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1 Paul called to be
an Apostle of JESUS CHRIST,
through the will of God, and
our brother Sosthenes,
2 Unto the Church of God
which is at Corinthus, to
them that are sanctified in
Christ Jesus, Saints by
calling, with all that call
on the Name of our Lord
Jesus Christ in every place,
both their Lord, and
ours:
3 Grace be with you,
and peace from God our
Father, and from the
Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God always on
your behalf for the grace of
God, which is given you in
Jesus Christ,
5 That in all things ye are
made rich in him, in all
kind of speech, and in all
knowledge:
6 As the testimony of Jesus
Christ hath been confirmed
in you:
7 So that ye are not
destitute of any gift:
waiting for the appearing of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Who shall also confirm you
unto the end, that ye may be
blameless in the day of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom
you are called unto the
fellowship of his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord.
10 Now I beseech you,
brethren, by the Name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
all speak one thing, and
that there be no dissentions
among you: but be ye knit
together in one mind, and in
one judgment.
11 For it hath been declared
unto me, my brethren, of you
by them that are of the
house of Chloe, that there
are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that
every one of you saith, I am
Paul's, and I am Apollos',
and I am Cephas', and I am
Christ's.
13 Is Christ divided? Was
Paul crucified for you?
Either were you baptized
into the name of Paul?
14 I thank God, that I
baptized none of you, but
Crispus, and Gaius,
15 Lest any should say, that
I had baptized into mine own
name.
16 I baptized also the
household of Stephanas:
furthermore know I not,
whether I baptized any
other.
17 For Christ sent me not to
baptize, but to preach the
Gospel, not with wisdom of
words, lest the cross of
Christ should be made of
none effect.
18 For the preaching of the
cross is to them that
perish, foolishness: but
unto us, which are saved, it
is the power of God.
19 For it is written, I will
destroy the wisdom of the
wise, and will cast away the
understanding of the
prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where
is the Scribe? where is the
disputer of this world? hath
not God made the wisdom of
this world foolishness?
21 For seeing the world by
wisdom knew not God in the
wisdom of God, it pleased
God by the foolishness of
preaching to save them that
believe:
22 Seeing also that the Jews
require a sign, and the
Grecians seek after wisdom.
23 But we preach Christ
crucified: unto the Jews,
even a stumbling block, and
unto the Grecians,
foolishness:
24 But unto them which are
called, both of the Jews and
Grecians, we preach
Christ, the power of God,
and the wisdom of God.
25 For the foolishness of
God is wiser then men, and
the weakness of God is
stronger then men.
26 For brethren, you see
your calling, how that not
many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not
many noble are called.
27 But God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world
to confound the wise, and
God hath chosen the weak
things of the world, to
confound the mighty things,
28 And vile things of the
world and things which are
despised, hath God chosen,
and things which are not, to
bring to naught things that
are,
29 That no flesh should
rejoice in his presence.
30 But ye are of him in
Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom and
righteousness, and
sanctification, and
redemption,
31 That, according as it is
written, He that rejoiceth,
let him rejoice in the Lord.
1 And I, brethren, when I
came to you, came not with
excellency of words, or of
wisdom, showing unto you the
testimony of God.
2 For I esteemed not to know
any thing among you, save
Jesus Christ, and him
crucified.
3 And I was among you in
weakness, and in fear, and
in much trembling.
4 Neither stood my
word, and my preaching in
the enticing speech of man's
wisdom, but in plain
evidence of the Spirit and
of power,
5 That your faith should not
be in the wisdom of men, but
in the power of God.
6 And we speak wisdom among
them that are perfect: not
the wisdom of this world,
neither of the princes of
this world, which come to
naught.
7 But we speak the wisdom of
God in a mystery, even
the hid wisdom,
which God had determined
before the world, unto our
glory.
8 Which none of the princes
of this world hath known:
for had they known it, they
would not have crucified the
Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, The
things which eye hath not
seen, neither ear hath
heard, neither came into
man's heart, are,which
God hath prepared for them
that love him.
10 But God hath revealed
them unto us by his
Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea,
the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the
spirit of a man, which is in
him? even so the things of
God knoweth no man, but the
Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received not
the Spirit of the world, but
the Spirit, which is of God,
that we might know the
things that are given to us
of God.
13 Which things also we
speak, not in the words
which man's wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost
teacheth, comparing
spiritual things with
spiritual things.
14 But the natural man
perceiveth not the things of
the Spirit of God: for they
are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually
discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual,
discerneth all things: yet
he himself is judged of no
man.
