1Corinthians:1:18-2
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For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ;
but unto us which are saved it is the power of God .
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For it is written ,
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise ,
and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent .
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Where is the wise ?
where is the scribe ?
where is the disputer of this world ?
has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ?
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For after in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom did not know God ,
it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe .
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For the Jews require a sign ,
and the Greeks seek after wisdom :
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But we preach Christ crucified ,
unto the Jews a stumbling block ,
and unto the Greeks foolishness ;
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But unto those who are called ,
both Jews and Greeks ,
Christ the power of God ,
and the wisdom of God .
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Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men ;
and the weakness of God is stronger than men .
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For you see your calling ,
brothers ,
that not many wise men after the flesh ,
not many mighty ,
not many noble ,
are called :
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But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ;
and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ;
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And base things of the world ,
and things which are despised ,
has God chosen ,
yes ,
and things which are not ,
to bring to nought things that are :
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That no flesh should glory in his presence .
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But of him are you in Christ Jesus ,
who of God is made unto us wisdom ,
and righteousness ,
and sanctification ,
and redemption :
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That ,
according as it is written ,
He that glories ,
let him glory in the Lord .
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Moreover ,
brothers ,
I would not that you should be ignorant ,
how that all our fathers were under the cloud ,
and all passed through the sea ;
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And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea ;
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And did all eat the same spiritual food ;
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And did all drink the same spiritual drink :
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them :
and that Rock was Christ .
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But with many of them God was not well pleased :
for they were overthrown in the wilderness .
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Now these things were our examples ,
to the intent we should not lust after evil things ,
as they also lusted .
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Neither be idolaters ,
as were some of them ;
as it is written ,
The people sat down to eat and drink ,
and rose up to play .
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Neither let us commit fornication ,
as some of them committed ,
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand .
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Neither let us tempt Christ ,
as some of them also tempted ,
and were destroyed of serpents .
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Neither murmur you ,
as some of them also murmured ,
and were destroyed of the destroyer .
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Now all these things happened unto them for examples :
and they are written for our admonition ,
upon whom the ends of the world are come .
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Therefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall .
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There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man :
but God is faithful ,
who will not permit you to be tempted above that you are able ;
but will with the temptation also make a way to escape ,
that you may be able to bear it .
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Therefore ,
my dearly beloved ,
flee from idolatry .
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I speak as to wise men ;
judge you what I say .
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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 ?
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For we being many are one bread ,
and one body :
for we are all partakers of that one bread .
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Behold Israel after the flesh :
are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar ?
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What say I then ?
that the idol is any thing ,
or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing ?
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But I say ,
that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice ,
they sacrifice to devils ,
and not to God :
and I would not that you should have fellowship with devils .
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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord ,
and the cup of devils :
you cannot be partakers of the Lord '
s table ,
and of the table of devils .
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Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ?
are we stronger than he ?
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All things are lawful for me ,
but all things are not expedient :
all things are lawful for me ,
but all things edify not .
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Let no man seek his own ,
but every man another '
s wealth .
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Whatsoever is sold in the shambles ,
that eat ,
asking no question for conscience sake :
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For the earth is the Lord '
s ,
and the fullness of it .
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If any of them that believe not invite you to a feast ,
and you be disposed to go ;
whatsoever is set before you ,
eat ,
asking no question for conscience sake .
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But if any man say unto you ,
This is offered in sacrifice unto idols ,
eat not for his sake that showed it ,
and for conscience sake :
for the earth is the Lord '
s ,
and the fullness of it :
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Conscience ,
I say ,
not your own ,
but of the other :
for why is my liberty judged of another man '
s conscience ?
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For if I by grace be a partaker ,
why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks ?
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Whether therefore you eat ,
or drink ,
or whatsoever you do ,
do all to the glory of God .
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Give none offense ,
neither to the Jews ,
nor to the Gentiles ,
nor to the church of God :
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Just as I please all men in all things ,
not seeking my own profit ,
but the profit of many ,
that they may be saved .
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Be you followers of me ,
just as I also am of Christ .
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Now I praise you ,
brothers ,
that you remember me in all things ,
and keep the ordinances ,
as I delivered them to you .
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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 .
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Every man praying or prophesying ,
having his head covered ,
dishonors his head .
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But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head :
for that is even all one as if she were shaven .
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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 .
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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 .
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For the man is not of the woman :
but the woman of the man .
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Neither was the man created for the woman ;
but the woman for the man .
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For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels .
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Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman ,
neither the woman without the man ,
in the Lord .
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For as the woman is of the man ,
even so is the man also by the woman ;
but all things of God .
