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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Introduction
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}To
the church
of
God
in Corinth,
to
those
who
have
been
consecrated
by
union
with
Christ
Jesus
and
called
to
become
his
people,
and
also
to
all,
wherever
they
may
be,
who
invoke
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ –
their
Master
and
ours,
\VS{2}from
Paul,
who
has
been
called
to
be
an apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
by
the
will
of
God,
and
from Sosthenes,
our
fellow follower
of
the
Lord.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}May
God,
our
Father,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
bless
you
and
give
you
peace.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{4}I
always
thank
God
for
you.
I
thank
him
for
the
blessing
bestowed
on
you
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{5}For
through
union
with
him
you
were
enriched
in
every
way –
in
your
power
to
preach,
and
in
your
knowledge
of
the
truth;
\VS{6}and
so
became
yourselves
a confirmation
of
my
testimony
to
the
Christ.
\VS{7}There
is
no
gift
in
which
you
are
deficient,
while
waiting
for
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
to
be
revealed.
\VS{8}And
God
himself
will
strengthen
you
to
the
end,
so
that
at
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
you
may
be
found
blameless.
\VS{9}God
will
not
fail
you,
and
it
is
he
who
called
you
into
communion
with
his
Son,
Jesus
Christ,
our
Lord.
\par }{\SH The
State
of
the Church
at Corinth
\par }{\PP \VS{10}But
I
appeal
to
you,
my
friends,
by
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
to
agree
in
what
you
profess,
and
not
to
allow
divisions
to
exist
among
you,
but
to
be
united –
of
one
mind
and
of
one
opinion.
\VS{11}For
I
have
been
informed,
my
friends,
by
the
members
of
Chloe’s
household,
that
party feeling
exists
among
you.
\VS{12}I
mean
this:
that
every
one
of
you
says
either “I
follow
Paul,”
or “I Apollos,”
or “I
Cephas,”
or “I
Christ.”
\VS{13}You
have
torn
the
Christ
in
pieces!
Was
it
Paul
who
was
crucified
for
you?
Or
were
you baptized
in
the
name
of
Paul?
\VS{14}I
am
thankful
that
I
did
not baptize
any
of
you
except
Crispus
and
Gaius,
\VS{15}so
that
no
one
can
say
that
you
were baptized
in
my
name.
\VS{16}I baptized
also
the
household
of
Stephanas.
I
do
not
know
that
I baptized
anyone
else.
\VS{17}My
mission
from
Christ
was
not
to baptize,
but
to
tell
the
good
news;
not,
however,
in
the
language
of philosophy,
in
case
the
cross
of
the
Christ
should
be
robbed
of
its
meaning.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{18}The
message
of
the
cross
is
indeed
mere
folly
to
those
who
are
on
the
path
to
ruin,
but
to
us
who
are
on
the
path
of
salvation
it
is
the
power
of
God.
\VS{19}For
scripture
says –
\par }{\Q “I
will
bring
the philosophy
of
the philosophers
to
naught,
and
the
shrewdness
of
the
shrewd
I
will
bring
to
nothing.”
\par }{\MM \VS{20}Where
is
the philosopher?
Where
the
teacher
of
the
Law?
Where
the disputant
of
today?
Has
not
God
shown
the
world’s philosophy
to
be
folly?
\VS{21}For
since
the
world,
in
God’s
wisdom,
did
not
by
its philosophy
learn
to
know
God,
God
saw
fit,
by
the “folly”
of
our
proclamation,
to
save
those
who
believe
in Christ!
\VS{22}While
Jews
ask
for
miraculous
signs,
and
Greeks
study philosophy,
\VS{23}we
are
proclaiming
Christ
crucified! –
to
the
Jews
an
obstacle,
to
the
Gentiles
mere
folly,
\VS{24}but
to
those
who
have
received
the
call,
whether
Jews
or
Greeks,
Christ,
the
power
of
God
and
the
wisdom
of
God!
\VS{25}For
God’s “folly”
is
wiser
than
people,
and
God’s “weakness”
is
stronger
than
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Look
at
the facts
of
your
call,
friends.
There
are
not
many
among
you
who
are
wise,
as
people
reckon
wisdom,
not
many
who
are
influential,
not
many
who
are high-born;
\VS{27}but
God
chose
what
the
world
counts
foolish
to
put
its
wise
to
shame,
and
God
chose
what
the
world
counts
weak
to
put
its
strong
to
shame,
\VS{28}and
God
chose
what
the
world
counts
poor
and
insignificant –
things
that
to
it
are unreal –
to
bring
its “realities”
to
nothing,
\VS{29}so
that
in
his
presence
no
one
should
boast.
\VS{30}But
you,
by
your
union
with
Christ
Jesus,
belong
to
God;
and
Christ,
by
God’s
will,
became
not
only
our
wisdom,
but
also
our
righteousness,
holiness,
and
deliverance,
\VS{31}so
that –
in
the
words
of
scripture –
\par }{\Q “Whoever
boasts
should
boast
of
the
Lord!”

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
my
own
part,
friends,
when
I
came
to
you,
it
was
with
no
display
of
eloquence
or philosophy
that
I
came
to
tell
the
hidden
purpose
of
God;
\VS{2}for
I
had
determined
that,
while
with
you,
I
would
forget
everything
except
Jesus
Christ –
and
him
crucified!
\VS{3}Indeed,
when
I
came
among
you,
I
was
weak,
and
full
of
fears,
and
in
great
anxiety.
\VS{4}My
message
and
my
proclamation
were
not
delivered
in
the
persuasive
language
of philosophy,
but
were
accompanied
by
the manifestation
of
spiritual
power,
\VS{5}so
that
your
faith
should
be based,
not
on
the
human
wisdom,
but
on
the
power
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Yet
there
is
a philosophy
that
we
teach
to
those
whose
faith
is matured,
but
it
is
not
the philosophy
of
today,
or
of
the
leaders
of
today –
whose
downfall
is
at
hand.