16 For who hath known the
mind of the Lord, that he
might instruct him? But we
have the mind of Christ.
1 And I could not speak unto
you, brethren, as unto
spiritual men, but as unto
carnal, even as unto
babes in Christ.
2 I gave you milk to drink,
and not meat: for you were
not yet able to bear it,
neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for
whereas there is
among you envying, and
strife, and divisions, are
ye not carnal, and walk as
men?
4 For when one saith, I am
Paul's, and another, I am
Apollos', are ye not carnal?
5 Who is Paul then? and who
is Apollos, but the
ministers by whom ye
believed, and as the Lord
gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos
watered, but God gave the
increase.
7 So then, neither is he
that planteth, anything,
neither he that watereth,
but God that giveth the
increase.
8 And he that planteth, and
he that watereth, are one,
and every man shall receive
his wages, according to his
labor.
9 For we together are God's
laborers: ye are God's
husbandry, and God's
building.
10 According to the grace of
God given to me, as a
skillful master builder, I
have laid the foundation,
and another buildeth
thereon: but let every man
take heed how he buildeth
upon it.
11 For other foundation can
no man lay, then that which
is laid, which is Jesus
Christ.
12 And if any man build on
this foundation, gold,
silver, precious stones,
timber, hay, or
stubble,
13 Every man's work shall be
made manifest: for the day
shall declare it, because it
shall be revealed by the
fire: and the fire shall try
every man's work of what
sort it is.
14 If any man's work, that
he hath built upon, abide,
he shall receive wages.
15 If any man's work burn,
he shall lose, but he shall
be safe himself:
nevertheless yet as it were
by the fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are
the Temple of God, and that
the Spirit of God dwelleth
in you?
17 If any man destroy the
Temple of God, him shall God
destroy: for the Temple of
God is holy, which ye are.
18 Let no man deceive
himself. If any man among
you seem to be wise in this
world, let him be a fool,
that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this
world is foolishness with
God: for it is written, He
catcheth the wise in their
own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord
knoweth that the thoughts of
the wise be vain.
21 Therefore let no man
rejoice in men: for all
things are yours.
22 Whether it be Paul, or
Apollos, or Cephas, or the
world, or life, or death:
whether they be things
present, or things to come,
even all are yours,
23 And you Christ's, and
Christ God's.
1 Let a man so think of us,
as of the ministers of
Christ, and disposers of the
secrets of God.
2 And as for the rest, it is
required of the disposers,
that every man be found
faithful.
3 As touching me, I pass
very little, to be judged of
you, or of man's judgment:
no, I judge not mine own
self.
4 For I know nothing by
myself, yet am I not thereby
justified: but he that
judgeth me, is the Lord.
5 Therefore judge nothing
before the time, until the
Lord come, who will lighten
things that are hid in
darkness, and make the
counsels of the hearts
manifest: and then shall
every man have praise of
God.
6 Now these things,
brethren, I have
figuratively applied unto
mine own self and Apollos,
for your sakes, that ye
might learn by us, that no
man presume above that which
is written, that one swell
not against another for any
man's cause.
7 For who separateth thee?
and what hast thou, that
thou hast not received? if
thou hast received it, why
rejoicest thou, as though
thou hast not received it?
8 Now ye are full: now ye
are made rich: ye reign as
Kings without us, and would
to God ye did reign, that we
also might reign with you.
9 For I think that God hath
set forth us the last
Apostles, as men appointed
to death: for we are made a
gazing stock unto the world,
and to the Angels, and to
men.
10 We are fools for
Christ's sake, and ye are
wise in Christ: we are
weak, and ye strong: ye
are honorable, and we
are despised.
11 Unto this hour we both
hunger, and thirst, and are
naked, and are buffeted, and
have no certain dwelling
place,
12 And labor, working with
our own hands: we are
reviled, and yet we
bless: we are persecuted,
and suffer it.
13 We are evil spoken of,
and we pray: we are made as
the filth of the world, the
offscouring of all things,
unto this time.
14 I write not these things
to shame you, but as my
beloved children I admonish
you.
15 For though ye have ten
thousand instructors in
Christ, yet have ye
not many fathers: for in
Christ Jesus I have begotten
you through the Gospel.
16 Wherefore, I pray you, be
ye followers of me.
17 For this cause have I
sent unto you Timotheus,
which is my beloved son, and
faithful in the Lord, which
shall put you in remembrance
of my ways in Christ as I
teach every where in every
Church.
