many ,
are one body ,
so also is Christ .
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For also we all were baptized by one Spirit into one body ,
whether Jews or Greeks ,
whether slaves or free ,
even all were given to drink into one Spirit .
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For also the body is not one member ,
but many .
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If the foot says ,
Because I am not a hand ,
I am not of the body ,
on account of this ,
is it not of the body ?
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And if the ear says ,
Because I am not an eye ,
I am not of the body ,
on account of this ,
is it not of the body ?
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If all the body were an eye ,
where would be the hearing ?
If all hearing ,
where the smelling ?
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But now God set the members ,
each one of them ,
in the body ,
even as He desired .
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But if all was one member ,
where would the body be ?
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But now ,
indeed ,
many are the members ,
but one body .
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And the eye is not able to say to the hand ,
I have no need of you ;
or again the head to the feet ,
I have no need of you .
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But much rather the members of the body seeming to be weaker are necessary .
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And those of the body we think to be less honorable ,
to these we put more abundant honor around them .
And our unpresentable members have more abundant propriety .
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But our presentable members have no need .
But God tempered the body together ,
giving more abundant honor to the member having need ,
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that there not be division in the body ,
but that the members might have the same care for one another .
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And if one member suffers ,
all the members suffer with it .
If one member is glorified ,
all the members rejoice with it .
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And you are Christ '
s body ,
and members in part .
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And God placed some in the church :
firstly apostles ;
secondly ,
prophets ;
thirdly ,
teachers ;
then works of power ;
then gifts of healing ,
helps ,
governings ,
kinds of languages .
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Are all apostles ?
All prophets ?
All teachers ?
All workers of power ?
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Do all have gifts of healing ?
Do all speak languages ?
Do all interpret ?
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But zealously strive after the better gifts .
And yet I show you a way according to excellence :
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If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels ,
but I do not have love ,
I have become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal .
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And if I have prophecies ,
and know all mysteries and all knowledge ,
and if I have all faith so as to move mountains ,
but do not have love ,
I am nothing .
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And if I give out all my goods ,
and if I deliver my body that I be burned ,
but I do not have love ,
I am not profited anything .
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Love has patience ,
is kind ;
love is not envious ;
love is not vain ,
is not puffed up ;
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does not behave indecently ,
does not pursue its own things ,
is not easily provoked ,
thinks no evil ;
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does not rejoice in unrighteousness ,
but rejoices in the truth .
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Love quietly covers all things ,
believes all things ,
hopes all things ,
endures all things .
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Love never fails .
But if there are prophecies ,
they will be caused to cease ;
if tongues ,
they shall cease ;
if knowledge ,
it will be caused to cease .
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For we know in part ,
and we prophesy in part ;
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but when the perfect thing comes ,
then that which is in part will be caused to cease .
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When I was an infant ,
I spoke as an infant ,
I thought as an infant ,
I reasoned as an infant .
But when I became a man ,
I caused to cease the things of the infant .
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For now we see through a mirror in dimness ,
but then face to face .
Now I know in part ,
but then I will fully know even as I also was fully known .
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And now faith ,
hope ,
and love ,
these three things remain ;
but the greatest of these is love .
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Pursue love ,
and seek eagerly the spiritual things ,
but rather that you may prophesy .
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For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to men ,
but to God ,
for no one hears ,
but in spirit he speaks mysteries .
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But the one prophesying to men speaks for building up ,
and encouragement ,
and comfort .
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The one speaking in a tongue builds himself up ,
but he prophesying builds up a church .
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And I wish all of you to speak in languages ,
but rather that you may prophesy .
For the one prophesying is greater than the one speaking in tongues ,
unless he interpret that the church may receive building up .
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But now ,
brothers ,
if I come to you speaking in tongues ,
what will I profit you ,
except I speak to you either in revelation ,
or in knowledge ,
or in prophecy ,
or in teaching ?
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Yet lifeless things giving a sound ,
whether flute or harp ,
if they do not give a distinction in the sound ,
how will it be known what is being piped or harped ?
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For also if a trumpet gives an uncertain sound ,
who will get himself ready for war ?
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So also you ,
if you do not give a clear word through the language ,
how will it be known what is being said ?
For you will be speaking into air .
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So it may be many kinds of sounds are in the world ,
and not one is without distinct sound .
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If ,
then ,
I do not know the power of the sound ,
I will be a foreigner to the one speaking ,
and he speaking in me a foreigner .
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So also you ,
since you are zealots of spiritual things ,
seek to build up the church that you may abound .
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So then ,
the one speaking in a language ,
let him pray that he may interpret .
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For if I pray in a tongue ,
my spirit prays ,
but my mind is unfruitful .
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What then is it ?
I will pray with the spirit ,
and I will also pray with the mind ;
I will sing with the spirit ,
and I will also sing with the mind .
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Else ,
if you bless in the spirit ,
the one occupying the place of the unlearned ,
how will he say the amen at your giving of thanks ,
since he does not know what you say ?