\VS{7}No,
it
is
a
divine philosophy
that
we
teach,
one
concerned
with
the
hidden
purpose
of
God –
that
long
hidden philosophy
which
God,
before
time
began,
destined
for
our
glory.
\VS{8}This philosophy
is
clearly
not
known
to
any
of
the
leaders
of
today,
since,
had
they
known
it,
they
would
never
have
crucified
our
glorious
Lord!
\VS{9}It
is
what
scripture
speaks
of
as –
\par }{\Q “What
eye
never
saw,
nor
ear
ever
heard,
\par }{\Q what
never
entered
people’s
minds –
\par }{\QB all
these
things
God
has
prepared
for
those
who
love
him.”
\par }{\MM \VS{10}Yet
to
us
God
revealed
it
through
his
Spirit;
for
the
Spirit fathoms
all
things,
even
the
inmost
depths
of
God’s
being.
\VS{11}For
what
person
is
there
who
knows
what
a
person
is,
except
the
person’s
own
spirit
within
them?
So,
also,
no
one
comprehends
what
God
is,
except
the
Spirit
of
God.
\VS{12}And
as
for
us,
it
is
not
the
spirit
of
the
world
that
we
have
received,
but
the
Spirit
that
comes
from
God,
so
that
we
may
realize
the
blessings
given
to
us
by
him.
\VS{13}And
we
speak
of
these
gifts,
not
in
language
taught
by
human philosophy,
but
in
language
taught
by
the
Spirit,
explaining
spiritual
things
in
spiritual
words.
\VS{14}The
merely intellectual
person
rejects
the
teaching
of
the
Spirit
of
God;
for
to
them
it
is
mere
folly;
they
cannot
grasp
it,
because
it
is
to
be
understood
only
by
spiritual
insight.
\VS{15}But
the
person
with
spiritual
insight
is
able
to
understand
everything,
although
they
themselves
are
understood
by
no
one.
\VS{16}For
who
has
so
comprehended
the
mind
of
the
Lord
as
to
be
able
to
instruct
him?
We,
however,
have
the
mind
of
Christ.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
I,
my
friends,
could
not
speak
to
you
as
people
with
spiritual
insight,
but
only
as worldly-minded –
mere
infants
in
the
faith
of
Christ.
\VS{2}I
fed
you
with
milk,
not
with
solid
food,
for
you
were
not
then
able
to
take
it.
\par }{\PP No,
and
even
now
you
are
not
able;
you
are
still worldly.
\VS{3}While
there
exist
among
you
jealousy
and
party feeling,
is
it
not
true
that
you
are worldly,
and
are
acting
merely
as
other
people
do?
\VS{4}When
one
says “I
follow
Paul,”
and
another “I
follow Apollos,”
aren’t
you
like
other
people?
\VS{5}What,
I
ask,
is Apollos?
Or
what
is
Paul?
Servants
through
whom
you
were
led
to
accept
the
faith;
and
that
only
as
the
Lord
helped
each
of
you.
\VS{6}I
planted,
and Apollos
watered,
but
it
was
God
who
caused
the
growth.
\VS{7}Therefore
neither
the
one
who
plants,
nor
the
one
who
waters,
counts
for
anything,
but
only
God
who
causes
the
growth.
\VS{8}In
this
the
person
who
plants
and
the
person
who
waters
are
one;
yet
each
will
receive
their
own
reward
in
proportion
to
their
own
labour.
\VS{9}For
we
are
God’s
fellow
workers;
you
are
God’s
harvest
field,
God’s
building.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}In fulfilment
of
the
charge
which
God
had
entrusted
to
me,
I
laid
the
foundation
like
a
skilful
master;
but
someone
else
is
now
building
on
it.
Let
everyone
take
care
how
they
build;
\VS{11}for
no
one
can
lay
any
other
foundation
than
the
one
already
laid –
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{12}Whatever
is
used
by
those
who
build
on
this
foundation,
whether
gold,
silver,
costly
stones,
wood,
hay,
or
straw,
\VS{13}the
quality
of
each
man’s
work
will
become
known,
for
the
day
will
make
it
plain;
because
that
day
is
to
be
ushered
in
with
fire,
and
the
fire
itself
will
test
the
quality
of
every
man’s
work.
\VS{14}If
anyone’s
work,
which
they
have
built
on
that
foundation,
still
remains,
they
will
gain
a
reward.
\VS{15}If
anyone’s
work
is
burnt
up,
they
will
suffer
loss;
though
they
themselves
will
escape,
but
only
as
one
who
has
passed
through
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Don’t
you
know
that
you
are
God’s
Temple,
and
that
God’s
Spirit
has
his
home
in
you?
\VS{17}If
any
one
destroys
the
Temple
of
God,
God
will
destroy
them;
for
the
Temple
of
God
is
sacred,
and
so
also
are
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{18}Let
no
one
deceive
himself.
If
any
one
among
you imagines
that,
as
regards
this
world,
they
are
wise,
they
should
become
a “fool,”
that
they
may
become
wise.
\VS{19}For
in
God’s
sight
this
world’s
wisdom
is
folly.
Scripture
tells
of –
\par }{\Q “One
who
catches
the
wise
in
their
own
craftiness,”
\par }{\MM \VS{20}And
it
says
again –
\par }{\Q “The
Lord
sees
how fruitless
are
the deliberations
of
the
wise.”
\par }{\MM \VS{21}Therefore
let
no
one
boast
about
people;
for
all
things
are
yours –
\VS{22}whether
Paul,
or Apollos,
or
Cephas,
or
the
world,
or
life,
or
death,
or
the
present,
or
the
future –
all
things
are
yours!
\VS{23}But
you
are
Christ’s
and
Christ
is
God’s.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Let
people
look
on
us
as
Christ’s
servants,
and
as
stewards
of
the
hidden truths
of
God.
\VS{2}Now
what
we
look
for
in
stewards
is
that
they
should
be
trustworthy.
\VS{3}But
it
weighs
very
little
with
me
that
I
am
judged
by
you
or
by
any
human tribunal.
