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Pursue love ,
and desire spiritual gifts ,
but especially that you may prophesy .
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For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God ,
for no one understands him ;
however ,
in the spirit he speaks mysteries .
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But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men .
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He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself ,
but he who prophesies edifies the church .
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I wish you all spoke with tongues ,
but even more that you prophesied ;
for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues ,
unless indeed he interprets ,
that the church may receive edification .
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But now ,
brethren ,
if I come to you speaking with tongues ,
what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation ,
by knowledge ,
by prophesying ,
or by teaching ?
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Even things without life ,
whether flute or harp ,
when they make a sound ,
unless they make a distinction in the sounds ,
how will it be known what is piped or played ?
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For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound ,
who will prepare for battle ?
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So likewise you ,
unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand ,
how will it be known what is spoken ?
For you will be speaking into the air .
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There are ,
it may be ,
so many kinds of languages in the world ,
and none of them is without significance .
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Therefore ,
if I do not know the meaning of the language ,
I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks ,
and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me .
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Even so you ,
since you are zealous for spiritual gifts ,
let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel .
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Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret .
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For if I pray in a tongue ,
my spirit prays ,
but my understanding is unfruitful .
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What is the conclusion then ?
I will pray with the spirit ,
and I will also pray with the understanding .
I will sing with the spirit ,
and I will also sing with the understanding .
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Otherwise ,
if you bless with the spirit ,
how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say "
Amen "
at your giving of thanks ,
since he does not understand what you say ?
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For you indeed 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 would rather speak five words with my understanding ,
that I may teach others also ,
than ten thousand words in a tongue .
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Brethren ,
do not be children in understanding ;
however ,
in malice be babes ,
but in understanding be mature .
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In the law it is written : "
With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people ;
And yet ,
for all that ,
they will not hear Me ,"
says the Lord .
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Therefore tongues are for a sign ,
not to those who believe but to unbelievers ;
but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe .
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Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place ,
and all speak with tongues ,
and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers ,
will they not say that you are out of your mind ?
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But if all prophesy ,
and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in ,
he is convinced by all ,
he is convicted by all .
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And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed ;
and so ,
falling down on his face ,
he will worship God and report that God is truly among you .
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How is it then ,
brethren ?
Whenever you come together ,
each of you has a psalm ,
has a teaching ,
has a tongue ,
has a revelation ,
has an interpretation .
Let all things be done for edification .
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If anyone speaks in a tongue ,
let there be two or at the most three ,
each in turn ,
and let one interpret .
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But if there is no interpreter ,
let him keep silent in church ,
and let him speak to himself and to God .
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Let two or three prophets speak ,
and let the others judge .
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But if anything is revealed to another who sits by ,
let the first keep 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 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 the churches of the saints .
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Let your women keep silent in the churches ,
for they are not permitted to speak ;
but they are to be submissive ,
as the law also says .
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And if they want to learn something ,
let them ask their own husbands at home ;
for it is shameful for women to speak in church .
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Or did the word of God come originally from you ?
Or was it you only that it reached ?
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If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual ,
let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord .
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But if anyone is ignorant ,
let him be ignorant .
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Therefore ,
brethren ,
desire earnestly to prophesy ,
and do not forbid to speak with tongues .
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Let all things be done decently and in order .
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Moreover ,
brethren ,
I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you ,
which also you received and in which you stand ,
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by which also you are saved ,
if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain .
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For I delivered to 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 by Cephas ,
then by the twelve .
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After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once ,
of whom the greater part remain to the present ,
but some have fallen asleep .
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After that He was seen by James ,
then by all the apostles .
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Then last of all He was seen by me also ,
as by one born out of due time .
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For I am the least of the apostles ,
who am not worthy 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 toward me was not in vain ;
but I labored more abundantly than they all ,
yet not I ,
but the grace of God which was with me .
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Therefore ,
whether it was I or they ,
so we preach and so you believed .
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Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead ,
how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead ?
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But if there is no resurrection of the dead ,
then Christ is not risen .
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And if Christ is not risen ,
then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty .
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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 did not raise up--if in fact the dead do not rise .
