\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 Corinthians}
{\MT Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
an
Apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
by
the purpose
of
God,
and
Sosthenes
the
brother,
\VS{2}To
the
church
of
God
which
is
in
Corinth,
to
those
who
have
been made
holy
in
Christ
Jesus,
saints
by
the selection
of
God,
with
all
those
who
in
every
place give honour
to
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
their
Lord
and
ours:
\VS{3}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{4}I
give praise
to
my
God
for
you
at
all
times,
because
of
the
grace
of
God
which
has
been
given
to
you
in
Christ
Jesus;
\VS{5}So
that
in
him
you
have wealth
in
all
things,
in
word
and
in
knowledge
of
every sort;
\VS{6}Even
as
the
witness
of
the
Christ
has
been made certain
among
you:
\VS{7}So
that having every grace
you
are living
in
the hope
of
the
revelation
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ;
\VS{8}Who
will give
you strength
to
the
end,
to
be free
from
all sin
in
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{9}God
is true,
through
whom
you
have
been
given
a
part
with
his
Son,
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
\VS{10}Now
I
make request
to
you,
my
brothers,
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that
you
will
all
say
the
same
thing,
and
that
there
may
be
no
divisions
among
you,
so
that
you
may
be
in
complete agreement,
in
the
same
mind
and
in
the
same
opinion.
\VS{11}Because
it
has
come
to
my knowledge,
through
those
of
the house
of Chloe,
that
there
are divisions
among
you,
my
brothers.
\VS{12}That
is,
that
some
of
you
say,
I
am
of
Paul;
some
say,
I
am
of
Apollos;
some
say,
I
am
of
Cephas;
and
some
say,
I
am Christ's.
\VS{13}Is there
a division
in
Christ?
was
Paul nailed
to
the cross
for
you?
or
were
you given baptism
in
the
name
of
Paul?
\VS{14}I
give praise
to God
that
not
one
of
you
had baptism
from me,
but
Crispus
and
Gaius;
\VS{15}So
that
no
one
may
be able
to
say
that
you
had baptism
in
my
name.
\VS{16}And
I gave baptism
to
the
house
of
Stephanas;
but
I
am
not
certain
that
any
others
had baptism
from
me.
\VS{17}For
Christ
sent
me,
not
to give baptism,
but
to
be
a preacher
of
the
good
news:
not
with wise
words,
for fear
that
the
cross
of
Christ
might
be
made
of
no value.
\VS{18}For
the
word
of
the
cross seems foolish
to
those
who
are
on
the way
to destruction;
but
to us
who
are
on
the way
to
salvation
it
is
the
power
of
God.
\VS{19}As
it says
in
the holy Writings,
I
will
put
an
end
to
the
wisdom
of
the
wise,
and
will
put
on
one side
the designs
of
those
who
have knowledge.
\VS{20}Where
is
the
wise?
where
is
he
who
has knowledge
of
the law?
where
is
the
man
of
this
world
who
has
a love
of discussion?
has
not
God
made
foolish
the
wisdom
of
this
world?
\VS{21}For
because,
by
the purpose
of
God,
the
world,
with
all
its
wisdom,
had
not
the knowledge
of
God,
it
was God's
pleasure,
by
so foolish
a thing
as
preaching,
to give
salvation
to
those
who
had
faith
in
him.
\VS{22}Seeing
that
the
Jews make
request
for
signs,
and
the
Greeks
are
looking
for knowledge:
\VS{23}But
we give
the good news
of
Christ
on
the cross,
a hard thing
to
the
Jews,
and
a foolish thing
to
the
Gentiles;
\VS{24}But
to
those
of God's selection,
Jews
and
Greeks,
Christ
is
the
power
and
the
wisdom
of
God.
\VS{25}Because
what seems
foolish
in
God
is
wiser
than
men;
and
what seems feeble
in
God
is
stronger
than
men.
\VS{26}For
you
see God's design
for
you,
my
brothers,
that
he
has
not taken
a
great
number
of
the
wise
after
the
flesh,
not
the
strong,
not
the noble:
\VS{27}But
God
made selection
of
the
foolish
things
of
this
world
so
that
he
might put
the
wise
to
shame;
and
the feeble
things
that
he
might put
to
shame
the
strong;
\VS{28}And
the low
things
of
the
world,
and
the
things
without honour,
did
God
make selection
of, yes,
even
the
things
which
are
not,
so
that
he
might
make
as
nothing
the
things
which
are:
\VS{29}So
that
no
flesh
might
have
glory
before
God.
\VS{30}But
God
has given
you
a
place
in
Christ
Jesus,
through
whom
God
has given
us
wisdom
and
righteousness
and salvation,
and
made
us holy:
\VS{31}So
that,
as it
is said
in
the holy Writings,
Whoever
has
a desire
for
glory,
let
his
glory
be
in
the
Lord.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when
I
came
to
you,
my
brothers,
I
did
not
come
with wise
words
of knowledge, putting
before
you
the secret
of
God.
\VS{2}For
I
had made
the decision
to
have knowledge
of
nothing
among
you
but
only
of
Jesus
Christ
on
the cross.
\VS{3}And
I
was
with
you
without strength,
in
fear
and
in doubt.
\VS{4}And
in
my
preaching
there
were
no honeyed
words
of
wisdom,
but
I
was dependent
on
the
power
of
the
Spirit
to
make
it clear
to
you:
\VS{5}So
that
your
faith
might
be based
not
on man's
wisdom
but
on
the
power
of
God.
\VS{6}But still
we
have
wisdom
for
those
who
are
complete
in knowledge,
though
not
the
wisdom
of
this
world,
and
not
of
the
rulers
of
this
world,
who
are coming
to
nothing:
\VS{7}But
we give
the news
of
the secret
wisdom
of
God,
which
he
had
kept
in store
before
the
world came
into existence,
for
our
glory;
\VS{8}Of
which
not
one
of
the
rulers
of
this
world
had knowledge:
for
if
they
had,
they
would
not
have
put
the
Lord
of
glory
on
the cross:
\VS{9}But
as
it says
in
the holy Writings,
Things
which
the
eye
saw
not,
and
which
had
not
come
to
the
ears
or
into
the
heart
of
man,
such
things
as
God
has
made
ready
for
those
who
have
love
for
him.
\VS{10}But
God
has given us
the
revelation
of
these
things
through
his
Spirit,
for
the
Spirit makes
search
into
all
things,
even
the
deep
things
of
God.
\VS{11}For
who
has knowledge
of
the
things
of
a
man
but
the
spirit
of
the
man
which
is
in
him?
in
the
same
way,
no
one
has knowledge
of
the
things
of
God
but
the
Spirit
of
God.
\VS{12}But
we
have
not
the
spirit
of
the
world,
but
the
Spirit
which comes
from
God,
so
that
we
may
have knowledge
of
the
things
which
are
freely
given
to
us
by
God.
\VS{13}And
these
are
the
things
which
we
say,
not
in
the language
of man's
wisdom,
but
in
words given
to
us
by
the
Spirit, judging
the
things
of
the
spirit
by
the help
of
the
Spirit.
\VS{14}For
the
natural
man
is
not
able
to
take
in
the
things
of
the
Spirit
of
God:
for
they seem foolish
to
him,
and
he
is
not
able
to
have knowledge
of
them,
because such knowledge
comes
only through
the
Spirit.
\VS{15}But
he
who
has
the Spirit,
though judging
all
things,
is
himself judged
by
no
one.
\VS{16}For
who
has knowledge
of
the
mind
of
the
Lord,
so
as
to
be
his teacher?
But
we
have
the
mind
of
Christ.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
teaching
I gave
you,
my
brothers,
was such
as
I
was
able
to give,
not
to
those
who
have
the Spirit,
but
to
those
who
are still
in
the
flesh, even
to
children
in
Christ.
\VS{2}I
gave
you
milk
and
not meat,
because
you
were,
then, unable
to take it,
and
even
now
you
are
not
able;
\VS{3}Because
you
are
still
in
the
flesh:
for
when
there
is envy
and division
among
you,
are
you
not
still
walking
after
the
way
of
the
flesh,
even
as natural
men?
\VS{4}For
when
one
says,
I
am
of
Paul;
and
another
says,
I
am
of
Apollos;
are
you
not
talking like natural
men?
\VS{5}What
then
is
Apollos?
and
what
is
Paul?
They
are
but
servants
who
gave
you
the
good news
as
God
gave
it
to
them.
\VS{6}I
did
the
planting,
Apollos
did
the watering,
but
God
gave
the
increase.
\VS{7}So
then
the planter
is
nothing,
and
the waterer
is
nothing;
but
God
who
gives
the
increase.