No,
I
do
not
even
judge
myself;
\VS{4}for,
though
I
am
conscious
of
nothing
against
myself,
that
does
not
prove
me
innocent.
It
is
the
Lord
who
is
my
judge.
\VS{5}Therefore
do
not
pass
judgment
before
the
time,
but
wait
until
the
Lord
comes.
He
will
throw
light
on
what
is
now
dark
and
obscure,
and
will
reveal
the
motives
in
people’s
minds;
and
then
everyone
will
receive
due
praise
from
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}All
this,
friends,
I
have,
for
your
sakes,
applied
to Apollos
and
myself,
so
that,
from
our
example,
you
may
learn
to
observe
the
precept – “Keep
to
what
is
written,”
that
none
of
you
may
speak boastfully
of
one
teacher
to
the disparagement
of
another.
\VS{7}For
who
makes
any
one
of
you
superior
to
others?
And
what
have
you
that
was
not
given
you?
But
if
you
received
it
as
a
gift,
why
do
you
boast
as
if
you
had
not?
\VS{8}Are
you
all
so
soon
satisfied?
Are
you
so
soon
rich?
Have
you
begun
to
reign
without
us?
Would
indeed
that
you
had,
so
that
we
also
might
reign
with
you!
\VS{9}For,
as
it
seems
to
me,
God
has
exhibited
us,
the apostles,
last
of
all,
as
people
doomed
to
death.
We
are
made
a
spectacle
to
the universe,
both
to
angels
and
to
people!
\VS{10}We,
for
Christ’s
sake,
are
fools,
but
you,
by
your
union
with
Christ,
are
people
of
discernment.
We
are
weak,
but
you
are
strong.
You
are
honoured,
but
we
are
despised.
\VS{11}To
this
very
hour
we
go
hungry,
thirsty,
and
naked;
we
are
beaten;
we
are
homeless;
\VS{12}we
work
hard,
toiling
with
our
own
hands.
We
meet
abuse
with
blessings,
we
meet
persecution
with endurance,
\VS{13}we
meet
slander
with
gentle appeals.
We
have
been
treated
as
the
scum
of
the
earth,
the
vilest
of
the
vile,
to
this
very
hour.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}It
is
with
no
wish
to
shame
you
that
I
am
writing
like
this;
but
to
warn
you
as
my
own
dear
children.
\VS{15}Though
you
may
have
thousands
of
instructors
in
the
faith
of
Christ,
yet
you
have
not
many
fathers.
It
was
I
who,
through
union
with
Christ
Jesus,
became
your
father
by
means
of
the
good
news.
\VS{16}Therefore
I
entreat
you –
Follow
my
example.
\VS{17}This
is
my
reason
for
sending
Timothy
to
you.
He
is
my
own
dear
faithful
child
in
the
Master’s
service,
and
he
will
remind
you
of
my
methods
of
teaching
the
faith
of
Christ
Jesus –
methods
which
I
follow
everywhere
in
every
church.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Some,
I
hear,
are puffed
up
with
pride,
thinking
that
I
am
not
coming
to
you.
\VS{19}But
come
to
you
I
will,
and
that
soon,
if
it
please
the
Lord;
and
then
I
will
find
out,
not
what
words
these
people
use
who
are
so
puffed
up,
but
what
power
they
possess;
\VS{20}for
the
kingdom
of
God
is based,
not
on
words,
but
on
power.
\VS{21}What
do
you
wish?
Am
I
to
come
to
you
with
a
rod,
or
in
a
loving
and
gentle
spirit?

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
is
a wide-spread
report respecting
a
case
of
immorality
among
you,
and
that,
too,
of
a
kind
that
does
not
occur
even
among
the
Gentiles –
a
man,
I
hear,
is
living
with
his
father’s
wife!
\VS{2}Instead
of
grieving
over
it
and
taking
steps
for
the expulsion
of
the
man
who
has
done
this
thing,
is
it possible
that
you
are
still puffed
up?
\VS{3}For
I
myself,
though
absent
in
body,
have
been
present
with
you
in
spirit,
and
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
I
have
already
passed
judgment,
just
as
if
I
had
been
present,
on
the
man
who
has
acted
in
this
way.
\VS{4}I
have
decided –
having
been
present
in
spirit
at
your meetings,
when
the
power
of
the
Lord
Jesus
was
with
us –
\VS{5}to
deliver
such
a
man
as
this
over
to
Satan,
that
what
is
sensual
in
him
may
be
destroyed,
so
that
his
spirit
may
be
saved
at
the
day
of
the
Lord.
\VS{6}Your
boasting
is unseemly.
Don’t
you
know
that
even
a
little
yeast
leavens
all
the
dough?
\VS{7}Get
rid
entirely
of
the
old
leaven,
so
that
you
may
be
like
new
dough –
free
from
leaven,
as
in
truth
you
are.
For
our
passover
lamb
is
already
sacrificed –
Christ
himself;
\VS{8}therefore
let
us
keep
our
festival,
not
with
the
leaven
of
former
days,
nor
with
the
leaven
of vice
and
wickedness,
but
with
the
unleavened
bread
of
sincerity
and
truth.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}I
told
you,
in
my
letter,
not
to
associate
with
immoral
people –
\VS{10}not,
of
course,
meaning
people
of
the
world
who
are
in
immoral,
or
who
are
covetous
and grasping,
or
who
worship
idols;
for
then
you
would
have
to
leave
the
world
altogether.
\VS{11}But,
as
things
are,
I
say
that
you
are
not
to
associate
with
anyone
who,
although
a follower
of Christ
in
name,
is
immoral,
or
covetous,
or
an
idolater,
or abusive,
or
a
drunkard,
or grasping –
no,
not
even
to
sit
down
to
eat
with
such
people.
\VS{12}What
have
I
to
do
with
judging
those
outside
the church?
Is
it
not
for
you
to
judge
those
who
are
within
the church,
\VS{13}while
God
judges
those
who
are
outside?