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Judge in yourselves :
is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered ?
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Does not even nature itself teach you ,
that ,
if a man have long hair ,
it is a shame unto him ?
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But if a woman have long hair ,
it is a glory to her :
for her hair is given her for a covering .
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But if any man seem to be contentious ,
we have no such custom ,
neither the churches of God .
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Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not ,
that you come together not for the better ,
but for the worse .
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For first of all ,
when you come together in the church ,
I hear that there be divisions among you ;
and I partly believe it .
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For there must be also heresies among you ,
that they which are approved may be made manifest among you .
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When you come together therefore into one place ,
this is not to eat the Lord '
s supper .
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For in eating every one takes before other his own supper :
and one is hungry ,
and another is drunken .
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What ?
have you not houses to eat and to drink in ?
or despise you 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 .
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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 :
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And when he had given thanks ,
he broke it ,
and said ,
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After the same manner also he took the cup ,
when he had supped ,
saying ,
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For as often as you eat this bread ,
and drink this cup ,
you do show the Lord '
s death till he come .
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Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread ,
and drink this cup of the Lord ,
unworthily ,
shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord .
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But let a man examine himself ,
and so let him eat of that bread ,
and drink of that cup .
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For he that eats and drinks unworthily ,
eats and drinks damnation to himself ,
not discerning the Lord '
s body .
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For this cause many are weak and sickly among you ,
and many sleep .
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For if we would judge ourselves ,
we should not be judged .
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But when we are judged ,
we are chastened of the Lord ,
that we should not be condemned with the world .
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Therefore ,
my brothers ,
when you come together to eat ,
tarry one for another .
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And if any man hunger ,
let him eat at home ;
that you come not together unto condemnation .
And the rest will I set in order when I come .
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Now concerning spiritual gifts ,
brothers ,
I would not have you ignorant .
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You know that you were Gentiles ,
carried away unto these dumb idols ,
just as you were led .
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Therefore I give you to understand ,
that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed :
and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord ,
but by the Holy Ghost .
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Now there are diversities of gifts ,
but the same Spirit .
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And there are differences of administrations ,
but the same Lord .
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And there are diversities of operations ,
but it is the same God which works all in all .
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But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man for the profit of all .
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For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ;
to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit ;
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To another faith by the same Spirit ;
to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit ;
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To another the working of miracles ;
to another prophecy ;
to another discerning of spirits ;
to another different kinds of tongues ;
to another the interpretation of tongues :
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But all these works that one and the very same Spirit ,
dividing to every man severally as he will .
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For as the body is one ,
and has many members ,
and all the members of that one body ,
being many ,
are one body :
so also is Christ .
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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 .
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For the body is not one member ,
but many .
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If the foot shall say ,
Because I am not the hand ,
I am not of the body ;
is it therefore not of the body ?
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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 ?
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If the whole body were an eye ,
where were the hearing ?
If the whole were hearing ,
where were the smelling ?
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But now has God set the members every one of them in the body ,
as it has pleased him .
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And if they were all one member ,
where were the body ?
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But now are they many members ,
yet but one body .
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And the eye cannot say unto the hand ,
I have no need of you :
nor again the head to the feet ,
I have no need of you .
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No ,
much more those members of the body ,
which seem to be more feeble ,
are necessary :
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And those members of the body ,
which we think to be less honorable ,
upon these we bestow more abundant honor ;
and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness .
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For our comely parts have no need :
but God has tempered the body together ,
having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked .
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That there should be no schism in the body ;
but that the members should have the same care one for another .
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And whether one member suffer ,
all the members suffer with it ;
or one member be honored ,
all the members rejoice with it .
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Now you are the body of Christ ,
and members in particular .
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And God has set some in the church ,
first apostles ,
secondarily prophets ,
thirdly teachers ,
after that miracles ,
then gifts of healings ,
helps ,
governments ,
diversities of tongues .
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Are all apostles ?
are all prophets ?
are all teachers ?
are all workers of miracles ?
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Have all the gifts of healing ?
do all speak with tongues ?
do all interpret ?
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But covet earnestly the best gifts :
and yet show I unto you a more excellent way .
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Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels ,
and have not love ,
I am become as sounding brass ,
or a tinkling cymbal .
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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 love ,
I am nothing .
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And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor ,
and though I give my body to be burned ,
and have not love ,
it profits me nothing .
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Love suffers long ,
and is kind ;
love envies not ;
love vaunts not itself ,
is not puffed up ,
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Does not behave itself unseemly ,
seeks not her own ,
is not easily provoked ,
thinks no evil ;
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Rejoices not in iniquity ,
but rejoices in the truth ;
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Bears all things ,
believes all things ,
hopes all things ,
endures all things .