\VS{8}Now
the planter
and
the waterer
are working
for
the
same end:
but
they
will
have
their separate rewards
in
the measure
of
their
work.
\VS{9}For
we
are
workers
with
God:
you
are God's planting, God's
building.
\VS{10}In
the measure
of
the
grace
given
to
me,
I,
as
a
wise
master-builder,
have
put
the base
in position,
and
another goes
on
building
on
it.
But let
every
man
take
care
what
he
puts
on
it.
\VS{11}For
there
is
no
other base
for
the building
but
that
which
has
been
put
down,
which
is
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{12}But
on
the base
a
man
may put
gold,
silver,
stones
of great price,
wood, dry
grass, cut stems;
\VS{13}Every man's
work
will
be
made
clear
in
that
day,
because
it
will
be
tested
by
fire;
and
the
fire
itself
will make
clear
the
quality
of
every man's
work.
\VS{14}If
any man's
work comes through
the test,
he
will
have
a
reward.
\VS{15}If
the
fire puts
an end
to
any man's
work,
it
will
be
his
loss:
but
he
will
get
salvation
himself,
though
as
by
fire.
\VS{16}Do
you
not
see
that
you
are God's holy house,
and
that
the
Spirit
of
God
has
his
place
in
you?
\VS{17}If
anyone makes
the house
of
God unclean,
God
will put
an
end
to him;
for
the house
of
God
is
holy,
and
you
are
his house.
\VS{18}Let
no
man
have
a false idea.
If
any
man
seems
to
himself
to
be
wise
among
you,
let
him
become
foolish,
so
that
he
may
be
wise.
\VS{19}For
the
wisdom
of
this
world
is foolish
before
God.
As
it
is said
in
the holy Writings,
He
who takes
the
wise
in
their secret designs:
\VS{20}And
again,
The
Lord
has knowledge
of
the
reasonings
of
the
wise,
that
they
are nothing.
\VS{21}So
let
no
one
take
pride
in
men.
For
all
things
are
yours;
\VS{22}Paul,
or
Apollos,
or
Cephas,
or
the
world,
or
life,
or
death,
or
things
present,
or
things
to
come;
all
are
yours;
\VS{23}And
you
are Christ's;
and
Christ
is God's.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Let us
be judged
as
servants
of
Christ,
and
as
those
who
are responsible
for
the secret things
of
God.
\VS{2}And
it
is right
for
such servants
to
be
safe persons.
\VS{3}But
it
is
a
small
thing
to
me
that
I
am judged
by
you
or
by man's judging;
I
am
not
even
a
judge
of
myself.
\VS{4}For
I
am
not conscious
of
any wrong
in
myself;
but
this
does
not
make
me clear,
for
it
is
the
Lord
who
is
my
judge.
\VS{5}For
this reason
let
there
be
no
judging
before
the
time, till
the
Lord
comes,
who
will
make
clear
the
secret
things
of
the dark,
and
the designs
of
the
heart;
and
then
will
every
man
have
his
praise
from
God.
\VS{6}My
brothers,
it
is
because
of
you
that
I
have taken
Apollos
and
myself
as examples
of
these
things,
so
that
in
us
you
might see
that
it
is
not wise
to go farther
than
what
is
in
the holy Writings,
so
that
no
one
of
you
may
be lifted
up
against
his
brother.
\VS{7}For
who
made
you better
than
your brother?
or
what
have
you
that
has
not
been given
to
you?
but
if
it
has
been given
to
you,
what cause
have
you
for
pride,
as
if
it
had
not
been given
to
you?
\VS{8}For
even
now
you
are full,
even
now
you
have wealth,
you
have
been made
kings
without us: truly,
I
would
be glad
if
you
were
kings,
so
that
we
might
be
kings
with
you.
\VS{9}For
it
seems
to
me
that
God
has
put
us
the
Apostles
last
of
all,
as
men whose fate
is
death:
for
we
are
put
on view
to
the
world,
and
to
angels,
and
to
men.
\VS{10}We
are made
to seem
foolish
for
Christ,
but
you
are
wise
in
Christ;
we
are feeble,
but
you
are
strong;
you
have
glory,
but
we
have shame.
\VS{11}Even
to
this
hour
we
are
without food, drink,
and clothing,
we
are given blows
and
have no certain resting-place;
\VS{12}And
with
our
hands
we
do
the hardest
work:
when
they give us curses
we give blessings,
when
we undergo punishment
we take
it quietly;
\VS{13}When evil
things
are
said
about us
we
give gentle answers:
we
are
made
as
the unclean
things
of
the
world,
as
that
for
which
no
one
has
any use,
even till
now.
\VS{14}I
am
not saying
these
things
to
put
you
to
shame,
but
so
that,
as
my
dear
children,
you
may see
what
is right.
\VS{15}For
even
if
you
had
ten
thousand teachers
in
Christ,
you
have
not
more
than
one
father:
for
in
Christ
Jesus
I
have given
birth
to
you
through
the
good
news.
\VS{16}So
my desire
is
that
you
take
me
as
your example.
\VS{17}For
this cause
I
have
sent
Timothy
to
you,
who
is
my
dear
and true
child
in
the
Lord;
he
will make clear
to
you
my
ways
in
Christ,
even
as
I
am
teaching
everywhere
in
every
church.
\VS{18}Now
some
are full
of pride,
as
if
I
was
not
coming
to
you.
\VS{19}But
I
will
come
to
you
in
a short time,
if
it
is pleasing
to
the
Lord,
and
I
will
take note,
not
of
the
word
of
those
who
are full
of pride,
but
of
the
power.
\VS{20}For
the
kingdom
of
God
is
not
in
word
but
in
power.
\VS{21}What
is
your
desire?
is
my
coming
to
be
with punishment,
or
is it
to
be
in
love
and
a gentle
spirit?

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
is
said,
in fact,
that
there
is
among
you
a sin
of
the flesh,
such
as
is
not seen
even
among
the
Gentiles,
that
one
of
you
has
his father's
wife.
\VS{2}And
in place
of feeling sorrow,
you
are pleased
with
yourselves,
so
that
he
who
has
done
this
thing
has
not
been sent
away
from
among
you.
\VS{3}For
I
myself,
being
present
in
spirit
though
not
in
body,
have come
to
a decision
about
him
who
has
done
this
thing;
\VS{4}In
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus,
when
you
have come
together
with
my
spirit,
with
the
power
of
our
Lord
Jesus,
\VS{5}That
this
man
is
to
be
handed
over
to
Satan
for
the
destruction
of
the
flesh,
so
that
his
spirit
may
have forgiveness
in
the
day
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{6}This
pride
of
yours
is
not
good.
Do
you
not
see
that
a
little
leaven
makes
a change
in
all
the mass?
\VS{7}Take away,
then,
the
old
leaven,
so
that
you
may
be
a
new mass,
even
as
you
are
without
leaven.
For
Christ
has
been put
to death
as
our
Passover.
\VS{8}Let
us
then
keep
the feast,
not
with
old
leaven,
and
not
with
the
leaven
of
evil thoughts
and acts,
but
with
the
unleavened bread
of
true thoughts
and right feelings.
\VS{9}In
my
letter
I said
to
you
that
you
were
not
to
keep company
with
those
who go
after
the desires
of
the flesh;
\VS{10}But
I
had
not
in
mind
the sinners
who
are outside
the church,
or
those
who
have
a desire
for
and take
the property
of
others,
or
those
who give worship
to images;
for
it
is
not
possible
to keep
away
from
such
people
without
going
out
of
the
world completely:
\VS{11}But
the sense
of
my
letter
was
that
if
a
brother
had
the
name
of
being
one
who went
after
the desires
of
the flesh,
or
had
the desire
for
other people's property,
or
was
in
the
way
of using violent language,
or
being
the worse
for drink,
or took
by force
what
was
not
his,
you
might
not
keep company
with
such
a
one,
or take food
with
him.
\VS{12}For it
is
no business
of
mine
to be
judging
those
who
are
outside;
but it
is
yours
to be
judging
those
who
are
among
you;
\VS{13}As
for
those
who
are
outside,
God
is
their
judge.
So put
away
the
evil
man
from
among
you.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}How
is
it,
that
if
any
one
of
you
has
a cause
at
law
against
another,
he takes
it
before
a Gentile
judge
and
not
before
the
saints?
\VS{2}Is
it
not certain
that
the
saints
will
be
the
judges
of
the
world?
if
then
the
world
will
be
judged
by
you,
are
you unable
to give
a decision
about
the
smallest
things?
\VS{3}Is it
not certain
that
we
are
to
be
the
judges
of
angels?
how
much
more
then
of
the
things
of
this
life?