Put
away
the
wicked
from
among
you.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Can
it
be
that,
when
one
of
you
has
a
dispute
with
another,
they
dare
to
have
their
case
tried
before
the
heathen,
instead
of
before Christ’s
people?
\VS{2}Don’t
you
know
that Christ’s
people
will
try
the
world?
And
if
the
world
is
to
be
tried
by
you,
are
you unfit
to
try
the
most
trivial
cases?
\VS{3}Don’t
you
know
that
we
are
to
try
angels –
to
say
nothing
of
the
affairs
of
this
life?
\VS{4}Why,
then,
if
you
have
cases
relating
to
the
affairs
of
this
life,
do
you
set
to
try
them
those
who
carry
no
weight
with
the
church?
To
your
shame
I
ask
it.
\VS{5}Can
it
be
that
there
is
not
one
among
you
wise
enough
to
decide
between
two
of
their
fellow
followers?
\VS{6}Must
a follower
sue
a
fellow follower?
In
front
of unbelievers?
\VS{7}To
begin
with,
it
is undoubtedly
a
loss
to
you
to
have
lawsuits
with
one
another.
Why
not
rather
let
yourselves
be
wronged?
Why
not
rather
let
yourselves
be
cheated?
\VS{8}Instead
of
this,
you
wrong
and
cheat
others
yourselves –
yes,
even
other
followers!
\VS{9}Don’t
you
know
that
wrongdoers
will
have
no
share
in
God’s
kingdom?
Do
not
be
deceived.
No
one
who
is
immoral,
or
an
idolater,
or
an
adulterer,
or licentious,
or
a
sexual
pervert,
\VS{10}or
a
thief,
or
covetous,
or
a
drunkard,
or abusive,
or grasping,
will
have
any
share
in
God’s
kingdom.
\VS{11}Such
some
of
you
used
to
be;
but
you
washed
yourselves
clean.
You
became
Christ’s
people!
You
were
pronounced
righteous
through
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
through
the
Spirit
of
our
God!
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{12}Everything
is allowable
for
me!
Yes,
but
everything
is
not
profitable.
Everything
is allowable
for
me!
Yes,
but
for
my
part,
I
will
not
let
myself
be
enslaved
by
anything.
\VS{13}Food
exists
for
the
stomach,
and
the
stomach
for
food;
but
God
will
put
an
end
to
both
the
one
and
the
other.
The
body,
however,
exists,
not
for
immorality,
but
for
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
for
the
body;
\VS{14}and,
as
God
has
raised
the
Lord,
so
he
will
raise
us
up
also
by
the
exercise
of
his
power.
\VS{15}Don’t
you
know
that
your
bodies
are
Christ’s
members?
Am
I,
then,
to
take
the
members
that
belong
to
the
Christ
and
make
them
the
members
of
a
prostitute?
Heaven
forbid!
\VS{16}Or
don’t
you
know
that
a
man
who unites
himself
with
a
prostitute
is
one
with
her
in
body (for “the
two,”
it
is
said, “will
become
one”);
\VS{17}while
a
man
who
is
united
with
the
Lord
is
one
with
him
in
spirit?
\VS{18}Shun
all
immorality.
Every
other
sin
that
people
commit
is
something
outside
the
body;
but
an
immoral
person
sins
against
their
own
body.
\VS{19}Again,
don’t
you
know
that
your
body
is
a
shrine
of
the
Holy
Spirit
that
is
within
you –
the
Spirit
which
you
have
from
God?
\VS{20}Moreover,
you
are
not
your
own
masters;
you
were
bought,
and
the
price
was
paid.
Therefore,
honour
God
in
your
bodies.

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH Answers to Questions Asked by the Church at Corinth
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}With reference
to
the
subjects
about
which
you
wrote
to
me:
It
is
good
for
a
man
to
remain
single.
\VS{2}But, owing
to
the prevalence
of
immorality,
I
advise
every
man
to
have
his
own
wife,
and
every
woman
her
husband.
\VS{3}A
husband
should
give
his
wife
her
due,
and
a
wife
her
husband.
\VS{4}It
is
not
the
wife,
but
the
husband,
who
exercises
power
over
her
body;
and
so,
too,
it
is
not
the
husband,
but
the
wife,
who
exercises
power
over
his
body.
\VS{5}Do
not
deprive
each
other
of
what
is
due –
unless
it
is
only
for
a
time
and
by mutual
consent,
so
that
your
minds
may
be
free
for
prayer
until
you
again
live
as
man
and
wife –
otherwise
Satan
might
take
advantage
of
your
want
of self-control
and
tempt
you.
\VS{6}I
say
this,
however,
as
a
concession,
not
as
a
command.
\VS{7}I
should
wish
everyone
to
be
just
what
I
am
myself.
But
everyone
has
his
own
gift
from
God –
one
in
one
way,
and
one
in
another.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{8}My
advice,
then,
to
those
who
are
not
married,
and
to
widows,
is
this:
It
would
be
good
for
them
to
remain
as
I
am
myself.
\VS{9}But,
if
they
cannot
control
themselves,
they
should
marry,
for
it
is
better
to
marry
than
to
be
consumed
with
passion.
\VS{10}To
those
who
are
married
my
direction
is –
yet
it
is
not
mine,
but
the
Master’s –
that
a
woman
is
not
to
leave
her
husband
\VS{11}(If
she
has
done
so,
she
should
remain
as
she
is,
or
else
be
reconciled
to
her
husband)
and
also
that
a
man
is
not
to
divorce
his
wife.
\VS{12}To
all
others
I
say –
I,
not
the
Master –
If
a follower
of
the
Lord
is
married
to
a
woman,
who
is
an unbeliever
but
willing
to
live
with
him,
he
should
not
divorce
her;
\VS{13}and
a
woman
who
is
married
to
a
man,
who
is
an unbeliever
but
willing
to
live
with
her,
should
not
divorce
her
husband.
\VS{14}For,
through
his
wife,
the
husband
who
is
an unbeliever
has
become
associated
with Christ’s
people;
and
the
wife
who
is
an unbeliever
has
become
associated
with Christ’s
people
through
the
Lord’s follower
whom
she
has
married.