18 Some are puffed up as
though I would not come to
you.
19 But I will come to you
shortly, if the Lord will,
and will know, not the
speech of them which are
puffed up, but the power.
20 For the kingdom of God
is not in word, but in
power.
21 What will ye? Shall I
come unto you with a rod, or
in love, and in the spirit
of meekness?
1 It is heard certainly
that there is
fornication among you, and
such fornication as is not
once named among the
Gentiles, that one should
have his father's wife.
2 And ye are puffed up and
have not rather sorrowed,
that he which hath done this
deed, might be put from
among you.
3 For I verily as absent in
body, but present in spirit,
have determined already as
though I were present, that
he that hath thus done this
thing,
4 When ye are gathered
together, and my spirit, in
the Name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that such one, I
say, by the power of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
5 Be delivered unto Satan,
for the destruction of the
flesh, that the spirit may
be saved in the day of the
Lord Jesus.
6 Your rejoicing is not
good: know ye not that a
little leaven, leaveneth the
whole lump?
7 Purge out therefore the
old leaven, that ye may be a
new lump, as ye are
unleavened: for Christ our
Passover is sacrificed for
us.
8 Therefore let us keep the
feast, not with old leaven,
neither in the leaven of
maliciousness and
wickedness: but with the
unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote unto you in an
epistle, that ye should not
company together with
fornicators,
10 And not altogether with
the fornicators of this
world, or with the covetous,
or with extortioners, or
with idolaters: for then ye
must go out of the world.
11 But now I have written
unto you, that ye company
not together: if any that is
called a brother, be a
fornicator, or covetous, or
an idolater, or a railer, or
a drunkard, or an
extortioner, with such one
eat not.
12 For what have I to do, to
judge them also which are
without? do ye not judge
them that are within?
13 But God judgeth them that
are without. Put away
therefore from among your
selves that wicked man.
1 Dare any of you, having
business against another, be
judged under the unjust, and
not under the Saints?
2 Do ye not know, that the
Saints shall judge the
world? If the world then
shall be judged by you, are
ye unworthy to judge the
smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall
judge the Angels? how much
more things that pertain to
this life?
4 If then ye have judgments
of things pertaining to this
life, set up them which are
least esteemed in the
Church.
5 I speak it to your shame.
Is it so that there is not a
wise man among you? no not
one, that can judge between
his brethren?
6 But a brother goeth to law
with a brother, and that
under the infidels.
7 Now therefore there is
utterly a fault among you,
because ye go to law one
with another: why rather
suffer ye not wrong? why
rather sustain ye not harm?
8 Nay, ye yourselves do
wrong, and do harm, and that
to your brethren.
9 Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived: neither
fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor wantons,
nor buggerers,
10 Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor
railers, nor extortioners
shall inherit the kingdom of
God.
11 And such were some of
you: but ye are washed, but
ye are sanctified, but ye
are justified in the Name of
the Lord Jesus, and by the
Spirit of our God.
12 ¶ All things are lawful
unto me: but all things are
not profitable. I may do all
things, but I will not be
brought under the power of
any thing.
13 Meats are ordained
for the belly, and the belly
for the meats: but God shall
destroy both it, and them.
Now the body is not
for fornication, but for the
Lord, and the Lord for the
body.
14 And God hath also raised
up the Lord, and shall raise
us up by his power.
15 Know ye not, that your
bodies are the members of
Christ? shall I then take
the members of Christ, and
make them the members of an
harlot? God forbid.
16 Do ye not know, that he
which coupleth himself with
an harlot, is one body? for
two, saith he, shall be one
flesh.
17 But he that is joined
unto the Lord, is one
spirit.
18 Flee fornication: every
sin that a man does, is
without the body: but he
that committeth fornication,
sinneth against his own
body.
19 Know ye not, that your
body is the temple of the
Holy Ghost, which is
in you, whom ye have of God?
And ye are not your own.
20 For ye are bought for a
price: therefore glorify God
in your body, and in your
spirit: for they are God's.
1 Now concerning the things
whereof ye wrote unto me, It
were good for a man
not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid
fornication, let every man
have his wife, and let every
woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband give unto
the wife due benevolence,
and likewise also the wife
unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not the
power of her own body, but
the husband: and likewise
also the husband hath not
the power of his own body,
but the wife.
5 Defraud not one another,
except it be with
consent for a time, that ye
may give yourselves to
fasting and prayer, and
again come together that
Satan tempt you not for your
incontinency.