\VS{4}If
then
there
are questions
to
be judged
in connection
with
the
things
of
this
life, why
do
you put
them
in
the hands
of
those
who
have
no position
in
the
church?
\VS{5}I
say
this
to put
you
to
shame.
Is
there
not
among
you
one
wise
man
who
may
be
able
to
give
a decision
between
his
brothers?
\VS{6}But
a
brother
who
has
a cause
at
law
against another takes
it
before Gentile
judges.
\VS{7}More than
this,
it
is
not
to
your credit
to
have causes
at law
with
one
another
at
all.
Why
not put up
with
wrong?
why
not undergo loss?
\VS{8}So far
from
doing
this,
you
yourselves
do
wrong
and take
your brothers' property.
\VS{9}Have
you
not knowledge
that evil-doers
will
have
no part
in
the
kingdom
of
God?
Have
no false ideas
about
this:
no
one
who goes
after
the desires
of
the flesh,
or gives worship
to images,
or
is untrue
when married,
or
is
less
than
a
man,
or makes
a wrong use
of
men,
\VS{10}Or
is
a
thief,
or
the worse
for drink,
or makes use
of strong language,
or takes by force what
is
not
his,
will
have
any part
in
the
kingdom
of
God.
\VS{11}And
such
were
some
of
you;
but
you
have
been
washed,
you
have
been made
holy,
you
have
been given righteousness
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
in
the
Spirit
of
our
God.
\VS{12}I
am free
to
do
all
things;
but
not
all
things
are wise.
I
am free
to
do
all
things;
but
I
will
not let
myself come
under
the
power
of
any.
\VS{13}Food
is
for
the
stomach
and
the
stomach
for
food,
and
God
will put
an
end
to
them
together.
But
the
body
is
not
for
the desires
of
the flesh,
but
for
the
Lord;
and
the
Lord
for
the
body:
\VS{14}And
God
who made
the
Lord
Jesus come back
from
the dead
will
do
the
same
for
us
by
his
power.
\VS{15}Do
you
not
see
that
your
bodies
are
part
of
the
body
of
Christ?
how
then
may
I
take
what
is
a
part
of
the
body
of
Christ
and
make
it
a
part
of
the
body
of
a loose woman? such
a thing
may
not
be.
\VS{16}Or
do
you
not
see
that
he
who
is
joined
to
a loose woman
is
one
body
with
her?
for God
has
said,
The
two
of
them
will become
one
flesh.
\VS{17}But
he
who
is united
to
the
Lord
is
one
spirit.
\VS{18}Keep
away
from
the desires
of
the flesh.
Every
sin
which
a
man
does
is
outside
of
the
body;
but
he
who goes
after
the desires
of
the flesh
does evil
to
his
body.
\VS{19}Or
are
you
not conscious
that
your
body
is
a house
for
the
Holy
Spirit
which
is
in
you,
and
which
has
been given
to
you
by
God?
and
you
are
not
the owners
of
yourselves;
\VS{20}For
a payment
has been made
for
you: let
God
be honoured
in
your
body.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now,
as
to
the
things
in
your
letter
to me:
It
is
good
for
a
man
to
have
nothing
to
do
with
a
woman.
\VS{2}But
because
of
the desires
of
the flesh, let
every
man
have
his
wife,
and
every
woman
her
husband.
\VS{3}Let
the
husband
give
to
the
wife
what
is right;
and let
the
wife
do
the
same
to
the
husband.
\VS{4}The
wife
has
not power
over
her
body,
but
the
husband;
and
in
the
same
way
the
husband
has
not power
over
his
body,
but
the
wife.
\VS{5}Do
not
keep
back
from
one
another
what
is
right,
but
only
for
a short
time,
and
by
agreement,
so
that
you
may give
yourselves
to
prayer,
and
come
together
again;
so
that
Satan
may
not get
the better
of
you
through
your loss
of
self-control.
\VS{6}But
this
I
say
as
my opinion,
and
not
as
an order
of
the Lord.
\VS{7}It
is
my
desire
that
all
men
might
be
even
as
I
am.
But
every
man
has
the power
of
his special
way
of life given
him
by
God,
one
in
this
way
and
one
in
that.
\VS{8}But
I
say
to
the
unmarried
and
to
the
widows,
It
is
good
for
them
to
be
even
as
I
am.
\VS{9}But
if
they
have
not
self-control
let
them
get
married;
for
married life
is
better
than
the
burning
of desire.
\VS{10}But
to
the
married
I
give
orders,
though
not
I
but
the
Lord,
that
the
wife
may
not go
away
from
her
husband
\VS{11}(Or
if
she goes
away
from
him,
let
her
keep
unmarried,
or
be united
to
her
husband
again);
and
that
the
husband
may
not
go
away
from
his
wife.
\VS{12}But
to
the
rest
I
say,
and
not
the
Lord;
If
a
brother
has
a
wife
who
is
not
a Christian,
and
it
is
her desire
to
go
on
living
with
him,
let
him
not
go
away
from
her.
\VS{13}And
if
a
woman
has
a
husband
who
is
not
a Christian,
and
it
is
his desire
to
go
on
living
with
her,
let
her
not
go
away
from
her
husband.
\VS{14}For
the
husband
who
has
not faith
is made
holy
through
his Christian
wife,
and
the
wife
who
is
not
a Christian
is made
holy
through
the
brother:
if
not,
your
children
would
be unholy,
but
now
are
they
holy.
\VS{15}But
if
the
one
who
is
not
a Christian
has
a desire
to go away,
let
it
be
so:
the
brother
or
the
sister
in
such
a position
is
not forced
to
do
one
thing
or
the
other:
but
it
is God's pleasure
that
we
may
be
at
peace
with
one another.
\VS{16}For
how
may
you
be certain, O
wife,
that
you
will not
be
the cause
of
salvation
to
your
husband?
or
you, O
husband,
that
you
may not
do
the same
for
your
wife?
\VS{17}Only,
as
the
Lord
has
given
to
a
man,
and
as
is
the purpose
of
God
for
him,
so let
him go
on
living.
And
these
are
my
orders
for
all
the
churches.
\VS{18}If
any
man
who
is
a Christian
has
had
circumcision, let
him
keep
so;
and if
any
man
who
is
a Christian
has
not
had
circumcision, let
him
make
no change.
\VS{19}Circumcision
is
nothing,
and its opposite
is
nothing,
but
only doing
the
orders
of
God
is
of value.
\VS{20}Let
every
man keep
the position
in
which
he
has been placed
by
God.
\VS{21}If
you
were
a
servant
when
you
became
a Christian,
let
it
not
be
a grief
to
you;
but
if
you
have
a chance
to
become
free,
make
use
of
it.
\VS{22}For
he
who
was
a
servant
when
he became
a Christian
is
the Lord's
free
man;
and
he
who
was
free
when
he became
a Christian
is
the Lord's
servant.
\VS{23}It
is
the Lord
who
has
made payment
for
you:
be
not
servants
of
men.
\VS{24}My
brothers,
let
every
man keep
in
that condition
which
is
the
purpose
of
God
for
him.
\VS{25}Now
about
virgins
I
have
no orders
from
the
Lord:
but
I
give
my
opinion
as
one
to
whom
the
Lord
has
given
mercy
to
be true
to
him.
\VS{26}In
my opinion
then,
because
of
the
present trouble,
it
is
good
for
a
man
to keep
as
he
is.
\VS{27}If
you
are
married
to
a
wife,
make
no attempt
to get
free
from
her: if
you
are
free
from
a
wife,
do
not
take
a
wife.
\VS{28}If
you
get
married
it
is
not
a
sin;
and
if
an
unmarried woman gets
married
it
is
not
a
sin.
But
those
who
do
so
will
have
trouble
in
the
flesh.
But
I
will
not
be hard
on
you.
\VS{29}But
I
say
this,
my
brothers,
the
time
is
short;
and
from
now
it
will
be wise
for
those
who
have
wives
to
be
as
if
they
had
them
not;
\VS{30}And
for
those
who
are
in sorrow,
to give
no signs
of
it;
and
for
those
who
are
glad,
to give
no signs
of
joy;
and
for
those
who
are getting property,
to
be
as
if
they
had
nothing;
\VS{31}And
for
those
who
make
use
of
the
world,
not
to
be
using
it fully;
for
this world's
way
of life
will quickly come
to
an
end.
\VS{32}But
it
is my
desire
for
you
to
be
free
from cares.
The
unmarried man gives
his mind
to
the
things
of
the
Lord,
how
he
may give pleasure
to
the
Lord:
\VS{33}But
the
married man gives
his attention
to
the
things
of
this
world,
how
he
may give pleasure
to
his
wife.