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For you truly give thanks well ,
but the other is not built up .
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I thank my God that I speak more languages than all of you .
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But in a church I desire to speak five words with my mind ,
that I may also instruct others ,
than myriads of words in a foreign language .
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Brothers ,
do not be children in your minds ,
but in malice be like infants ,
and in your minds be mature .
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It has been written in the Law , "
By other tongues "
and "
by other lips " "
I will speak to this people ," "
and even so they will not hear "
Me ,
says the Lord ."
Isaiah .
strkjv @
28:11 ,
12
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So that tongues are not a sign to those believing ,
but to those not believing .
But prophecy is not to those not believing ,
but to those believing .
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Then if the whole church comes together ,
and all speak in languages ,
and uninstructed ones or unbelievers come in ,
will they not say that you rave ?
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But if all prophesy ,
and some unbeliever or one not instructed comes in ,
he is convicted by all ,
he is judged by all .
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And so the secrets of his heart become revealed ;
and so ,
falling on his face ,
he will worship God ,
declaring that God is truly among you .
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Then what is it ,
brothers ?
When you come together ,
each one of you has a psalm ,
he has a teaching ,
he has a language ,
he has a revelation ,
he has an interpretation .
Let all things be for building up .
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If one speaks in a language ,
let it be by two or three at the most ,
and in turn ,
also let one interpret .
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And if there is no interpreter ,
let him be silent in church ,
and let him speak to himself and to God .
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And if there are two or three prophets ,
let them speak ,
and let the others discern .
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But if a revelation is revealed to another sitting by ,
let the first be silent .
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For you can all prophesy one by one ,
that all may learn ,
and all may be encouraged .
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And the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets .
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For God is not God of confusion ,
but of peace ,
as in all the churches of the saints .
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Let your women be silent in the churches ,
for it is not allowed to them to speak ,
but to be in subjection ,
as also the Law says .
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But if they desire to learn anything ,
let them question their husbands at home ;
for it is a shame for a woman to speak in a church .
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Or did the Word of God go out from you ?
Or did it reach only to you ?
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If anyone thinks to be a prophet ,
or a spiritual one ,
let him recognize the things I write to you ,
that they are a command of the Lord .
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But if any be ignorant ,
let him be ignorant .
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So then ,
brothers ,
seek eagerly to prophesy ,
and do not forbid to speak in languages .
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And let all things be done decently and in order .
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But ,
brothers ,
I reveal to you the gospel which I preached to you ,
which you also received ,
in which you also stand ,
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by which you also are being kept safe ,
if you hold fast the word which I preached to you ,
unless you believed in vain .
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For I delivered to you in the first place what I also received ,
that Christ died for our sins ,
according to the Scriptures ,
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and that He was buried ,
and that He was raised the third day ,
according to the Scriptures ,
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and that He appeared to Peter ,
and then to the Twelve .
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Then He appeared to over five hundred brothers at once ,
of whom the most remain until now ,
but some also fell asleep .
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Then He was seen by James ,
then by all the apostles ;
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and last of all ,
even as if to one born out of time ,
He was also seen by me .
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For I am the least of the apostles ,
who am not sufficient to be called an apostle ,
because I persecuted the church of God .
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But by the grace of God I am what I am ,
and His grace which was toward me has not been without fruit ,
but I labored more abundantly than all of them ,
yet not I ,
but the grace of God with me .
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Then whether they or I ,
so we preach ,
and so you believed .
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But if Christ is proclaimed ,
that He was raised from the dead ,
how do some among you say that there is not a resurrection of the dead ?
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But if there is not a resurrection of the dead ,
neither has Christ been raised .
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But if Christ has not been raised ,
then our proclamation is worthless ,
and your faith is also worthless .
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And also we are found to be false witnesses of God ,
because we witnessed as to God that He raised Christ ,
whom He did not raise ,
if then dead ones are not raised .
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For if the dead are not raised ,
Christ has not been raised .
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But if Christ has not been raised ,
your faith is foolish ;
you are still in your sins .
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And then those that fell asleep in Christ were lost .
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If we only have hope in Christ in this life ,
we are of all men most miserable .
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But now Christ has been raised from the dead ;
He became the firstfruit of those having fallen asleep .
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For since death is through man ,
also through a Man is a resurrection of the dead ;
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for as in Adam all die ,
so also in Christ all will be made alive .
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But each in his own order :
Christ ,
the firstfruit ,
afterward those of Christ at His coming .
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Then is the end ,
when He delivers the kingdom to God ,
even the Father ,
when He makes to cease all rule and all authority and power .
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for it is right for Him to reign until He puts all the enemies under His feet ;
Psa .
strkjv @
110:1
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the last enemy made to cease is death .
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For "
He subjected all things under His feet ;"
but when He says that all things have been subjected ,
it is plain that it excepts Him who has subjected all things to Him .
Psa .
strkjv @
8:6
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But when all things are subjected to Him ,
then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who has subjected all things to Him ,
that God may be all things in all .
