1Corinthians:10-13
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For I would not have you ignorant ,
brothers ,
how our fathers were all under the cloud ,
and all passed through the sea ,
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and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea .
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They all ate of the same spiritual bread ,
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and all drank from the same spiritual stream ,
for they were drinking from a spiritual rock that followed them ,
and that Rock was Christ .
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But in most of them God was not well pleased ,
for they were laid low in the desert .
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Now this happened as a warning for us ,
that we might not long for evil things as they longed .
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And you must not be idolaters like some of them .
as it is written ,
The people sat down to eat and drink ,
And they rose up for idol dances .
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Nor must we act licentiously ,
as some of them did ,
and fell in a single day ,
twenty-three thousand of them .
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Neither must we presume upon the patience of our Lord ,
as some of them presumed ,
and were destroyed by the serpents ;
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nor murmur ,
as some of them did ,
and were destroyed by the Destroying Angel .
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Now these things were happening to them typically ,
but were written down for our admonition who stand at the meeting of the ages .
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So then let him who imagines that he is standing so securely beware lest he fall .
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No temptation has overtaken you that is beyond mans power ;
but God is faithful ,
who will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear ,
but will ,
with every temptation ,
provide the way of escape also ,
so that you may be able to withstand .
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So then ,
my beloved ,
continually flee from idolatry .
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I am speaking to men of sense ;
do you yourselves judge what I say .
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The cup of blessing which we bless ,
is it not a common participation in the blood of Christ ?
The bread which we break ,
is it not a common participation in the body of Christ ?
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Because we who are many are one bread ,
one body ,
for we all do share in the one loaf .
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Look at Israel according to the flesh ;
are not those who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar ?
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What then shall we say ?
that an offering to an idol is anything ?
or that an idol is really anything ?
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On the contrary ,
what the heathen sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God ,
and I do not want you to have communion with demons .
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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons ;
you cannot be partakers in the Lords table and in the table of demons .
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What !
would we provoke the Lord to jealousy ?
Are we stronger than he ?
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All things are lawful ,"
you say ?
But not all things are expedient ; "
all things are lawful ";
but not all build up .
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Let not each one be always seeking his own ,
but rather his neighbors good .
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Eat anything that is for sale in the markets ,
asking no questions for conscience sake ;
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for the earth and its fulness are the Lords .
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If one who is not a believer invites you to his house ,
and you wish to go ,
eat everything that is set before you ,
without asking questions for conscience sake .
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But if any one tells you , "
This food has been offered in sacrifice ,"
do not eat it ,
for the sake of him who told you ,
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and for your conscience sake -
his conscience ,
not your own . "
But ,"
you may object , "
why should my freedom be decided upon anothers scruples of conscience ?
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If I eat after giving thanks ,
why am I denounced for eating that for which I have given thanks ?"
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Because whether you are eating or whether you are drinking ,
you are to do it all for the glory of God .
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Do not be a cause of stumbling either to Jews of to Gentiles ,
or to the church of God .
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For so I also try to please all men in every way ,
not by seeking my own good ,
but the good of the many ,
that they may be saved .
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Be imitators of me ,
as I am an imitator of Christ .
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Indeed I praise you for remembering me in everything ,
and because you are holding fast to the traditions just as you received them .
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But I wish you to understand that the head of every man is Christ ,
and of a wife her husband is head ;
and that God is head of Christ .
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Every man who prays or prophesies with head veiled dishonors his Head ;
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but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head (
her husband ).
for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven .
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If a woman does not wear a veil ,
let her also cut off her hair ;
now if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved ,
let her be veiled .
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A man ,
indeed ,
ought not to have his head veiled ,
for he is an image and glory of God ;
but woman is a glory of man .
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For it is not man who was made from woman ,
but woman was made from man .
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And man was not created for woman ,
but woman for man .
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For this reason the woman ought to have authority over her head ,
because of her guardian angels .
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However ,
in the Lord neither is woman independent of man ,
nor is man independent of woman ;
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for just as the woman was made from the man ,
so also is the man born of the woman ,
while they both come from God .
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Judge of this for your own selves .
It is fitting that a woman should pray to God with her head unveiled .
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Nor does nature itself teach you that it is a disgrace to a man to have long hair ,
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but it is womans glory ,
because her hair has been given her instead of a veil .
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If ,
however ,
any one is inclined to be disputatious regarding such a custom ,
let him know that neither I nor the churches of God hold to such a custom .
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But in giving you the following instructions ,
I cannot praise you ;
your solemn assemblies do more harm than good .
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To begin with ,
I am told -
and I believe there is some truth in it -
that when you meet at a church there are divisions among you .
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For there must needs be also parties among you ,
in order that the good may be tested and made known .
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Again ,
when you meet together ,
there is no true eating of the Lords Supper ;
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for each one of you begins to eat his own supper ;
one goes hungry ,
while another gets drunk .
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What !
Have you no houses in which to eat or drink ?
or do you wish to show your contempt for the church of God ,
and to shame those who have no homes to eat in ?
What shall I say to you ?
Shall I praise you ?
In this I certainly do not praise you .
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For I passed on to you the account ,
which I myself received from the Lord ;
how the Lord Jesus ,
on the very night he was betrayed ,
took bread ,
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and when he had given thanks ,
he broke it ,
saying , "
This is my body ,
broken for you ;
this do in memory of me ."