\VS{34}And
the
wife
is
not
the
same
as
the
virgin.
The
virgin gives
her
mind
to
the
things
of
the
Lord,
so
that
she
may
be
holy
in
body
and
in
spirit:
but
the
married
woman takes thought
for
the
things
of
the
world,
how
she
may give pleasure
to
her
husband.
\VS{35}Now
I
say
this
for
your profit;
not
to
make
things hard
for
you,
but
because
of
what
is right,
and
so
that
you
may
be able
to
give
all
your attention
to
the
things
of
the
Lord.
\VS{36}But
if,
in
any man's opinion,
he
is
not
doing
what
is
right
for
his
virgin,
if
she
is
past
her best years,
and
there
is need
for
it,
let
him
do
what seems
right
to
him;
it
is
no
sin;
let
them
be
married.
\VS{37}But
the
man
who
is strong
in
mind
and
purpose,
who
is
not forced
but
has
control
over
his
desires,
does
well
if
he
comes
to
the decision
to
keep
her
a
virgin.
\VS{38}So
then,
he
who gets married
to
his
virgin
does
well,
and
he
who
keeps
her
unmarried
does
better.
\VS{39}It
is right
for
a
wife
to
be
with
her
husband
as
long
as
he
is
living;
but
when
her
husband
is
dead,
she
is
free
to
be
married
to another;
but
only
to
a Christian.
\VS{40}But
it
will
be better
for
her
to
keep
as
she
is,
in
my
opinion:
and
it
seems
to
me
that
I
have
the
Spirit
of
God.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
about
things offered
to images:
we
all seem
to ourselves
to
have
knowledge.
Knowledge gives pride,
but
love gives true strength.
\VS{2}If
anyone
seems
to himself
to
have knowledge,
so far
he
has
not
the right sort
of knowledge
about
anything;
\VS{3}But
if
anyone
has
love
for
God,
God
has knowledge
of
him.
\VS{4}So,
then,
as
to
the question
of taking
food offered
to images,
we
are certain
that
an image
is
nothing
in
the
world,
and
that
there
is
no
God
but
one.
\VS{5}For
though
there
are
those
who
have
the name
of
gods,
in
heaven
or
on
earth,
as
there
are
a number
of
gods
and
a number
of
lords,
\VS{6}There
is
for
us
only
one
God,
the
Father,
of
whom
are
all
things,
and
we
are
for
him;
and
one
Lord,
Jesus
Christ,
through
whom
are
all
things,
and
we
have
our being
through
him.
\VS{7}Still,
all
men
have
not
that
knowledge:
but
some,
being used till
now
to
the image,
are conscious
that
they
are taking food
which
has
been offered
to
the image;
and
because
they
are
not strong
in
the faith,
their minds
are troubled.
\VS{8}But God's approval
of us
is
not based
on
the
food
we take:
if
we
do
not take
it
we
are
no
worse
for
it;
and
if
we take
it
we
are
no
better.
\VS{9}But
take
care
that
this
power
of
yours
does
not
give cause
for trouble
to
the feeble.
\VS{10}For
if
a
man
sees
you,
who
have
knowledge, taking food
as
a guest
in
the house
of
an image,
will
it
not give
him,
if
he
is feeble,
the idea
that
he
may
take food offered
to images?
\VS{11}And
so,
through
your
knowledge,
you
are
the cause
of destruction
to
your
brother,
for
whom
Christ underwent
death.
\VS{12}And
in
this
way, doing evil
to
the
brothers,
and causing trouble
to
those
whose faith
is feeble,
you
are
sinning
against
Christ.
\VS{13}For
this reason,
if
food
is
a
cause
of trouble
to
my
brother,
I
will give
up taking
meat
for
ever,
so
that
I
may
not
be
a
cause
of trouble
to
my
brother.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Am
I
not
free?
am
I
not
an
Apostle?
have
I
not
seen
Jesus
our
Lord?
are
you
not
my
work
in
the
Lord?
\VS{2}If
to
others
I
am
not
an
Apostle,
at least
I
am
one
to
you:
for
the
fact
that
you
are Christians
is
the sign
that
I
am
an
Apostle.
\VS{3}My answer
to
those
who
are judging
me
is
this.
\VS{4}Have
we
no
right
to
take
food
and
drink?
\VS{5}Have
we
no
right
to
take
about
with us
a Christian
wife,
like
the
rest
of
the
Apostles,
and
the
brothers
of
the
Lord,
and
Cephas?
\VS{6}Or
I
only
and
Barnabas,
have
we
no
right
to
take
a
rest
from
work?
\VS{7}Who
ever goes
to
war
without looking
to someone
to
be responsible
for
his payment?
who puts
in vines
and
does
not take
the
fruit
of
them?
or
who takes care
of
sheep
without drinking
of
their
milk?
\VS{8}Am
I
talking
as
a
man?
does
not
the
law
say
the
same?
\VS{9}For
it says
in
the
law
of
Moses,
It
is
not right
to
keep
the
ox
from taking
the grain
when
he
is crushing
it.
Is
it
for
the
oxen
that
God
is giving orders?
\VS{10}Or
has
he
us
in
mind?
Yes,
it
was
said
for
us;
because
it
is right
for
the ploughman
to
do
his ploughing
in
hope,
and
for
him
who
is crushing
the grain
to
do
his work hoping
for
a
part
in
the fruits
of
it.
\VS{11}If
we
have been planting
the
things
of
the Spirit for
you, does it seem
a
great thing for
you
to give us
a
part
in
your
things
of
this world?
\VS{12}If
others
have
a
part
in
this
right
over
you,
have
we
not
even
more?
But
we
did
not
make
use
of
our
right,
so
that
we
might
put
nothing
in
the
way
of
the
good
news
of
Christ.
\VS{13}Do
you
not
see
that
the servants
of
the holy
things get
their living
from
the
Temple,
and
the servants
of
the
altar
have
their part
in
the food
which
is offered
on
the
altar?
\VS{14}Even
so
did
the
Lord give
orders
that
the preachers
of
the
good
news
might
get
their
living
from
the
good
news.
\VS{15}But
I
have
not
made
use
of
any
of
these
things:
and
I
am
not
writing
this
in
the hope
that
it
may
be
so
for
me:
for
it
would
be
better
for
me
to undergo
death,
than
for
any
man
to
make
this
pride
of
mine
of
no
effect.
\VS{16}For
if
I
am
a preacher
of
the
good
news,
I
have
no cause
for
pride
in this;
because
I
am forced
to
do
so,
for
a curse
is
on
me
if
I
do
not.
\VS{17}But
if
I
do
it gladly,
I
have
a
reward;
and
if
not,
I
am
under orders
to
do
it.
\VS{18}What
then
is
my
reward?
This,
that
when
I
am giving
the
good
news,
I
may give
it
without payment,
not making
use
of
my
rights
as
a preacher
of
the
good
news.
\VS{19}For
though
I
was
free
from
all
men,
I
made
myself
a servant
to
all,
so
that
more
might
have salvation.
\VS{20}And
to
the
Jews
I
was
as
a
Jew,
so
that
I
might
give
the
good news
to
them;
to
those
under
the
law
I
was
the
same,
not
as
being
myself
under
the
law,
but
so
that
I
might
give
the
good news
to
those
under
the
law.
\VS{21}To
those
without
the
law
I
was
as
one
without
the
law,
not
as
being
without
law
to
God,
but
as
under
law
to
Christ,
so
that
I
might give
the
good news
to
those
without
the
law.
\VS{22}To
the feeble,
I
was
as
one
who
is feeble,
so
that
they
might
have
salvation:
I
have
been
all
things
to
all
men,
so
that
some
at least
might
have
salvation.
\VS{23}And
I
do
all
things
for
the
cause
of
the
good
news,
so
that
I
may
have
a
part
in
it.
\VS{24}Do
you
not
see
that
in
a
running competition
all
take part,
but
only
one
gets
the reward?
So
let
your minds
be fixed
on
the reward.
\VS{25}And
every
man
who
takes
part
in
the sports
has
self-control
in
all
things.
Now
they
do
it
to get
a
crown
which
is
of
this world,
but
we
for
an eternal
crown.