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Love never fails :
but whether there be prophecies ,
they shall fail ;
whether there be tongues ,
they shall cease ;
whether there be knowledge ,
it shall vanish away .
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For we know in part ,
and we prophesy in part .
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But when that which is perfect is come ,
then that which is in part shall be done away .
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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 .
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For now we see through a glass ,
darkly ;
but then face to face :
now I know in part ;
but then shall I know just as also I am known .
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And now abide faith ,
hope ,
love ,
these three ;
but the greatest of these is love .
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Follow after love ,
and desire spiritual gifts ,
but rather that you may prophesy .
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For he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not unto men ,
but unto God :
for no man understands him ;
howbeit in the spirit he speaks mysteries .
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But he that prophesies speaks unto men to edification ,
and exhortation ,
and comfort .
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He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself ;
but he that prophesies edifies the church .
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I would that you all spoke with tongues but rather that you prophesied :
for greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues ,
unless he interpret ,
that the church may receive edifying .
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Now ,
brothers ,
if I come unto you speaking with tongues ,
what shall I profit you ,
unless I shall speak to you either by revelation ,
or by knowledge ,
or by prophesying ,
or by doctrine ?
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And even things without life giving sound ,
whether pipe or harp ,
unless they give a distinction in the sounds ,
how shall it be known what is piped or harped ?
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For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound ,
who shall prepare himself to the battle ?
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So likewise you ,
unless you utter by the tongue words easy to be understood ,
how shall it be known what is spoken ?
for you shall speak into the air .
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There are ,
it may be ,
so many kinds of voices in the world ,
and none of them is without signification .
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Therefore if I do not know the meaning of the voice ,
I shall be unto him that speaks a barbarian ,
and he that speaks shall be a barbarian unto me .
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Even so you ,
forasmuch as you are zealous of spiritual gifts ,
seek that you may excel to the edifying of the church .
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Therefore let him that speaks in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret .
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For if I pray in an unknown tongue ,
my spirit prays ,
but my understanding is unfruitful .
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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 .
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Else when you shall bless with the spirit ,
how shall he that occupies the room of the unlearned say Amen at your giving of thanks ,
seeing he does not understand what you say ?
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For you truthfully give thanks well ,
but the other is not edified .
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I thank my God ,
I speak with tongues more than you all :
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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 .
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Brethren ,
be not children in understanding :
howbeit in malice be you children ,
but in understanding be men .
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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 ,
says the LORD .
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Therefore tongues are for a sign ,
not to them that believe ,
but to them that believe not :
but prophesying serves not for them that believe not ,
but for those who believe .
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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 you are mad ?
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But if all prophesy ,
and there come in one that believes not ,
or one unlearned ,
he is convinced of all ,
he is judged of all :
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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 .
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How is it then ,
brothers ?
when you come together ,
every one of you has a psalm ,
has a doctrine ,
has a tongue ,
has a revelation ,
has an interpretation .
Let all things be done unto edifying .
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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 .
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But if there be no interpreter ,
let him keep silence in the church ;
and let him speak to himself ,
and to God .
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Let the prophets speak two or three ,
and let the other judge .
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If any thing be revealed to another that sits by ,
let the first hold his peace .
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For you may all prophesy one by one ,
that all may learn ,
and all may be comforted .
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And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets .
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For God is not the author of confusion ,
but of peace ,
as in all churches of the saints .
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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 says the law .
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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 .
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What ?
came the word of God out from you ?
or came it unto you only ?
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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 .
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But if any man be ignorant ,
let him be ignorant .
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Therefore ,
brothers ,
covet to prophesy ,
and forbid not to speak with tongues .
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Let all things be done decently and in order .
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Moreover ,
brothers ,
I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you ,
which also you have received ,
and in which you stand ;
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By which also you are saved ,
if you keep in memory what I preached unto you ,
unless you have believed in vain .
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For I delivered unto you first of all that which 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 rose again the third day according to the scriptures :
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And that he was seen of Cephas ,
then of the twelve :
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After that ,
he was seen of above five hundred brothers at once ;
of whom the greater part remain unto this present ,
but some are fallen asleep .
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After that ,
he was seen of James ;
then of all the apostles .
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And last of all he was seen of me also ,
as of one born out of due time .
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For I am the least of the apostles ,
that am not suitable 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 bestowed upon 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 .
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Therefore whether it were I or they ,
so we preach ,
and so you believed .
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Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead ,
how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead ?