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In the same way also ,
he took the cup after supper ,
saying . "
This cup is the new covenant in my blood ;
do this ,
whenever you drink it ,
in memory of me ."
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For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup ,
you are proclaiming your Lords death until he come .
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So he that eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthy must answer for a sin against the body and blood of the Lord .
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Let each man scrutinize himself ,
and thus let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup .
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For whoever eats and drinks without discerning the body ,
eats and drinks condemnation to himself .
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This is why many among you are feeble and sickly ,
and many sleep .
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If however ,
we were judging ourselves aright ,
we should not now be condemned ;
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but through our condemnation by the Lord ,
we are trained so that we may not be condemned ;
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So ,
my brothers ,
whenever you come together for this meal ,
wait for one another .
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If any one is hungry ,
let him eat at home ,
so that your meetings do not bring condemnation upon you .
The other matters I will adjust when I come .
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Now concerning spiritual gifts ,
brothers ,
I do not wish you to be ignorant .
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You know that when you were heathen you went astray after dumb idols ,
wherever he be led .
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Wherefore I want you to understand that no one who speaks in the Spirit of God says , "
Jesus is accursed ,"
and no one can say , "
Jesus is Lord ,"
except in the Holy Spirit .
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Now there are varieties of gifts ,
but the same Spirit ;
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there are various forms of service ,
and the same Lord ;
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and varieties of work ,
and the same God ,
who works in all .
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Now to each man has been given his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good .
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For to one man by the Spirit has been given a word of wisdom ,
to another a word of insight by the same Spirit ;
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to one man by the same Spirit is given faith ,
to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit ;
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to another the powers which work miracles ,
to another prophecy ,
to another the discernment of spirits ;
to another varieties of tongues ,
to another the interpretation of tongues .
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But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all ,
distributing his gifts to each as he wills .
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For just as the body is one and has many members ,
and all the members of the body ,
although they be many ,
are one body ;
so also is Christ .
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And we can see this ,
for in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body ,
whether Jew or Gentile ,
whether slave or free ,
and we were all made to drink of one Spirit .
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For the body is not one member ,
but many .
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If the foot should say , "
Because I am a hand ,
I am not part a part the body ,"
would it not indeed be a part of the body ?
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Or if the ear should say , "
Because I am not an eye ,
I am not a part of the body ,"
would it be any less a part of the body ?
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If the whole body were an eye ,
where were hearing ?
If all were hearing ,
where were smelling ?
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But now God has set the members ,
each one of them ,
in the body as it has pleased him .
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If all were one member ,
where would the body be ?
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But now there are many members ,
but one body .
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And the eye cannot say to the hand , "
I have no need of you ".
nor again of head to the feet , "
I have no need for you ."
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On the contrary ,
we need those members of the body which seem to be weaker ;
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upon those parts of the body which we esteem less honorable ,
we bestow more abundant honor ,
and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness .
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For whereas our comely parts have no need ,
God has tempered the body together ,
giving more abundant honor to that member in which lacked ;
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that there should be no disunion in the body ,
but that members mutual care for one another .
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When one member suffers ,
all the others suffer with it ;
and when one member is honored ,
all the members are glad with it .
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Now you are the body of Christ ,
and individually members of it .
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And God has appointed those in the church to be first of all apostles ,
second ,
prophets ,
third ,
teachers .
then workers of miracles ,
healers ,
helpers ,
administrators ,
users of various kinds of "
tongues ."
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Are all apostles ?
Are all prophets ?
teachers ?
workers of miracles ?
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Have all gifts of healing ?
Do all speak with tongues ?
Do all interpret ?
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Desire earnestly the greater gifts .
And yet I will go on to show you a still more excellent way .
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Though I speak in the tongues of men and of angels ,
but have no love ,
I am become a clanging brass ,
or a clashing cymbal .
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Though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge ,
and have all faith ,
so that I could remove mountains ,
but have not love ,
I am nothing .
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And though I sell all my goods to feed the poor ,
and though I give my body to be burned ,
but have not love ,
it avails me nothing .
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Love suffers long and is kind ;
love envies not ;
love makes no parade ,
is not puffed up ,
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is not rude ,
nor selfish ,
nor easily provoked .
Love bears no malice ,
never rejoices over wrong-doing ,
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but rejoices when the truth rejoices .
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It knows how to be silent ,
it is trustful ,
hopeful ,
patient ,
enduring .
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Love never fails ;
but though there are prophecies ,
they will fail ;
though there are tongues ,
they will cease ;
though there is knowledge ,
it will be superseded .
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For our knowing is imperfect ,
and our prophesying is imperfect ;
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but when the perfect is come ,
then the perfect will be done away .
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When I was a child I spoke like a child ,
felt like a child ,
thought like a child ;
now that I am become a man ,
I have done with childish things .
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For now we see as in a mirror ,
and are baffled ,
but then face to face ;
now I know in fragments ,
but then shall I understand even as I also have been understood .
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Faith ,
Hope ,
Love endure -
these three ;
but the greatest of these is Love .
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Hotly pursue this love ,
yet seek earnestly spiritual gifts ,
and chiefly that you may prophesy .
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