\VS{26}So
then
I
am
running,
not
uncertainly;
so
I
am fighting,
not
as
one
who gives blows
in
the
air:
\VS{27}But
I
give blows
to
my
body,
and
keep
it under control,
for
fear
that,
after having given
the good news
to
others,
I
myself
might
not
have God's approval.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
it
is
my
desire,
my
brothers,
that
you
may keep
in
mind
how
all
our
fathers
were
under
the
cloud,
and
they
all
went
through
the
sea;
\VS{2}And
they
all
had baptism
from
Moses
in
the
cloud
and
in
the
sea;
\VS{3}And
they
all took
the
same holy
food;
\VS{4}And
the
same holy
drink:
for
they
all took
of
the water
from
the holy
rock
which
came
after
them:
and
the
rock
was
Christ.
\VS{5}But
with
most
of
them
God
was
not
pleased:
for
they came
to
their end
in
the waste land.
\VS{6}Now
these
things
were
for
an example
to
us,
so
that
our hearts
might
not go
after
evil
things,
as
they
did.
\VS{7}Then
do
not go
after false gods,
as
some
of
them
did;
as
it
is
said
in
the holy Writings,
After resting
and feasting,
the
people
got
up
to
take
their pleasure.
\VS{8}Again, let us
not give
way
to
the desires
of
the flesh,
as
some
of
them
did,
of
whom
twenty-three
thousand
came
to
their end
in
one
day.
\VS{9}And let us
not
put
the
Lord
to
the
test,
as
some
of
them
did,
and came
to
their
death
by
snakes.
\VS{10}And
do
not say evil
things
against
the Lord,
as
some
of
them
did,
and destruction overtook
them.
\VS{11}Now
these
things
were done
as
an example;
and
were put
down
in
writing
for
our teaching,
on
whom
the
last days
have
come.
\VS{12}So let
him
who
seems
to himself
to
be safe go
in fear
of
a
fall.
\VS{13}You
have
been
put
to
no
test
but
such
as
is
common
to
man:
and
God
is true,
who
will
not
let
any
test come
on
you
which
you
are
not
able
to undergo;
but
he
will
make
with
the
test
a
way
out
of
it,
so
that
you
may
be
able
to go through
it.
\VS{14}For
this cause,
my
dear brothers, give no worship
to false gods.
\VS{15}What
I
am
saying
is
for
wise
men,
do
you be
the
judges
of
it.
\VS{16}The
cup
of
blessing
which
we take,
does
it
not give us
a part
in
the
blood
of
Christ?
and
is
not
the
broken
bread
a taking part
in
the
body
of
Christ?
\VS{17}Because
we,
being
a number
of
persons,
are
one
bread,
we
are
one
body:
for
we
all take part
in
the
one
bread.
\VS{18}See
Israel
after
the
flesh:
do
not
those
who
take
as food
the offerings
of
the
altar
take
a part
in
the
altar?
\VS{19}Do
I
say,
then,
that
what
is offered
to images
is
anything,
or
that
the image
is
anything?
\VS{20}What
I say
is
that
the
things offered
by
the Gentiles
are offered
to evil spirits
and
not
to
God;
and
it
is
not
my
desire
for
you
to
have
any part
with evil spirits.
\VS{21}It
is
not possible
for
you, at
the
same time,
to take
the
cup
of
the
Lord
and
the
cup
of evil spirits;
you
may
not take part
in
the
table
of
the
Lord
and
the
table
of evil spirits.
\VS{22}Or may
we
be
the cause
of envy
to
the
Lord?
are
we
stronger
than
he?
\VS{23}We
are free
to
do
all
things,
but there
are
things which
it
is
not wise
to
do.
We
are free
to
do
all
things,
but
not
all
things
are
for
the common good.
\VS{24}Let
a
man give attention
not
only
to
what
is good
for
himself,
but equally
to
his neighbour's good.
\VS{25}Whatever
meat
may
be
had
at
the public
market, take
as food
without question
of right
or wrong;
\VS{26}For
the
earth
is
the Lord's
and
all
things
in
it.
\VS{27}If
a Gentile makes
a feast
for
you,
and
you
are pleased
to
go
as
a guest, take
whatever
is put
before
you,
without question
of right
or wrong.
\VS{28}But
if
anyone
says
to
you,
This food
has
been used
as
an offering,
do
not take
it,
on
account
of
him
who
said
it,
and
on
account
of
his sense
of right
and wrong:
\VS{29}Right
and wrong,
I
say,
not
for
you,
but
for
the
other
man;
for
the
fact
that
I
am free
is
not dependent
on
another man's sense
of right
or wrong.
\VS{30}But
if
I
give praise
to God
for
the food
which
I take, let
no man
say
evil
of
me
for
that reason.
\VS{31}So
then,
if
it
is
a question
of food
or
drink,
or
any other thing,
whatever
you
do,
do
all
to
the
glory
of
God.
\VS{32}Give
no cause
of trouble
to
Jews,
or
to
Greeks,
or
to
the
church
of
God.
\VS{33}Even
as
I give
way
to
all
men
in
all
things,
not
looking
for profit
for
myself,
but
for
the good
of
others,
that
they
may
get
salvation.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
take
me
for
your example, even
as
I
take
Christ
for
mine.
\VS{2}Now
I
am pleased
to see
that
you
keep
me
in memory
in
all
things,
and
that
you give attention
to
the teaching
which
was
handed
down
from
me
to
you.
\VS{3}But
it
is important
for
you
to keep
this
fact
in mind,
that
the
head
of
every
man
is
Christ;
and
the
head
of
the
woman
is
the
man,
and
the
head
of
Christ
is
God.
\VS{4}Every
man
who takes
part
in
prayer,
or gives teaching
as
a prophet,
with
his
head
covered, puts
shame
on
his
head.
\VS{5}But
every
woman
who
does
so
with
her
head unveiled, puts
shame
on
her
head:
for
it
is
the
same
as
if
her
hair
was cut off.
\VS{6}For
if
a
woman
is
not veiled,
let
her
hair
be
cut
off;
but
if
it
is
a shame
to
a
woman
to
have
her
hair
cut
off,
let
her
be veiled.
\VS{7}For
it
is
not right
for
a
man
to
have
his
head
covered,
because
he
is
the
image
and
glory
of
God:
but
the
woman
is
the
glory
of
the
man.
\VS{8}For
the
man
did
not
come
from
the
woman,
but
the
woman
from
the
man.
\VS{9}And
the
man
was
not made
for
the
woman,
but
the
woman
for
the
man.
\VS{10}For
this
reason
it
is
right
for
the
woman
to
have
a sign
of
authority
on
her
head,
because
of
the
angels.
\VS{11}But
the
woman
is
not
separate
from
the
man,
and
the
man
is
not
separate
from
the
woman
in
the
Lord.
\VS{12}For
as
the
woman
is
from
the
man,
so
the
man
is
through
the
woman;
but
all
things
are
from
God.
\VS{13}Be
judges
yourselves
of
the question:
does
it seem right
for
a
woman
to take
part
in
prayer unveiled?
\VS{14}Does
it
not seem
natural
to
you
that
if
a
man
has
long
hair,
it
is
a cause
of
shame
to
him?
\VS{15}But
if
a
woman
has
long
hair,
it
is
a
glory
to
her:
for
her
hair
is
given
to
her
for
a
covering.
\VS{16}But
if
any
man
will
not
be ruled
in
this question,
this
is
not
our
way
of doing
things,
and
it
is
not done
in
the
churches
of
God.
\VS{17}But
in
giving
you
this
order,
there
is
one
thing
about
which
I am
not pleased:
it
is
that
when
you
come
together
it
is
not
for
the
better
but
for
the worse.
\VS{18}For
first
of
all,
it
has
come
to
my
ears
that
when
you
come
together
in
the
church,
there
are
divisions
among
you,
and
I take
the statement
to
be true
in
part.
\VS{19}For
divisions
are
necessary
among
you,
in
order
that
those
who
have God's approval
may
be clearly seen
among
you.
\VS{20}But
now,
when
you
come
together,
it
is
not possible
to take
the holy meal
of
the Lord:
\VS{21}For
when
you take
your
food,
everyone
takes
his meal
before
the
other;
and
one
has
not enough
food,
and another
is
the worse
for drink.
\VS{22}What?
have
you
not
houses
to
take
your meals
in?
or
have
you
no
respect
for
the
church
of
God, putting
the poor
to
shame?
What
am
I
to
say
to
you?
am
I
to
give
you
praise?
certainly
not.
\VS{23}For
it
was
handed
down
to
me
from
the
Lord,
as
I
gave
it
to
you,
that
the
Lord
Jesus,
on
the
night
when
Judas
was false
to
him,
took
bread,
\VS{24}And
when
it
had
been
broken
with
an
act
of praise,
he
said,
This
is
my
body
which
is
for
you:
do
this
in memory
of
me.