Otherwise
your
children
would
be “defiled,”
but,
as
it
is,
they
belong
to Christ’s
people.
\VS{15}However,
if
the unbeliever
wishes
to
be
separated,
let
them
be
so.
Under
such
circumstances
neither
is
bound;
God
has
called
you
to
live
in
peace.
\VS{16}How
can
you
tell,
wife,
whether
you
may
not
save
your
husband?
And
how
can
you
tell,
husband,
whether
you
may
not
save
your
wife?
\par }{\PP \VS{17}In
any
case,
a
person
should
continue
to
live
in
the
condition
which
the
Lord
has
allotted
to
them,
and
in
which
they
were
when
God
called
them.
This
is
the
rule
that
I
lay
down
in
every
church.
\VS{18}Was
a
man
already
circumcised
when
he
was
called?
Then
he
should
not efface
his
circumcision.
Has
a
man
been
called
when
uncircumcised?
Then
he
should
not
be
circumcised.
\VS{19}Circumcision
is
nothing;
the
want
of
it
is
nothing;
but
to
keep
the
commands
of
God
is
everything.
\VS{20}Let
everyone
remain
in
that
condition
of
life
in
which
they
were
when
the
call
came
to
them.
\VS{21}Were
you
a
slave
when
you
were
called?
Do
not
let
that
trouble
you.
No,
even
if
you
are
able
to
gain
your
freedom,
still
do
your
best.
\VS{22}For
the
person
who
was
a
slave
when
they
were
called
to
the
master’s
service
is
the
Master’s freedman;
so,
too,
the
person
who
was
free
when
called
is
Christ’s
slave.
\VS{23}You
were
bought,
and
the
price
was
paid.
Do
not
let
yourselves
become
slaves
to
people.
\VS{24}Friends,
let
everyone
remain
in
the
condition
in
which
they
were
when
they
were
called,
in
close communion
with
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{25}With
regard
to
unmarried
women,
I
have
no
command
from
the
Master
to
give
you,
but
I
tell
you
my
opinion,
and
the
Master
in
his
mercy
has
made
me
worthy
to
be
trusted.
\VS{26}I
think,
then,
that,
in
view
of
the
time
of
suffering
that
has
now
come
upon
us,
what
I
have
already
said
is
best –
that
a
man
should
remain
as
he
is.
\VS{27}Are
you
married
to
a
wife?
Then
do
not
seek
to
be
separated.
Are
you
separated
from
a
wife?
Then
do
not
seek
for
a
wife.
\VS{28}Still,
if
you
should
marry,
that
is
not
wrong;
nor,
if
a
young
woman
marries,
is
that
wrong.
But
those
who
marry
will
have
much
trouble
to
bear,
and
my
wish
is
to
spare
you.
\VS{29}What
I
mean,
friends,
is
this –
the
time
is
short.
Meanwhile,
let
those
who
have
wives
live
as
if
they
had
none,
\VS{30}those
who
are
weeping
as
if
not
weeping,
those
who
are
rejoicing
as
if
not
rejoicing,
those
who
buy
as
if
not
possessing,
\VS{31}and
those
who
use
the
good
things
of
the
world
as
using
them
sparingly;
for
this
world
as
we
see
it
is
passing
away.
\VS{32}I
want
you
to
be
free
from
anxiety.
The
unmarried
man
is
anxious
about
the
Master’s
cause,
desiring
to
please
him;
\VS{33}while
the
married
man
is
anxious
about
worldly
matters, desiring
to
please
his
wife;
\VS{34}and
so
his interests
are
divided.
Again,
the
unmarried
woman,
whether
she
is
old
or
young,
is
anxious
about
the
Master’s
cause,
striving
to
be
pure
both
in
body
and
in
spirit,
while
the
married
woman
is
anxious
about
worldly
matters, desiring
to
please
her
husband.
\VS{35}I
say
this
for
your
own
benefit,
not
with
any
intention
of
putting
a halter
round
your
necks,
but
in
order
to
secure
for
the
Master
seemly
and
constant
devotion,
free
from
all distraction.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}If,
however,
a
father
thinks
that
he
is
not
acting
fairly
by
his
unmarried
daughter,
when
she
is
past
her
youth,
and
if
under
these
circumstances
her
marriage
ought
to
take
place,
he
should
act
as
he
thinks
right.
He
is
doing
nothing
wrong –
let
the
marriage
take
place.
\VS{37}On
the
other
hand,
a
father,
who
has
definitely
made
up
his
mind,
and
is
under
no
compulsion,
but
is
free
to
carry
out
his
own
wishes,
and
who
has
come
to
the
decision,
in
his
own
mind,
to
keep
his
unmarried
daughter
at
home
will
be
doing
right.
\VS{38}In
short,
the
one
who consents
to
his
daughter’s
marriage
is
doing
right,
and
yet
the
other
will
be
doing
better.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}A
wife
is
bound
to
her
husband
as
long
as
he
lives;
but,
if
the
husband
should
pass
to
his
rest,
the
widow
is
free
to
marry
anyone
she
wishes,
provided
he
is
a believer.
\VS{40}Yet
she
will
be
happier
if
she
remains
as
she
is –
in
my
opinion,
for
I
think
that
I
also
have
the
Spirit
of
God.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}With reference
to
food
that
has
been
offered
in
sacrifice
to
idols –
We
are
aware
that
all
of
us
have
knowledge!
Knowledge breeds
conceit,
while
love
builds
up
character.
\VS{2}If
someone
thinks
that
they
know
anything,
they
have
not
yet
reached
that
knowledge
which
they
ought
to
have
reached.
\VS{3}On
the
other
hand,
if
a
person
loves
God,
they
are
known
by
God.
\VS{4}With reference,
then,
to
eating
food
that
has
been
offered
to
idols –
we
are
aware
that
an
idol
is
nothing
in
the
world,
and
that
there
is
no
God
but
one.