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But if there be no resurrection of the dead ,
then is Christ not risen :
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And if Christ be not risen ,
then is our preaching vain ,
and your faith is also vain .
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Yes ,
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 .
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For if the dead rise not ,
then is not Christ raised :
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And if Christ be not raised ,
your faith is vain ;
you are yet in your sins .
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Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished .
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If in this life only we have hope in Christ ,
we are of all men most miserable .
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But now is Christ risen from the dead ,
and become the first fruits of them that slept .
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For since by man came death ,
by man came also the resurrection of the dead .
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For as in Adam all die ,
even so in Christ shall all be made alive .
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But every man in his own order :
Christ the first fruits ;
afterward they that are Christ '
s at his coming .
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Then comes 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 .
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For he must reign ,
till he has put all enemies under his feet .
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The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death .
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For he has put all things under his feet .
But when he says all things are put under him ,
it is manifest that he is excepted ,
which did put all things under him .
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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 .
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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 ?
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And why stand we in jeopardy every hour ?
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I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD ,
I die daily .
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If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus ,
what advantages it me ,
if the dead rise not ?
let us eat and drink ;
for tomorrow we die .
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Be not deceived :
evil communications corrupt good manners .
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Awake to righteousness ,
and sin not ;
for some have not the knowledge of God :
I speak this to your shame .
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But some man will say ,
How are the dead raised up ?
and with what body do they come ?
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You fool ,
that which you sow is not given life ,
unless it die :
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And that which you sow ,
you do not sow that body that shall be ,
but bore grain ,
it may chance of wheat ,
or of some other grain :
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But God gives it a body as it has pleased him ,
and to every seed his own body .
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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 .
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There are also celestial bodies ,
and bodies terrestrial :
but the glory of the celestial is one ,
and the glory of the terrestrial is another .
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There is one glory of the sun ,
and another glory of the moon ,
and another glory of the stars :
for one star differs from another star in glory .
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So also is 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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And so it is written ,
The first man Adam was made a living soul ;
the last Adam was made a life-giving spirit .
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Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual ,
but that which is natural ;
and afterward that which is spiritual .
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The first man is of the earth ,
earthy ;
the second man is the Lord from heaven .
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As is the earthy ,
such are they also that are earthy :
and as is the heavenly ,
such are they also that are heavenly .
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And as we have borne the image of the earthy ,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly .
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Now this I say ,
brothers ,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God ;
neither does corruption inherit incorruption .
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Behold ,
I show you a mystery ;
We shall not all sleep ,
but we shall all be changed ,
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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 .
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For this corruptible must put on incorruption ,
and this mortal must put on immortality .
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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 .
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O death ,
where is your sting ?
O grave ,
where is your victory ?
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The sting of death is sin ;
and the strength of sin is the law .
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But thanks be to God ,
which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ .
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Therefore ,
my beloved brothers ,
be steadfast ,
unmovable ,
always abounding in the work of the Lord ,
forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord .
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Now concerning the collection for the saints ,
as I have given order to the churches of Galatia ,
even so do you .
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Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store ,
as God has prospered him ,
that there be no gatherings when I come .
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And when I come ,
whomsoever you shall approve by your letters ,
them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem .
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And if it be suitable that I go also ,
they shall go with me .
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Now I will come unto you ,
when I shall pass through Macedonia :
for I do pass through Macedonia .
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And it may be that I will abide ,
yes ,
and winter with you ,
that you may bring me on my journey to wheresoever I go .
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For I will not see you now by the way ;
but I trust to tarry a while with you ,
if the Lord permit .
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But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost .
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For a great and effective door is opened unto me ,
and there are many adversaries .
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Now if Timotheus come ,
see that he may be with you without fear :
for he works the work of the Lord ,
as I also do .
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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 brothers .
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As touching our brother Apollos ,
I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brothers :
but his will was not at all to come at this time ;
but he will come when he shall have convenient time .
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Watch you ,
stand fast in the faith ,
quit you like men ,
be strong .
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Let all your things be done with love .
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I beseech you ,
brothers , (
you know the house of Stephanas ,
that it is the first fruits of Achaia ,
and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints ,)
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That you submit yourselves unto such ,
and to every one that helps with us ,
and labors .
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I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus :
for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied .
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For they have refreshed my spirit and yours :
therefore acknowledge you them that are such .
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The churches of Asia salute you .
Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord ,
with the church that is in their house .
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All the brothers greet you .
Greet you one another with a holy kiss .
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The salutation of me Paul with my own hand .
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If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ ,
let him be Anathema Maranatha .
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you .
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My love be with you all in Christ Jesus .
Amen .
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