\VS{25}In
the
same
way,
with
the
cup,
after
the meal,
he
said,
This
cup
is
the
new testament
in
my
blood:
do
this,
whenever
you take
it,
in memory
of
me.
\VS{26}For
whenever
you take
the
bread
and
the
cup
you
give witness
to
the Lord's
death till
he
comes.
\VS{27}If,
then,
anyone takes
the
bread
or
the
cup
of
the
Lord
in
the wrong spirit,
he
will
be responsible
for
the
body
and
blood
of
the
Lord.
\VS{28}But
let no
man take
of
the
bread
and
the
cup
without testing
himself.
\VS{29}For
a
man puts
himself
in danger,
if
he takes part
in
the holy meal
without being conscious
that
it
is
the Lord's
body.
\VS{30}For
this cause
a
number
of
you
are feeble
and ill,
and
a
number
are
dead.
\VS{31}But
if
we
were true
judges of
ourselves, punishment
would
not come
on us.
\VS{32}But
if punishment
does come,
it
is sent
by
the
Lord,
so
that
we
may
be safe
when
the
world
is
judged.
\VS{33}So
then, my
brothers,
when
you
come
together
to
the holy meal
of
the Lord, let there be
waiting
for
one
another.
\VS{34}If
any
man
is
in need
of food,
let
him take
his meal
in
his
house;
so
that
you
may
not
come
together
to
your damage.
And
the
rest
I
will put
in
order
when
I
come.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
about
the
things
of
the spirit, my
brothers,
it
is
not right
for
you
to
be
without teaching.
\VS{2}You
are conscious
that
when
you
were
Gentiles,
in
whatever
way
you
were guided,
you went
after images
without voice
or power.
\VS{3}So
it
is
my desire
for
you
to
be clear
about
this;
that
no
one
is
able
to
say
by
the
Spirit
of
God
that
Jesus
is cursed;
and
no
one
is
able
to
say
that
Jesus
is
Lord,
but
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{4}Now
there
are
different qualities given
to
men,
but
the
same
Spirit.
\VS{5}And
there
are
different sorts
of servants,
but
the
same
Lord.
\VS{6}And
there
are
different operations,
but
the
same
God,
who
is
working
all
things
in
all.
\VS{7}But
to
every
man
some form
of
the Spirit's working
is
given
for
the common good.
\VS{8}For
to
one
are
given
words
of
wisdom
through
the
Spirit;
and
to
another
words
of
knowledge
through
the
same
Spirit:
\VS{9}To
another
faith
in
the
same
Spirit;
and
to
another
the power
of taking away disease,
by
the
one
Spirit;
\VS{10}And
to
another
the
power
of working wonders;
and
to
another
the prophet's word;
and
to
another
the
power
of testing
spirits;
to
another
different sorts
of
tongues;
and
to
another
the
power
of making clear
the sense
of
the
tongues:
\VS{11}But
all
these
are
the operations
of
the
one
and
the
same
Spirit, giving
to
every
man separately
as
his pleasure
is.
\VS{12}For
as
the
body
is
one,
and
has
a number
of
parts,
and
all
the
parts make
one
body,
so
is
Christ.
\VS{13}For
through
the baptism
of
the
one
Spirit
we
were
all formed
into
one
body,
Jews
or
Greeks,
servants
or
free
men,
and
were
all
made
full
of
the
same
Spirit.
\VS{14}For
the
body
is
not
one
part,
but
a
number
of
parts.
\VS{15}If
the
foot
says,
Because
I
am
not
the
hand,
I
am
not
a part
of
the
body;
it
is
no
less
a part
of
the
body.
\VS{16}And
if
the
ear
says,
Because
I
am
not
the
eye,
I
am
not
a part
of
the
body;
it
is
a part
of
the
body
all
the
same.
\VS{17}If
all
the
body
was an
eye,
where would
be
the
hearing?
if
all
was
hearing,
where would
be
the smelling?
\VS{18}But
now
God
has
put
every
one
of
the
parts
in
the
body
as
it
was pleasing
to
him.
\VS{19}And
if
they
were
all
one
part,
where would
the
body
be?
\VS{20}But
now
they
are
all different
parts,
but
one
body.
\VS{21}And
the
eye
may
not
say
to
the
hand,
I
have
no
need
of
you:
or
again
the
head
to
the
feet,
I
have
no
need
of
you.
\VS{22}No,
those
parts
which
seem
to
be feeble
are
the
more
necessary;
\VS{23}And
to
those parts
of
the
body
which
seem
to
have
less honour
we give
all
the
more honour;
and
to
those parts
of
the
body
which
are
a cause
of shame
to us
we give
the
greater
respect;
\VS{24}But
those parts
of
the
body
which
are beautiful
have
no
need
of such care:
and
so
the
body
has
been joined together
by
God
in such
a way
as
to
give
more honour
to
those parts
which
had
need
of
it;
\VS{25}So
that
there might
be
no
division
in
the
body;
but
all
the
parts might
have
the
same
care
for
one
another.
\VS{26}And
if there
is pain
in
one
part
of
the body,
all
the
parts
will
be feeling
it;
or
if
one
part
is honoured,
all
the
parts
will
be glad.
\VS{27}Now
you
are
the
body
of
Christ,
and every one
of
you
the separate
parts
of
it.
\VS{28}And
God
has
put
some
in
the
church,
first,
Apostles;
second,
prophets;
third,
teachers;
then
those
with wonder-working
powers,
then
those
with
the
power
of taking
away disease, helpers, wise guides, users
of strange
tongues.
\VS{29}Are
all
Apostles?
are
all
prophets?
are
all
teachers?
have
all
the
power
of working wonders?
\VS{30}Are
all
able
to
take away disease?
have
all
the power
of
tongues?
are
all
able
to give
their sense?
\VS{31}But let
your desires
be turned
to
the
more
important
things given
by
the Spirit.
And
now
I
am pointing out
to
you
an
even better
way.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}If
I
make
use
of
the
tongues
of
men
and
of
angels,
and
have
not
love,
I
am like sounding brass,
or
a loud-tongued bell.
\VS{2}And
if
I
have
a prophet's power,
and
have
knowledge
of
all secret
things;
and
if
I
have
all
faith,
by
which
mountains
may
be moved
from
their place,
but
have
not
love,
I
am
nothing.
\VS{3}And
if
I
give
all
my goods
to
the poor,
and
if
I
give
my
body
to
be
burned,
but
have
not
love,
it
is
of
no
profit
to
me.
\VS{4}Love
is
never tired
of waiting;
love
is
kind;
love has
no
envy;
love has
no high opinion
of itself,
love has
no pride;
\VS{5}Love's ways
are ever fair,
it takes
no thought
for
itself;
it
is
not quickly
made angry,
it takes
no
account
of
evil;
\VS{6}It takes
no pleasure
in wrongdoing,
but has
joy
in
what
is
true;
\VS{7}Love
has
the power
of undergoing
all
things, having
faith
in
all
things,
hoping
all
things.
\VS{8}Though
the prophet's word
may come
to
an
end,
tongues come
to
nothing,
and
knowledge
have no more value,
love has no
end.
\VS{9}For
our knowledge
is
only
in
part,
and
the prophet's word gives
only
a
part
of
what
is true:
\VS{10}But
when
that
which
is
complete
is
come,
then
that
which
is
in
part
will be no longer necessary.
\VS{11}When
I
was
a
child,
I
made
use
of
a child's language,
I
had
a child's feelings
and
a child's thoughts:
now
that
I
am
a
man,
I
have
put
away
the
things
of
a
child.
\VS{12}For
now
we
see
things
in
a glass, darkly;
but
then
face
to
face:
now
my knowledge
is
in
part;
then
it
will
be complete,
even
as God's knowledge
of
me.
\VS{13}But
now
we still
have
faith,
hope,
love,
these
three;
and
the
greatest
of
these
is
love.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Go
after
love;
still desiring
to
have
the
things
which
the Spirit gives,
but
most
of
all
that you
may
have
the prophet's power.
\VS{2}For
he
who makes use
of
tongues
is
not
talking
to
men
but
to
God;
because
no
one
has
the sense
of
what
he
is
saying;
but
in
the
Spirit
he
is
talking
of secret
things.
\VS{3}But
the word
of
the prophet gives
men knowledge
and
comfort
and strength.
\VS{4}He
who makes use
of
tongues
may do good
to
himself;
but
he
who gives
the prophet's word
does good
to
the
church.
\VS{5}Now
though
it
is
my
desire
for
you
all
to
have
the power
of
tongues,
it
would give
me
more pleasure
to
be hearing
the prophet's word
from
you;
for
this
is
a
greater thing
than using
tongues,
if
the sense
is
not given
at
the same
time,
for
the good
of
the
church.