6 But I speak this by
permission, not by
commandment.
7 For I would that all men
were even as I my self
am: but every man hath
his proper gift of God, one
after this manner, and
another after that.
8 Therefore I say unto the
unmarried, and unto the
widows, It is good for them
if they abide even as I
do.
9 But if they cannot
abstain, let them marry: for
it is better to marry than
to burn.
10 And unto the married I
command, not I, but the
Lord, Let not the wife
depart from her husband.
11 But and if she depart,
let her remain unmarried, or
be reconciled unto her
husband, and let not the
husband put away his
wife.
12 But to the remnant I
speak, and not the Lord, If
any brother have a wife,
that believeth not, if she
be content to dwell with
him, let him not forsake
her.
13 And the woman which hath
an husband that believeth
not, if he be content to
dwell with her, let her not
forsake him.
14 For the unbelieving
husband is sanctified by the
wife, and the unbelieving
wife is sanctified by the
husband, else were your
children unclean: but now
are they holy.
15 But if the unbelieving
depart, let him depart: a
brother or a sister is not
in subjection in such
things: but God hath called
us in peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O
wife, whether thou shalt
save thine husband? Or what
knowest thou, O man, whether
thou shalt save thy wife?
17 But as God hath
distributed to every man, as
the Lord hath called every
one, so let him walk: and so
ordain I, in all Churches.
18 Is any man called being
circumcised? let him not
gather his uncircumcision:
is any called uncircumcised?
let him not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision is
nothing, but the keeping of
the commandments of God.
20 Let every man abide in
the same vocation wherein he
was called.
21 Art thou called being
a servant? care not for it:
but if yet thou mayest be
free, use it rather.
22 For he that is called in
the Lord, being a
servant, is the Lord's
freeman: likewise also he
that is called being
free, is Christ's servant.
23 Ye are bought with a
price: be not the servants
of men.
24 Brethren, let every man,
wherein he was called,
therein abide with God.
25 Now concerning virgins, I
have no commandment of the
Lord: but I give mine
advice, as one that hath
obtained mercy of the Lord
to be faithful.
26 I suppose then this to be
good for the present
necessity: I mean
that it is good for a man so
to be.
27 Art thou bound unto a
wife? seek not to be loosed:
art thou loosed from a wife?
seek not a wife.
28 But if thou takest a
wife, thou sinnest not: and
if a virgin marry, she
sinneth not: nevertheless,
such shall have trouble in
the flesh, but I spare you.
29 And this I say, brethren,
because the time is short,
here after that both they
which have wives, be as
though they had none:
30 And they that weep, as
though they wept not: and
they that rejoice, as though
they rejoiced not: and they
that buy, as though they
possessed not:
31 And they that use this
world, as though they used
it not: for the fashion of
this world goeth away.
32 And I would have you
without care. The unmarried
careth for the things of the
Lord, how he may please the
Lord.
33 But he that is married,
careth for the things of the
world, how he may please
his wife.
34 There is difference also
between a virgin and a wife:
the unmarried woman careth
for the things of the Lord,
that she may be holy, both
in body and in spirit: but
she that is married, careth
for the things of the world,
how she may please her
husband.
35 And this I speak for your
own commodity, not to tangle
you in a snare, but that
ye follow that, which is
honest, and that ye may
cleave fast unto the Lord
without separation.
36 But if any man think that
it is uncomely for his
virgin, if she pass the
flower of her age,
and need so require, let him
do what he will, he sinneth
not: let them be married.
37 Nevertheless, he that
standeth firm in his heart,
that he hath no need, but
hath power over his own
will, and hath so decreed in
his heart, that he will keep
his virgin, he doeth well.
38 So then he that giveth
her to marriage, doeth well,
but he that giveth her not
to marriage, doeth better.
39 The wife is bound by the
law, as long as her husband
liveth: but if her husband
be dead, she is at liberty
to marry with whom she will,
only in the Lord.
40 But she is more blessed,
if she so abide, in my
judgment: and I think that I
have also the Spirit of God.
1 And as touching things
sacrificed unto idols, we
know that we all have
knowledge: knowledge puffeth
up, but love edifieth.
2 Now, if any man think that
he knows any thing, he
knoweth nothing yet as he
ought to know.
3 But if any man love God,
the same is known of him.
4 Concerning therefore meat
sacrificed unto idols, we
know that an idol is
nothing in the world, and
that there is none
other God but one.