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For if the dead do not rise ,
then Christ is not risen .
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And if Christ is not risen ,
your faith is futile ;
you are still in your sins !
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Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished .
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If in this life only we have hope in Christ ,
we are of all men the most pitiable .
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But now Christ is risen from the dead ,
and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep .
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For since by man came death ,
by Man also came the resurrection of the dead .
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For as in Adam all die ,
even so in Christ all shall be made alive .
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But each one in his own order :
Christ the firstfruits ,
afterward those who are Christ '
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Then comes the end ,
when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father ,
when He puts an end to 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 will 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 evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted .
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Now when all things are made subject to Him ,
then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him ,
that God may be all in all .
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Otherwise ,
what will they do who are baptized for the dead ,
if the dead do not rise at all ?
Why then are they baptized for the dead ?
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And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour ?
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I affirm ,
by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord ,
I die daily .
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If ,
in the manner of men ,
I have fought with beasts at Ephesus ,
what advantage is it to me ?
If the dead do not rise , "
Let us eat and drink ,
for tomorrow we die !"
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Do not be deceived : "
Evil company corrupts good habits ."
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Awake to righteousness ,
and do not sin ;
for some do not have the knowledge of God .
I speak this to your shame .
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But someone will say , "
How are the dead raised up ?
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 that body that shall be ,
but mere grain--perhaps wheat or some other grain .
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But God gives it a body as He pleases ,
and to each seed its 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 animals ,
another of fish ,
and another of birds .
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There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies ;
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 ,
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 .
The body 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 became a living being ."
The last Adam became a life-giving spirit .
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However ,
the spiritual is not first ,
but the natural ,
and afterward the spiritual .
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The first man was of the earth ,
1made of dust ;
the second Man is the Lord from heaven .
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As was the man of dust ,
so also are those who are made of dust ;
and as is the heavenly Man ,
so also are those who are heavenly .
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And as we have borne the image of the man of dust ,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man .
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Now this I say ,
brethren ,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God ;
nor does corruption inherit incorruption .
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Behold ,
I tell 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 trumpet .
For the trumpet will sound ,
and the dead will 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 has put on incorruption ,
and this mortal has 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 Hades ,
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 ,
who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ .
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Therefore ,
my beloved brethren ,
be steadfast ,
immovable ,
always abounding in the work of the Lord ,
knowing 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 orders to the churches of Galatia ,
so you must do also :
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On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside ,
storing up as he may prosper ,
that there be no collections when I come .
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And when I come ,
whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem .
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But if it is fitting that I go also ,
they will go with me .
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Now I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia (
for I am passing through Macedonia ).
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And it may be that I will remain ,
or even spend the winter with you ,
that you may send me on my journey ,
wherever I go .
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For I do not wish to see you now on the way ;
but I hope to stay a while with you ,
if the Lord permits .
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But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost .
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For a great and effective door has opened to me ,
and there are many adversaries .
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And if Timothy comes ,
see that he may be with you without fear ;
for he does the work of the Lord ,
as I also do .
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Therefore let no one despise him .
But send him on his journey in peace ,
that he may come to me ;
for I am waiting for him with the brethren .
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Now concerning our brother Apollos ,
I strongly urged him to come to you with the brethren ,
but he was quite unwilling to come at this time ;
however ,
he will come when he has a convenient time .
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Watch ,
stand fast in the faith ,
be brave ,
be strong .
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Let all that you do be done with love .
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I urge you ,
brethren--you know the household of Stephanas ,
that it is the firstfruits of Achaia ,
and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints --
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that you also submit to such ,
and to everyone who works and labors with us .
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I am glad about the coming of Stephanas ,
Fortunatus ,
and Achaicus ,
for what was lacking on your part they supplied .
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For they refreshed my spirit and yours .
Therefore acknowledge such men .
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The churches of Asia greet you .
Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord ,
with the church that is in their house .
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All the brethren greet you .
Greet one another with a holy kiss .
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The salutation with my own hand--Paul '
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If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ ,
let him be accursed .
O Lord ,
come !
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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 .