\VS{6}But,
now,
my
brothers,
if
I
come
to
you using
tongues,
what
profit
will
it
be
to
you,
if
I
do
not
give
you
a
revelation,
or
knowledge,
or
the word
of
the prophet,
or
teaching?
\VS{7}Even
things
without life,
having
a
voice, such as
a music-pipe
or
other instrument,
if
they
do
not
give
out different
sounds,
who
may
be certain
what
is being
played?
\VS{8}For
if
the war-horn
gives
out
an uncertain note,
who
will get ready
for
the fight?
\VS{9}So
if
you,
in using
a strange
tongue,
say
words
which
have
no sense,
how
will
anyone
take
in
what
you
are
saying?
for
you
will
be
talking
to
the
air.
\VS{10}There
are,
it
may
be,
a number
of different
voices
in
the
world,
and
no
voice
is
without sense.
\VS{11}But
if
the sense
of
the
voice
is
not clear
to
me,
I
am like
a
man
from
a strange country
to
him
who
is
talking,
and
he
will
be
the
same
to
me.
\VS{12}So
if
you
are desiring
the
things
which
the
Spirit gives,
let
your minds
be turned first
to
the
things
which
are
for
the
good
of
the
church.
\VS{13}For
this
reason,
let
the man
who has
the power
of using
tongues
make request
that
he
may,
at
the same time, be able
to give
the sense.
\VS{14}For
if
I
make use
of
tongues
in my
prayers, my
spirit makes
the
prayer,
but
not my
mind.
\VS{15}What
then?
let
my
prayer
be
from
the
spirit,
and equally
from
the
mind;
let
my song
be
from
the
spirit,
and equally
from
mind.
\VS{16}For
if
you
give
a
blessing
with
the
spirit,
how
will
the
man
who
has
no knowledge
say, So
be
it,
after
your prayer,
seeing
that
he
has
not taken
in
what
you
are
saying?
\VS{17}For
your
giving
of
the blessing
is
certainly
well done,
but
of
no profit
to
the
man
without knowledge.
\VS{18}I
give praise
to
God
that
I am able
to make use
of
tongues
more than
you
all:
\VS{19}But
in
the
church
it
would
be better
for
me
to make use
of
five
words
of
which
the sense
was clear,
so
that
others
might
have profit,
than
ten
thousand
words
in
a strange
tongue.
\VS{20}My
brothers,
do
not
be
children
in mind:
in
evil
be
as little
children,
but
in mind
be
of full growth.
\VS{21}In
the
law
it
is
said,
By
men
of
other
tongues
and
by
strange
lips
will
my
words come
to
this
people;
and
not
even
so
will
they
give ear
to
me,
says
the
Lord.
\VS{22}For
this reason
tongues
are
for
a
sign,
not
to
those
who
have
faith,
but
to
those
who
have
not:
but
the prophet's word
is
for
those
who
have
faith,
and
not
for
the
rest
who
have
not.
\VS{23}If,
then,
the
church
has
come
together,
and
all
are
using
tongues,
and
there
come
in
men
without knowledge
or
faith,
will
they
not
say
that
you
are unbalanced?
\VS{24}But
if
all
are teaching
as prophets,
and
a
man without faith
or knowledge
comes
in,
he
is tested
by
all,
he
is judged
by
all;
\VS{25}The
secrets
of
his
heart
are
made clear;
and
he
will go
down
on
his
face
and
give
worship
to
God,
saying
that
God
is
truly
among
you.
\VS{26}What
is
it
then,
my
brothers?
when
you
come
together
everyone
has
a holy song, or
a
revelation, or
a
tongue, or
is giving
the sense
of
it.
Let
everything
be
done
for
the common
good.
\VS{27}If
any
man makes use
of
a
tongue,
let
it
not
be
more
than
two,
or
at
the
most
three,
and
in
turn;
and
let
someone give
the sense:
\VS{28}But
if
there
is
no
one
to give
the sense,
let
him
keep
quiet
in
the
church;
and
let
his
words
be
to
himself
and
to
God.
\VS{29}And
let
the
prophets give
their
words,
but
not
more
than
two
or
three,
and
let
the
others
be judges
of
what
they
say.
\VS{30}But
if
a
revelation
is given
to
another
who
is
seated near, let
the
first
be
quiet.
\VS{31}For
you
may
all
be prophets
in turn
so
that
all
may get knowledge
and
comfort;
\VS{32}And
the
spirits
of
the
prophets
are controlled
by
the
prophets;
\VS{33}For
God
is
not
a
God whose ways
are
without order,
but
a
God
of
peace;
as
in
all
the
churches
of
the
saints.
\VS{34}Let
women
keep
quiet
in
the
churches:
for
it
is
not right
for
them
to
be
talking;
but
let
them
be
under
control,
as
it
says
in
the
law.
\VS{35}And
if
they
have
a
desire
for knowledge
about
anything,
let
them put
questions
to
their
husbands
privately:
for
talking
in
the
church puts shame
on
a
woman.
\VS{36}What?
was
it
from
you
that
the
word
of
God
went
out?
or
did
it
only
come
in
to
you?
\VS{37}If
any
man
seems
to himself
to
be
a
prophet
or
to
have
the Spirit,
let
him
take
note
of
the
things
which
I
am
writing
to
you,
as
being
the word
of
the
Lord.
\VS{38}But
if
any
man
is without
knowledge, let him
be
so.
\VS{39}So
then,
my
brothers, let
it
be
your chief
desire
to
be prophets;
but let
no
one
be stopped
from using
tongues.
\VS{40}Let
all
things
be
done
in
the right
and ordered
way.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
I
am going
to
make clear
to
you,
my
brothers,
what
the
good
news
was
which
I gave
to
you,
and
which
you
took,
and
on
which
your
faith
is based,
\VS{2}By
which
you
have
salvation;
that
is
to
say,
the form
in
which
it
was
given
to
you,
if
it
is fixed
in
your minds,
and
if
your
faith
in
it
is
not
without effect.
\VS{3}For
I
gave
to
you
first
of
all
what
was
handed
down
to
me,
how
Christ underwent
death
for
our
sins,
as
it says
in
the Writings;
\VS{4}And
he
was put
in
the place
of
the dead;
and
on
the
third
day
he came back
from
the dead,
as
it says
in
the Writings;
\VS{5}And
he
was
seen
by
Cephas;
then
by
the
twelve;
\VS{6}Then
by
more
than
five
hundred
brothers
at
the
same
time,
most
of
whom
are
still
living,
but
some
are
sleeping;
\VS{7}Then
he
was
seen
by
James;
then
by
all
the
Apostles.
\VS{8}And
last
of
all,
as
by
one whose birth
was out
of
the right time,
he
was
seen
by
me.
\VS{9}For
I
am
the
least
of
the
Apostles, having
no right
to
be
named
an
Apostle,
because
of
my cruel attacks
on
the
church
of
God.
\VS{10}But
by
the
grace
of
God,
I
am
what
I
am:
and
his
grace
which
was given
to
me
has
not
been
for
nothing;
for
I
did
more
work
than
all
of
them;
though
not
I,
but
the
grace
of
God
which
was
with
me.
\VS{11}If
then
it
is
I
who
am
the
preacher,
or
they,
this
is
our word,
and
to
this
you
have given
your
faith.
\VS{12}Now
if
the
good news
says
that
Christ
came back
from
the
dead,
how
do
some
of
you
say
that
there
is
no coming back
from
the
dead?
\VS{13}But
if
there
is
no coming back
from
the
dead,
then
Christ
has
not
come back
from
the
dead:
\VS{14}And
if
Christ did
not come
again
from
the dead,
then
our good news
and
your
faith
in
it
are
of
no effect.
\VS{15}Yes,
and
we
are seen
to
be false
witnesses
of
God;
because
we gave
witness
of
God
that
by
his power
Christ came
again
from
the
dead:
which
is
not true
if
there
is
no coming back
from
the
dead.
\VS{16}For
if it
is
not possible
for
the
dead
to come
to life
again,
then
Christ
has
not come
to life
again:
\VS{17}And
if
that
is
so,
your
faith
is
of
no effect;
you
are
still
in
your
sins.
\VS{18}And,
in addition,
the
dead
in
Christ
have gone
to destruction.
\VS{19}If
in
this
life
only
we
have
hope
in
Christ,
we
are
of
all
men
most unhappy.
\VS{20}But
now
Christ
has truly
come back
from
the
dead,
the first-fruits
of
those
who
are
sleeping.
\VS{21}For
as
by
man
came
death,
so
by
man
there
is
a coming back
from
the
dead.