5 For though there be that
are called gods, whether in
heaven, or in earth (as
there be many gods, and many
lords)
6 Yet unto us there is
but one God, which is
the Father, of whom are all
things, and we in him: and
one Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom are all things,
and we by him.
7 But every man hath not
knowledge: for some having
conscience of the idol,
until this hour, eat as a
thing sacrificed unto the
idol, and so their
conscience being weak, is
defiled.
8 But meat maketh not us
acceptable to God: for
neither if we eat, have we
the more: neither if we eat
not, have we the less.
9 But take heed lest by any
means this power of yours be
an occasion of falling to
them that are weak.
10 For if any man see thee
which hast knowledge, sit at
table in the idol's temple,
shall not the conscience of
him which is weak, be
boldened to eat those things
which are sacrificed to
idols?
11 And through thy knowledge
shall the weak brother
perish, for whom Christ
died.
12 Now when ye sin so
against the brethren, and
wound their weak conscience,
ye sin against Christ.
13 Wherefore if meat offend
my brother, I will eat no
flesh while the world
standeth, that I may not
offend my brother.
1 Am I not an Apostle? am I
not free? have I not seen
Jesus Christ our Lord? are
ye not my work in the Lord?
2 If I be not an Apostle
unto other, yet doubtless I
am unto you: for ye are the
seal of mine Apostleship in
the Lord.
3 My defense to them that
examine me, is this,
4 Have we not power to eat
and to drink?
5 Or have we not power to
lead about a wife being a
sister, as well as the rest
of the Apostles, and as the
brethren of the Lord, and
Cephas?
6 Or I only and Barnabas,
have not we power not to
work?
7 Who goeth a warfare any
time at his own cost? Who
planteth a vineyard, and
eateth not of the fruit
thereof? or who feedeth a
flock, and eateth not of the
milk of the flock?
8 Say I these things
according to man? saith not
the Law the same also?
9 For it is written in the
Law of Moses, Thou shalt not
muzzle the mouth of the ox
that treadeth out the corn:
does God take care for oxen?
10 Either saith he it not
altogether for our sakes?
For our sakes no doubt it is
written, that he which
heareth, should hear in
hope, and that he that
thresheth in hope, should be
partaker of his hope.
11 If we have sown unto you
spiritual things, is it
a great thing if we reap
your carnal things?
12 If others with you be
partakers of this
power, are not we
rather? nevertheless, we
have not used this power:
but suffer all things, that
we should not hinder the
Gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know, that they
which minister about the
holy things, eat of the
things of the Temple? and
they which wait at the
altar, are partakers with
the altar?
14 So also hath the Lord
ordained, that they which
preach the Gospel, should
live of the Gospel.
15 But I have used none of
these things: neither wrote
I these things, that it
should be so done unto me:
for it were better for me to
die, then that any man
should make my rejoicing
vain.
16 For though I preach the
Gospel, I have nothing to
rejoice of: for necessity is
laid upon me, and woe is
unto me, if I preach not the
Gospel.
17 For if I do it willingly,
I have a reward: but if I do
it against my will,
notwithstanding the
dispensation is committed
unto me.
18 What is my reward then?
verily that when I preach
the Gospel, I make the
Gospel of Christ free that I
abuse not mine authority in
the Gospel.
19 For though I be free from
all men, yet have I made my
self servant unto all men,
that I might win the more.
20 And unto the Jews, I
become as a Jew, that I may
win the Jews: to them that
are under the Law, as
though I were under the
Law, that I may win them
that are under the Law:
21 To them that are without
Law, as though I were
without Law, (when I am not
without Law as pertaining to
God, but am in the
Law through Christ) that I
may win them that are
without Law:
22 To the weak I become as
weak, that I may win the
weak: I am made all things
to all men, that I might by
all means save some.
23 And this I do for the
Gospel's sake, that I might
be partaker thereof with
you.
24 Know ye not, that they
which run in a race, run
all, yet one receiveth the
price? so run that ye may
obtain.
25 And every man that
proveth masteries,
abstaineth from all things:
and they do it to
obtain a corruptible crown:
but we for an uncorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not
as uncertainly: so fight I,
not as one that beateth the
air.
27 But I beat down my body,
and bring it into
subjection, lest by any
means after that I have
preached to other, I myself
should be reproved.
1 Moreover, brethren, I
would not that you should be
ignorant, that all our
fathers were under the
cloud, and all passed
through the sea,
2 And were all baptized unto
Moses, in the cloud, and in
the sea,
3 And did all eat the same
spiritual meat,
4 And did all drink the same
spiritual drink (for they
drank of the spiritual Rock
that followed them: and the
Rock was Christ)
5 But with many of them God
was not pleased: for they
were overthrown in the
wilderness.