\VS{5}Even supposing
that
there
are
so-called “gods”
either
in
heaven
or
on
earth –
and
there
are
many
such “gods”
and “lords” –
\VS{6}Yet
for
us
there
is
only
one
God,
the
Father,
from
whom
all
things
come (and
for
him
we
live),
and
one
Lord,
Jesus
Christ,
through
whom
all
things
come (and
through
him
we
live).
\VS{7}Still,
it
is
not
everyone
that
has
this
knowledge.
Some
people,
because
of
their association
with
idols,
continued
down
to
the
present
time,
eat
the
food
as
food
offered
to
an
idol;
and
their
consciences,
while
still
weak,
are dulled.
\VS{8}What
we
eat,
however,
will
not
bring
us
nearer
to
God.
We
lose
nothing
by
not
eating
this
food,
and
we
gain
nothing
by
eating
it.
\VS{9}But
take
care
that
this
right
of
yours
does
not
become
in
any
way
a stumbling-block
to
the
weak.
\VS{10}For
if
someone
should
see
you
who
possess
this
knowledge,
feasting
in
an
idol’s
temple,
will
not
their
conscience,
if
they
are
weak,
become
so
hardened
that
they,
too,
will
eat
food
offered
to
idols?
\VS{11}And
so,
through
this
knowledge
of
yours,
the
weak
person
is
ruined –
someone
for
whose
sake
Christ
died!
\VS{12}In
this
way,
by
sinning
against
your
fellow
followers
of
the
Lord
and injuring
their
consciences,
while
still
weak,
you
sin
against
Christ.
\VS{13}Therefore,
if
what
I
eat
makes
a follower
of
the
Lord
fall,
rather
than
make
them
fall,
I
will
never
eat
meat
again.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Am
I
not
free?
Am
I
not
an apostle?
Have
I
not
seen
our
Lord
Jesus?
Aren’t
you
yourselves
my
work
achieved
in
union
with
the
Lord?
\VS{2}If
I
am
not
an apostle
to
others,
yet
at
least
I
am
to
you;
for
you
are
the
seal
that stamps
me
as
an apostle
in
union
with
the
Lord.
\VS{3}The
defence
that
I
make
to
my critics
is
this:
\VS{4}Haven’t
we
a
right
to
food
and
drink?
\VS{5}Haven’t
we
a
right
to
take
a
wife
with
us,
if
she
is
a Christian,
as
the
other apostles
and
the
Master’s
brothers
and
Cephas
all
do?
\VS{6}Or
is
it
only Barnabas
and
I
who
have
no
right
to
give
up
working
for
our
bread?
\VS{7}Does
anyone
ever
serve
as
a
soldier
at
his
own
expense?
Does
anyone
plant
a
vineyard
and
not
eat
its
produce?
Or
does
anyone
look
after
a
herd
and
not
drink
the
milk?
\VS{8}Am
I,
in
all
this,
speaking
only
from
the
human
standpoint?
Does
not
the
Law
also
say
the
same?
\VS{9}For
in
the
Law
of
Moses
it
is
said –
\par }{\Q “You
should
not
muzzle
an
ox
while
it
is
treading
out
the
grain.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM Is
it
the
bullocks
that
God
is
thinking
of?
\VS{10}Or
is
not
is
said
entirely
for
our
sakes?
Surely
it
was
written
for
our
sakes,
for
the ploughman
ought
not
to plough,
nor
the thrasher
to
thrash,
without expecting
a
share
of
the
grain.
\VS{11}Since
we,
then,
sowed
spiritual
seed
for
you,
is
it
too
much
that
we
should
reap
from
you
an earthly
harvest?
\VS{12}If
others
share
in
this
right
over
you,
don’t
we
even
more?
Still
we
did
not
avail
ourselves
of
this
right.
No,
we
endure
anything
rather
than impede
the progress
of
the
good
news
of
the
Christ.
\VS{13}Don’t
you
know
that
those
who
do
the
work
of
the
Temple
live
on
what
comes
from
the
Temple,
and
that
those
who
serve
at
the
altar
share
the
offerings
with
the
altar?
\VS{14}So,
too,
the
Master
has
appointed
that
those
who
tell
the
good
news
should
get
their
living
from
the
good
news.
\VS{15}I,
however,
have
not availed
myself
of
any
of
these
rights.
I
am
not
saying
this
to
secure
such
an
arrangement
for
myself;
indeed,
I
would
far
rather
die –
Nobody
will
make
my
boast
a
vain
one!
\VS{16}If
I
proclaim
the
good
news,
I
have
nothing
to
boast
of,
for
I
am
compelled
to
do
so.
Woe
is
me
if
I
do
not
share
it!
\VS{17}If
I
do
this
work
willingly,
I
have
a
reward;
but,
if unwillingly,
I
have
been
charged
to
perform
a
duty.
\VS{18}What
is
my
reward,
then?
To
present
the
good
news
free
of
all
cost,
and
so
make
but
a
sparing
use
of
the
rights
which
it
gives
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Although
I
was
entirely
free,
yet,
to
win
as
many
converts
as possible,
I
made
myself
everyone’s
slave.
\VS{20}To
the
Jews
I
became
like
a
Jew,
to
win
Jews.
To
those
who
are
subject
to
Law
I
became
like
a
man
subject
to
Law –
though
I
was
not
myself
subject
to
Law –
to
win
those
who
are
subject
to
Law.
\VS{21}To
those
who
have
no
Law
I
became
like
a
man
who
has
no
Law –
not
that
I
am
free
from
God’s
Law;
no,
for
I
am
under
Christ’s
Law –
to
win
those
who
have
no
law.
\VS{22}To
the
weak
I
became
weak,
to
win
the
weak.
I
have
become
all
things
to
all
people,
so
as
at
all
costs
to
save
some.
\VS{23}And
I
do
everything
for
the
sake
of
the
good
news,
so
that
with
them
I
may
share
in
its
blessings.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Don’t
you
know
that
on
a racecourse,
though
all
run,
yet
only
one
wins
the
prize?
Run
in
such
a
way
that
you
may
win.