\VS{22}For
as
in
Adam
death
comes
to
all,
so
in
Christ
will
all
come back
to
life.
\VS{23}But
every
man
in
his right
order:
Christ
the first-fruits;
then
those
who
are Christ's
at
his
coming.
\VS{24}Then
comes
the
end,
when
he
will give
up
the
kingdom
to
God,
even
the
Father;
when
he
will
have
put
an
end
to
all
rule
and
to
all
authority
and
power.
\VS{25}For
his rule
will go
on till
he
has
put
all
those
who
are
against
him
under
his
feet.
\VS{26}The
last power
to come
to an
end
is
death.
\VS{27}For,
as
it
says,
He
has
put
all
things
under
his
feet.
But
when
he
says,
All
things
are
put
under
him,
it
is clear
that
it
is not
said
about
him
who
put
all
things
under
him.
\VS{28}And
when
all
things
have
been
put
under
him,
then
will
the
Son
himself
be
under
him
who
put
all
things
under
him,
so
that
God
may
be
all
in
all.
\VS{29}Again,
what
will
they
do
who
are given baptism
for
the
dead?
if
the
dead
do
not come back
at
all,
why
are
people given baptism
for
them?
\VS{30}And
why
are
we
in
danger
every
hour?
\VS{31}Yes,
truly,
by
your
pride
in
me,
my
brothers
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord,
my life
is
one
long
death.
\VS{32}If,
after
the
way
of
men,
I
was fighting
with
beasts
at
Ephesus,
what
profit
is
it
to
me?
If
the
dead
do
not come
to life
again, let
us take
our pleasure
in feasting,
for
tomorrow
we come
to
an end.
\VS{33}Do
not
be tricked by false words:
evil
company does damage
to
good behaviour.
\VS{34}Be awake
to righteousness
and
keep
yourselves
from
sin;
for
some
have
no
knowledge
of
God:
I
say
this
to put
you
to
shame.
\VS{35}But
someone
will
say,
How
do
the
dead
come back?
and
with
what sort
of
body
do
they
come?
\VS{36}Foolish
man,
it
is necessary
for
the seed
which
you
put into
the earth
to undergo
death
in order
that
it may
come
to
life again:
\VS{37}And
when
you
put
it
into
the earth,
you
do
not
put
in
the
body
which
it
will
be,
but
only
the
seed,
of
grain
or
some
other sort
of plant;
\VS{38}But
God
gives
it
a
body,
as
it
is pleasing
to
him,
and
to
every
seed
its special
body.
\VS{39}All
flesh
is
not
the
same
flesh:
but
there
is
one
flesh
of
men,
another
of
beasts,
another
of
birds,
and
another
of fishes.
\VS{40}And
there
are
bodies
of
heaven
and
bodies
of
earth,
but
the
glory
of
the
one
is
different
from
that
of
the
other.
\VS{41}There
is
one
glory
of
the
sun,
and
another
glory
of
the
moon,
and
another
glory
of
the
stars;
for
the
glory
of
one
star
is
different
from
that
of
another.
\VS{42}So
is
it
with
the coming back
from
the
dead.
It
is planted
in
death;
it
comes
again
in life:
\VS{43}It
is planted
in
shame; it
comes
again
in
glory: feeble
when it
is planted, it
comes
again
in
power:
\VS{44}It
is planted
a
natural
body;
it
comes
again
as
a
body
of
the spirit.
If
there
is
a
natural
body,
there
is equally
a
body
of
the spirit.
\VS{45}And
so
it
is
said,
The
first
man
Adam
was
a
living
soul.
The
last
Adam
is
a
life-giving
spirit.
\VS{46}But
that
which
is
natural comes
before
that
which
is
of
the spirit.
\VS{47}The
first
man
is
from
the
earth,
and
of
the
earth:
the
second
man
is
from
heaven.
\VS{48}Those
who
are
of
the earth
are
like
the
man
who
was
from
the earth:
and
those
who
are
of
heaven
are
like
the
one
from
heaven.
\VS{49}And
in
the
same way
as
we
have taken
on us
the
image
of
the man
from
the earth,
so
we
will take
on us
the
image
of
the
one
from
heaven.
\VS{50}Now
I
say
this,
my
brothers,
that
it
is
not possible
for
flesh
and
blood
to
have
a part
in
the
kingdom
of
God;
and
death
may
not
have
a part
in
life.
\VS{51}See,
I am giving
you
the revelation
of
a secret:
we
will
not
all come
to
the
sleep
of death,
but
we
will
all
be
changed.
\VS{52}In
a second,
in
the shutting
of
an
eye,
at
the
sound
of
the
last horn:
for
at
that
sound
the
dead
will come
again, free
for ever
from
the power
of
death,
and
we
will
be
changed.
\VS{53}For
this body
which
comes
to destruction
will
be made free
from
the power
of death,
and
the
man
who
is under
the power
of death
will
put
on eternal life.
\VS{54}But
when
this
has
taken
place,
then
that
which
was
said
in
the Writings
will
come true,
Death
is overcome
by life.
\VS{55}O
death,
where
is
your power? O
death,
where
are
your pains?
\VS{56}The pain
of
death
is
sin;
and
the
power
of
sin
is
the
law:
\VS{57}But praise
be
to
God
who
gives
us strength
to overcome
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{58}For
this
cause,
my
dear
brothers,
be strong
in
purpose
and unmoved, ever giving
yourselves
to
the
work
of
the
Lord,
because
you
are certain
that
your
work
is
not
without
effect
in
the
Lord.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
about
the
giving
of money
for
the
saints,
as
I
gave
orders
to
the
churches
of
Galatia,
so
do
you.
\VS{2}On
the
first
day
of
the
week,
let
every
one
of
you
put
by
him
in
store,
in measure
as
he
has
done well
in business,
so
that
it
may
not
be necessary
to
get money
together
when
I
come.
\VS{3}And
when
I
come,
I
will
send
the
men
of
your selection
with
letters
to take
the money
you
have got together
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{4}And
if
it
is possible
for
me
to
go
there,
they
will
go
with
me.
\VS{5}But
I
will
come
to
you
after
I have
gone
through
Macedonia,
for
that
is my purpose;
\VS{6}But
I
may
be
with
you
for
a time,
or
even
for
the
winter,
so
that
you
may see
me
on
my
way,
wherever
I
go.
\VS{7}For
it
is
not
my
desire
to
see
you
now,
on
my
way;
because
it
is
my
hope
to
be
with
you
for
some
time,
if
that
is
the Lord's pleasure.
\VS{8}But
I will
be
at
Ephesus till
Pentecost;
\VS{9}For
a
great
and
important
door
there
is
open
to
me,
and
there
are
a
number
of
people against
me.
\VS{10}Now
if
Timothy
comes,
see
that
he
is
with
you
without
fear;
because
he
is
doing
the Lord's
work,
even
as
I
am:
\VS{11}See
then
that
he
has
the honour
which
is right.
But
send
him
on
his
way
in
peace,
so
that
he
may
come
to
me:
for
I
am
looking
for
him
with
the
brothers.
\VS{12}But
as
for
Apollos,
the
brother,
I
had
a
great
desire
for
him
to
come
to
you
with
the
brothers,
but
it
was
not
his pleasure
to
come
now;
but
he
will
come
when
he
has
a chance.
\VS{13}Be
on
the
watch, unmoved
in
the
faith,
and
be
strong
like
men.
\VS{14}Let
all
you
do
be
done
in
love.
\VS{15}Now
I make
my request
to
you,
my
brothers,
for
you
have knowledge
that
the
house
of
Stephanas
is
the first-fruits
of
Achaia,
and
that
they
have made
themselves
the servants
of
the
saints,
\VS{16}That
you
put
yourselves
under
such,
and
under
everyone
who
is helping
the Lord's
work.
\VS{17}And
I
am
glad
of
the
coming
of
Stephanas
and
Fortunatus
and
Achaicus:
for
they
have done
what
was needed
to make
your work
complete.
\VS{18}For
they gave comfort
to
my
spirit
and
to
yours:
for
which cause
give respect
to
such
people.
\VS{19}The
churches
of
Asia
send
their love
to
you.
So
do
Aquila
and
Prisca,
with
the
church
which
is
in
their
house.
\VS{20}All
the
brothers
send
their love
to
you.
Give
one
another
a
holy
kiss.
\VS{21}I,
Paul, send you
these words
of love
in
my writing.
\VS{22}If
any
man
has
not
love for
the
Lord,
let him
be cursed. Maran atha (our
Lord
comes).
\VS{23}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
\VS{24}My
love
be
with
you
all
in
Christ
Jesus.
So
be it.
\par }