6 Now these are ensamples to
us, to the intent that we
should not lust after evil
things as they also lusted.
7 Neither be you idolaters
as were some of them,
as it is written, The people
sat down to eat and drink,
and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit
fornication, as some of them
committed fornication, and
fell in one day three and
twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt
Christ, as some of them also
tempted him, and were
destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as
some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the
destroyer.
11 Now all these things came
unto them for ensamples, and
were written to admonish us,
upon whom the ends of the
world are come.
12 Wherefore, let him that
thinketh he standeth, take
heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation
taken you, but such as
appertaineth to man: and God
is faithful, which will not
suffer you to be tempted
above that you be able, but
will even give the issue
with the temptation, that ye
may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore my beloved,
flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as unto them
which have understaning:
judge ye what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which
we bless, is it not the
communion of the blood of
Christ? The bread which we
break, is it not the
communion of the body of
Christ?
17 For we that are many, are
one bread and one body,
because we all are partakers
of one bread.
18 Behold Israel, which
is after the flesh: are
not they which eat of the
sacrifices, partakers of the
altar?
19 What say I then? that the
idol is anything? or that
that which is sacrificed to
idols, is anything?
20 Nay, but that
these things which the
Gentiles sacrifice, they
sacrifice to devils, and not
unto God: and I would not
that ye should have
fellowship with the devils.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup
of the Lord, and the cup of
the devils. Ye cannot be
partakers of the Lord's
table, and of the table of
devils.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to
anger? are we stronger then
he?
23 All things are lawful for
me, but all things are not
expedient: all things are
lawful for me, but all
things edify not.
24 Let no man seek his own,
but every man another's
wealth.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the
shambles, eat ye, and ask no
question for conscience
sake.
26 For the earth is
the Lord's, and all that
therein is.
27 If any of them which
believe not, call you to
a feast, and if ye will
go, whatsoever is set before
you, eat, asking no question
for conscience sake.
28 But if any man say unto
you, This is sacrificed unto
idols, eat it not, because
of him that showed it, and
for the conscience (for the
earth is the Lord's,
and all that therein is)
29 And the conscience I say,
not thine, but of that
other: for why should my
liberty be condemned of
another man's conscience?
30 For if I through God's
benefit be partaker, why am
I evil spoken of, for that
wherefore I give thanks?
31 Whether therefore ye eat
or drink, or whatsoever ye
do, do all to the glory of
God.
32 Give none offence,
neither to the Jews, nor to
the Grecians, nor to the
Church of God:
33 Even as I please all men
in all things, not seeking
mine own profit, but the
profit of many, that
they might be saved.
1 Be ye followers of me,
even as I am of Christ.
2 Now brethren, I commend
you, that ye remember all my
things, and keep the
ordinances, as I delivered
them to you.
3 But I will that ye know,
that Christ is the head of
every man: and the man is
the woman's head: and God is
Christ's head.
4 Every man praying or
prophesying having any
thing on his
head, dishonoreth his head.
5 But every woman that
prayeth or prophesieth
bareheaded, dishonoreth her
head: for it is even one
very thing, as though she
were shaven.
6 Therefore if the woman be
not covered, let her also be
shorn: and if it be shame
for a woman to be shorn or
shaven, let her be covered.
7 For a man ought not to
cover his head: for
as much as he is the image
and glory of God: but the
woman is the glory of the
man.
8 For the man is not of the
woman, but the woman of the
man.
9 For the man was not
created for the woman's
sake: but the woman for the
man's sake.
10 Therefore ought the woman
to have power on her
head, because of the Angels.
11 Nevertheless, neither is
the man without the woman,
neither the woman without
the man in the Lord.
12 For as the woman is of
the man, so is the man also
by the woman: but all things
are of God.
13 Judge in yourselves, Is
it comely that a woman pray
unto God uncovered?
14 Does not nature itself
teach you, that if a man
have long hair, it is a
shame unto him?
15 But if a woman have long
hair, it is a praise unto
her: for her hair is given
her for a covering.
16 But if any man lust to be
contentious, we have no such
custom, neither the Churches
of God.
17 ¶ Now in this that I
declare, I praise you
not, that you come together,
not with profit, but with
hurt.
18 For first of all, when ye
come together in the Church,
I hear that there are
dissentions among you: and I
believe it to be true
in some part.