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Otherwise ,
what will they do ,
those being baptized on behalf of the dead ?
If the dead are not at all raised ,
why indeed are they baptized on behalf of the dead ?
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Why are we also in danger every hour ?
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Day by day I die ,
by your boasting ,
which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord .
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If according to man I fought with beasts in Ephesus ,
what the profit to me if the dead are not raised ? ("
Let us eat and drink ,
for tomorrow we die .")
Isaiah .
strkjv @
22:13
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Do not be led astray ;
bad companionships ruin good habits .
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Be righteously awake ,
and do not sin ;
for some have ignorance of God .
I speak to your shame .
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But someone will say ,
How are the dead raised ?
And with what body do they come ?
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Foolish one !
What you sow is not made alive unless it dies .
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And what you sow ,
you do not sow the body that is going to be ,
but a bare grain , (
it may be of wheat ,
or of some of the rest ),
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and God gives it a body according as He willed ,
and to each of the seeds its own body .
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Not every flesh is the same flesh ,
but one flesh of men ,
and another flesh of beasts ,
and another of fish ,
and another of birds .
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And there are heavenly bodies ,
and earthly bodies .
But the glory of the heavenly is truly different ,
and that of the earthly different ;
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one glory of the sun ,
and another glory of the moon ,
and another glory of the stars ;
for star differs from star in glory .
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So also the resurrection of the dead .
It is sown in corruption ,
it is raised in incorruption .
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It is sown in dishonor ,
it is raised in glory .
It is sown in weakness ,
it is raised in power .
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It is sown a natural body ,
it is raised a spiritual body ;
there is a natural body ,
and there is a spiritual body .
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So also it has been written , "
The "
first "
man ",
Adam , "
became a living soul ;"
the last Adam a life-giving Spirit .
Genesis .
strkjv @
2:7
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But not the spiritual first ,
but the natural ;
afterward the spiritual .
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The first man was out of earth ,
earthy .
The second Man was the Lord out of Heaven .
Genesis .
strkjv @
2:7
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Such the earthy man ,
such also the earthy ones .
And such the heavenly Man ,
such also the heavenly ones .
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And as we bore the image of the earthy man ,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man .
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And I say this ,
brothers ,
that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God ,
nor does corruption inherit incorruption .
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Behold ,
I speak a mystery to you :
we shall not all fall asleep ,
but we shall all be changed .
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In a moment ,
in a glance of an eye ,
at the last trumpet ;
for a trumpet will sound ,
and the dead will be raised incorruptible ,
and we shall all be changed .
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For this corruptible must put on incorruption ,
and this mortal must put on immortality .
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But when this corruptible shall put on incorruption ,
and this mortal shall put on immortality ,
then will take place the word that has been written , "
Death was swallowed up in victory ."
Isaiah .
strkjv @
25:8
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O death ,
where is your sting ?
Hades ,
where is your victory ?"
Hosea .
strkjv @
13:14
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Now the sting of death is sin ,
and the power of sin is the law ;
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but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ !
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So that ,
my beloved brothers ,
you be firm ,
immovable ,
abounding in the work of the Lord always ,
knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord .
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And about the collection for the saints ,
as I charged the churches of Galatia ,
so also you do .
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On the first of a week ,
let each of you put by himself ,
storing up whatever he is prospered ,
that there not be collections then when I come .
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And when I arrive ,
whomever you approve through these epistles ,
I will send to carry your grace to Jerusalem .
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And if it is suitable for me to go also ,
they shall go with me .
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But I will come to you when I go through Macedonia .
For I am going through Macedonia .
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And possibly I will stay with you ,
or even spend the winter ,
that you may set me forward wherever I may go .
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For I do not desire to see you now in passage ,
but I am hoping to remain some time with you ,
if the Lord permits .
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But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost .
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For a door opened to me ,
great and effective ,
and many are opposing .
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But if Timothy comes ,
see that he is with you without fear ;
for he works the work of the Lord ,
even as I .
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Then do not let any despise him ,
but set him forward in peace ,
that he may come to me ;
for I am waiting for him with the brothers .
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And concerning the brother Apollos ,
I much urged him that he come to you with the brothers ,
but it was not altogether his will that he come now .
But he will come when he has opportunity .
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Watch !
Stand fast in the faith !
Be men !
Be strong !
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Let all your things be in love .
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But I exhort you ,
brothers .
You know the house of Stephanas ,
that it is the firstfruit of Achaia ,
and they appointed themselves to ministry to the saints .
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See that you also may submit to such ones ,
and to everyone working and laboring with me .
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And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas ,
and of Fortunatus and Achaicus ,
because these supplied your lack .
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For they refreshed my spirit and yours .
Then recognize such ones .
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The churches of Asia greet you .
Aquila and Priscilla much greet you in the Lord ,
with the church in their house .
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The brothers all greet you .
Greet one another with a holy kiss .
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The greeting with my hand ,
Paul .
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If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ ,
let him be a curse .
The Lord comes !
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you .
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My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus .
Amen .