\VS{25}Every athlete
exercises self-restraint
in
everything;
they,
indeed,
for
a
crown
that
fades,
we
for
one
that
is unfading.
\VS{26}I,
therefore,
do
not
run
aimlessly.
I
do
not
box
like
a
man hitting
the
air.
\VS{27}No,
I
bruise
my
body
and
make
it
my
slave,
so
that
I,
who
have
called
others
to
the
contest,
will
not
myself
be
rejected.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
want
you
to
bear
in
mind,
friends,
that
all
our
ancestors
were
beneath
the
cloud,
and
all
passed
through
the
sea;
\VS{2}that
in
the
cloud
and
in
the
sea
they
all underwent baptism
as
followers
of
Moses;
\VS{3}and
that
they
all
ate
the
same
supernatural
food,
\VS{4}and
all
drank
the
same
supernatural
water,
for
they
used
to
drink
from
a
supernatural
rock
which
followed
them,
and
that
rock
was
the
Christ.
\VS{5}Yet
with
most
of
them
God
was
displeased;
for
they
were
struck
down
in
the
desert.
\VS{6}Now
these
things
happened
as
warnings
to
us,
to
teach
us
not
to
long
for
evil
things
as
our
ancestors
longed.
\VS{7}Do
not
become
idolaters,
as
some
of
them
became.
Scripture
says –
\par }{\Q “The
people
sat
down
to
eat
and
drink,
and
stood
up
to
dance.”
\par }{\MM \VS{8}Nor
let
us
act
immorally,
as
some
of
them
acted,
with
the
result
that
twenty-three
thousand
of
them
fell
dead
in
a
single
day.
\VS{9}Nor
let
us
try
the
patience
of
the
Lord
too
far,
as
some
of
them
tried
it,
with
the
result
that
they
were,
one
after
another,
destroyed
by
snakes.
\VS{10}And
do
not
murmur,
as
some
of
them
murmured,
and
so
were
destroyed
by
the
angel
of
death.
\VS{11}These
things
happened
to
them
by
way
of
warning,
and
were
recorded
to
serve
as
a caution
to
us,
in
whose
days
the
close
of
the
ages
has
come.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Therefore
let
the
person
who
thinks
that
they
stand
take
care
that
they
do
not
fall.
\VS{13}No
temptation
has
come
upon
you
that
is
not
common
to
all
humanity.
God
will
not
fail
you,
and
he
will
not
allow
you
to
be
tempted
beyond
your
strength;
but,
when
he
sends
the
temptation,
he
will
also
provide
the
way
of
escape,
so
that
you
may
have
strength
to
endure.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{14}Therefore,
my
dear
friends,
shun
the
worship
of
idols.
\VS{15}I
speak
to
you
as
man
of
discernment;
form
your
own
judgment
about
what
I
am
saying.
\VS{16}In
the
cup
of
blessing
which
we
bless,
is
not
there
a
sharing
in
the
blood
of
the
Christ?
And
in
the
bread
which
we
break,
is
not
there
a
sharing
in
the
body
of
the
Christ?
\VS{17}The
bread
is
one,
and
we,
though
many,
are
one
body;
for
we
all
partake
of
that
one
bread.
\VS{18}Look
at
the
people
of
Israel.
Do
not
those
who
eat
the
sacrifices
share
with
the
altar?
\VS{19}What
do
I
mean?
That
an
offering
made
to
an
idol,
or
the
idol
itself,
is
anything?
\VS{20}No;
what
I
say
is
that
the
sacrifices
offered
by
the
Gentiles
are
offered
to
demons
and
to
a
being
who
is
no
God,
and
I
do
not
want
you
to
share
with
demons.
\VS{21}You
cannot
drink
both
the
cup
of
the
Lord
and
the
cup
of
demons.
You
cannot
partake
at
the
table
of
the
Lord
and
at
the
table
of
demons.
\VS{22}Or
are
we
to
rouse
the
jealousy
of
the
Lord?
Are
we
stronger
than
he?
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Everything
is allowable!
Yes,
but
everything
is
not
profitable.
Everything
is allowable!
Yes,
but
everything
does
not
build
up
character.
\VS{24}A
person
must
not
study
their
own interests,
but
the interests
of
others.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Eat
anything
that
is
sold
in
the
market,
without
making inquiries
to
satisfy
your scruples;
\VS{26}for
the
earth,
with
all
that
is
in
it,
belongs
to
the
Lord.
\VS{27}If
an unbeliever
invites
you
to
his
house
and
you
consent
to
go,
eat
anything
that
is
put
before
you,
without
making inquiries
to
satisfy
your scruples.
\VS{28}But,
if
anyone
should
say
to
you “This
has
been
offered
in
sacrifice
to
an
idol,”
then,
for
the
sake
of
the
speaker
and
his scruples,
do
not
eat
it.
\VS{29}I
do
not
say
your scruples,
but
his.
For
why
should
the
freedom
that
I
claim
be
condemned
by
the scruples
of
another?
\VS{30}If,
for
my
part,
I
take
the
food thankfully,
why
should
I
be
abused
for
eating
that
for
which
I
give
thanks?
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Whether,
then,
you
eat
or
drink
or
whatever
you
do,
do
everything
to
the
honour
of
God.
\VS{32}Do
not
cause
offence
either
to
Jews
or
Greeks
or
to
the
church
of
God;
\VS{33}for
I,
also,
try
to
please
everybody
in
everything,
not
seeking
my
own
advantage,
but
do
what
is
best
for
others,
so
that
they
may
be
saved.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Imitate
me,
as
I
myself
imitate
Christ.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{2}I
praise
you,
indeed,
because
you
never
forget
me,
and
are
keeping
my injunctions
in
mind,
exactly
as
I
laid
them
on
you.
\VS{3}But
I
am
anxious
that
you
should
understand
that
the
Christ
is
the
head
of
every
man,
that
man
is
the
head
of
woman,
and
that
God
is
the
head
of
the
Christ.