19 For there must be
heresies even among you,
that they which are approved
among you, might be known.
20 When you come together
therefore into one place,
this is not to eat the
Lord's Supper.
21 For every man when they
should eat, taketh his own
supper afore, and one is
hungry, and another is
drunken.
22 Have ye not houses to eat
and to drink in? 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.
23 For I have received of
the Lord that which I also
have delivered unto you,
to wit, That the Lord
Jesus in the night that he
was betrayed, took bread.
24 And when he had given
thanks, he brake it, and
said, Take, eat: this is my
body, which is broken for
you: this do ye in
remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner
also he took the cup,
when he had supped, saying,
This cup is the New
Testament in my blood: this
do as oft as ye drink it, in
remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye shall
eat this bread, and drink
this cup, ye show the Lord's
death till he come.
27 Wherefore, whosoever
shall eat this bread, and
drink the cup of the Lord
unworthily, shall be guilty
of the body and blood of the
Lord.
28 Let a man therefore
examine himself, and so let
him eat of this bread, and
drink of this cup.
29 For he that eateth and
drinketh unworthily, eateth
and drinketh his own
damnation, because he
discerneth not the Lord's
body.
30 For this cause many
are weak, and sick among
you, and many sleep.
31 For if we would judge
ourselves, we should not be
judged.
32 But when we are judged,
we are chastened of the
Lord, because we should not
be condemned with the world.
33 Wherefore, my brethren,
when ye come together to
eat, tarry one for another.
34 And if any man be hungry,
let him eat at home, that ye
come not together unto
condemnation. Other things
will I set in order when I
come.
1 Now concerning spiritual
gifts, brethren, I
would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were
Gentiles, and were carried
away unto the dumb idols, as
ye were led.
3 Wherefore, I declare unto
you, that no man speaking by
the Spirit of God, calleth
Jesus execrable: also no man
can say that Jesus is the
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now there are diversities
of gifts, but the same
Spirit.
5 And there are diversities
of administrations, but the
same Lord,
6 And there are diversities
of operations, but God is
the same, which worketh all
in all.
7 But the manifestation of
the Spirit is given to every
man, to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the
Spirit the word of wisdom:
and to another the word of
knowledge, by the same
Spirit:
9 And to another is given
faith, by the same Spirit:
and to another the gifts of
healing, by the same Spirit:
10 And to another the
operations of great works:
and to another prophecy: and
to another the discerning of
spirits: and to another
diversities of tongues: and
to another the
interpretation of tongues.
11 And all these things
worketh even the selfsame
Spirit, distributing to
every man severally as he
will.
12 For as the body is one,
and hath many members, and
all the members of the body,
which is one, though they be
many, yet are but
one body: even so is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we
all baptized into one body,
whether we be Jews,
or Grecians, whether we
be bond, or free, and
have been all made to drink
into one Spirit.
14 For the body also is not
one member, but many.
15 If the foot would say,
Because I am not the hand, I
am not of the body, is it
therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear would say,
Because I am not the eye, I
am not of the body, is it
therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body were
an eye, where were
the hearing? If the whole
were hearing, where
were the smelling?
18 But now hath God disposed
the members every one of
them in the body at his own
pleasure.
19 For if they were all one
member, where were
the body?
20 But now are there
many members, yet but one
body.
21 And the eye cannot say
unto the hand, I have no
need of thee: nor the head
again to the feet, I have no
need of you.
22 Yea, much rather those
members of the body, which
seem to be more feeble, are
necessary.
23 And upon those members
of the body, which we think
most unhonest, put we more
honesty on: and our uncomely
parts have more
comeliness on.
24 For our comely parts
need it not: but God hath
tempered the body together,
and hath given the more
honor to that part
which lacked,
25 Lest there should be any
division in the body: but
that the members should have
the same care one for
another.
26 Therefore if one member
suffer, all suffer with it:
if one member be had in
honor, all the members
rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of
Christ, and members for
your part.
28 And God hath ordained
some in the Church: as
first Apostles, secondly
Prophets, thirdly teachers,
then them that do miracles:
after that, the gifts of
healing, helpers, governors,
diversity of tongues.
29 Are all Apostles? are all
Prophets? are all teachers?
30 Are all doers of
miracles? have all the gifts
of healing? do all speak
with tongues? do all
interpret?
31 But desire you the best
gifts, and I will yet show
you a more excellent way.
1 Though I speak with the
tongues of men and Angels,
and have not love, I am
as sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I had the
gift of prophecy, and
knew all secrets and all
knowledge, yea, if I had all
faith, so that I could
remove mountains and had not
love, I were nothing.
3 And though I feed the poor
with all my goods, and
though I give my body, that
I be burned, and have not
love, it profiteth me
nothing.
4 Love suffereth long: it is
bountiful: love envieth not:
love doth not boast itself:
it is not puffed up:
5 It distaineth not: it
seeketh not her own things:
it is not provoked to anger:
it thinketh not evil:
6 It rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in
the truth:
7 It suffereth all things:
it believeth all things: it
hopeth all things: it
endureth all things.
8 Love doth never fall away,
though that prophesyings be
abolished, or the tongues
cease, or knowledge vanish
away.
9 For we know in part, and
we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is
perfect, is come, then that
which is in part, shall be
abolished.
11 When I was a child, I
spake as a child, I
understood as a child, I
thought as a child: but when
I became a man, I put away
childish things.
12 For now we see through a
glass darkly: but then
shall we see face to
face. Now I know in part:
but then shall I know even
as I am known.
13 And now abideth faith,
hope and love,
even these three: but
the chiefest of these is
love.
1 Follow after love, and
covet spiritual gifts,
and rather that ye may
prophecy.
2 For he that speaketh a
strange tongue, speaketh
not unto men, but unto God:
for no man heareth him:
howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh secret things.
3 But he that prophesieth,
speaketh unto men to
edifying, and to
exhortation, and to comfort.
4 He that speaketh
strange language,
edifieth himself: but he
that prophesieth, edifieth
the Church.
5 I would that you all spake
strange languages,
but rather that ye
prophesied: for greater is
he that prophesieth, then he
that speaketh diverse
tongues, except he expound
it, that the Church may
receive edification.
6 And now, brethren, if I
come unto you speaking
diverse tongues, what
shall I profit you, except I
speak to you, either by
revelation, or by knowledge,
or by prophesying, or by
doctrine?
7 Moreover things without
life which give a sound,
whether it be a pipe
or an harp, except they make
a distinction in the sounds,
how shall it be known what
is piped or harped?
8 And also if the trumpet
give an uncertain sound, who
shall prepare himself to
battle?
9 So likewise you, by the
tongue, except ye utter
words that have
signification, how shall it
be understand what is
spoken? For ye shall speak
in the air.
10 There are so many kinds
of voices (as it cometh to
pass) in the world, and none
of them is dumb.
11 Except I know then the
power of the voice, I shall
be unto him that speaketh a
barbarian, and he that
speaketh, shall be a
barbarian unto me.
12 Even so, forasmuch as ye
covet spiritual gifts,
seek that ye may excel unto
the edifying of the Church.
13 Wherefore, let him that
speaketh a strange
tongue, pray, that he may
interpret.
14 For if I pray in a
strange tongue, my
spirit prayeth: but mine
understading is without
fruit.
15 What is it then? I will
pray with the spirit, but I
will pray with the
understanding also: I will
sing with the spirit, but I
will sing with the
understanding also.
16 Else, when thou blessest
with the spirit, how shall
he that occupieth the room
of the unlearned, say Amen,
at thy giving of thanks,
seeing he knoweth not what
thou sayest?
17 For thou verily givest
thanks well, but the other
is not edified.
18 I thank my God, I speak
languages more then you all.
19 Yet had I rather in the
Church to speak five words
with mine understanding that
I might also instruct
others, then ten thousand
words in a strange
tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children
in understanding, but as
concerning maliciousness be
children, but in
understanding be of a ripe
age.
21 In the Law it is written,
By men of other tongues, and
by other languages will I
speak unto this people: yet
so shall they not hear me,
saith the Lord.
22 Wherefore strange
tongues are for a sign, not
to them that believe, but to
them that believe not: but
prophesying serveth
not for them that believe
not, but for them which
believe.
23 If therefore, when the
whole Church is come
together in one, and all
speak strange
tongues, there come in they
that are unlearned, or they
which believe not, will they
not say, that ye are out of
your wits?
24 But if all prophesy, and
there come in one that
believeth not, or one
unlearned, he is rebuked of
all men, and is judged of
all,
25 And so are the secrets of
his heart made manifest, and
so he will fall down on his
face and worship God, and
say plainly that God is in
you indeed.
26 What is to be done
then, brethren? when ye come
together, according as
every one of you hath a
Psalm, or hath
doctrine, or hath a
tongue, or hath
revelation, or hath
interpretation, let all
things be done unto
edifying.
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