\VS{4}Any
man
who
keeps
his
head
covered,
when
praying
or
preaching
in
public, dishonours
him
who
is
his
head;
\VS{5}while
any
woman,
who
prays
or preaches
in
public bare-headed, dishonours
him
who
is
her
head;
for
that
is
to
make
herself
like
one
of
the shameless
women
who
shave
their
heads.
\VS{6}Indeed,
if
a
woman
does
not
keep
her
head
covered,
she
may
as
well
cut
her
hair
short.
But,
since
to
cut
her
hair
short,
or
shave
it
off,
marks
her
as
one
of
the shameless
women,
she
should
keep
her
head
covered.
\VS{7}A
man
ought
not
to
have
his
head
covered,
for
he
has
been
from
the
beginning
the
likeness
of
God
and
the reflection
of
his
glory,
but
woman
is
the reflection
of
man’s
glory.
\VS{8}For
it
was
not
man
who
was
taken
from
woman,
but
woman
who
was
taken
from
man.
\VS{9}Besides,
man
was
not
created
for
the
sake
of
woman,
but
woman
for
the
sake
of
man.
\VS{10}And,
therefore,
a
woman
ought
to
wear
on
her
head
a
symbol
of
her
subjection,
because
of
the
presence
of
the
angels.
\VS{11}Still,
when
in
union
with
the
Lord,
woman
is
not
independent
of
man,
or
man
of
woman;
\VS{12}for
just
as
woman
came
from
man,
so
man
comes
by
means
of
woman;
and
all
things
come
from
God.
\VS{13}Judge
for
yourselves.
Is
it
fitting
that
a
woman
should
pray
to
God
in
public
with
her
head
uncovered?
\VS{14}Does
not
nature
herself
teach
us
that,
while
for
a
man
to
wear
his
hair
long
is degrading
to
him,
\VS{15}a
woman’s
long
hair
is
her
glory?
Her
hair
has
been
given
her
to
serve
as
a
covering.
\VS{16}If,
however,
anyone
still
thinks
it
right
to
contest
the
point –
well,
we
have
no
such
custom,
nor
have
the
churches
of
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{17}In
giving
directions
on
the
next
subject,
I
cannot
praise
you;
because
your meetings
do
more
harm
than
good.
\VS{18}To
begin
with,
I
am
told
that
when
you
meet
together
as
a
church
there
are
divisions
among
you.
In
part
I
believe
this,
\VS{19}indeed,
there
must
be
parties
among
you,
so
that
the
people
of real
worth
become
known.
\VS{20}When
you
meet
together,
as
I
understand,
it
is
not possible
to
eat
the
Lord’s
Supper;
\VS{21}for,
as
you
eat,
each
of
you
tries
to
secure
his
own
supper
first,
with
the
result
that
one
has
too
little
to
eat,
and
another
has
too
much
to
drink!
\VS{22}Have
you
no
houses
in
which
you
can
eat
and
drink?
Or
are
you
trying
to
show
your
contempt
for
the
church
of
God,
and
to
humiliate
the
poor?
What
can
I
say
to
you?
Should
I
praise
you?
In
this
matter
I
cannot
praise
you.
\VS{23}For
I
myself
received
from
the
Lord
the
account
which
I
have
in
turn
given
to
you –
how
the
Lord
Jesus,
on
the
very
night
of
his betrayal,
took
some
bread,
\VS{24}and,
after
saying
the
thanksgiving,
broke
it
and
said
{\WJ{‘This
is
my
own
body
given
on
your
behalf.
Do
this
in
memory
of
me.’}}
\VS{25}And
in
the
same
way
with
the
cup,
after
supper,
saying
{\WJ{‘This
cup
is
the
new
covenant
made
by
my
blood.
Do
this,
whenever
you
drink
it,
in
memory
of
me.’}}
\VS{26}For
whenever
you
eat
this
bread
and
drink
the
cup,
you
proclaim
the
Lord’s
death –
until
he
comes.
\VS{27}Therefore,
whoever
eats
the
bread,
or
drinks
the
Lord’s
cup,
in
an irreverent
spirit,
will
have
to
answer
for
an
offence
against
the
Lord’s
body
and
blood.
\VS{28}Let
everyone
look
into
their
own
heart,
and
only
then
eat
of
the
bread
and
drink
from
the
cup.
\VS{29}For
the
person
who
eats
and
drinks
brings
a
judgment
on
themselves
by
their
eating
and
drinking,
when
they
do
not
discern
the
body.
\VS{30}That
is
why
so
many
among
you
are
weak
and
ill,
and
why
some
are
sleeping.
\VS{31}But,
if
we
judged
ourselves
rightly,
we
should
not
be
judged.
\VS{32}Yet,
in
being
judged
by
the
Lord,
we
are undergoing
discipline,
so
that
we
may
not
have
judgment
passed
on
us
with
the
rest
of
the
world.
\VS{33}Therefore,
my
friends,
when
you
meet
together
to
eat
the
Supper,
wait
for
one
another.
\VS{34}If
anyone
is
hungry,
they
should
eat
at
home,
so
that
your meetings
may
not
bring
a
judgment
on
you.
The
other
details
I
will
settle
when
I
come.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
next
place,
friends,
I
do
not
want
you
to
be
ignorant
about
spiritual
gifts.
\VS{2}You
know
that
there
was
a
time
when
you
were
Gentiles,
going
astray
after
idols
that
could
not
speak,
just
as
you
happened
to
be
led.
\VS{3}Therefore
I
tell
you
plainly
that
no
one
who
speaks
under
the
influence
of
the
Spirit
of
God
says “JESUS
IS
ACCURSED,”
and
that
no
one
can
say “JESUS
IS
LORD,”
except
under
the
influence
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{4}Gifts differ,
but
the
Spirit
is
the
same;
\VS{5}ways
of
serving differ,
yet
the
Master
is
the
same;
\VS{6}results differ,
yet
the
God
who
brings
about
every
result
is
in
every
case
the
same.
\VS{7}To
each
of
us
there
is
given
spiritual
illumination
for
the
general
good.
\VS{8}To
one
is
given
the
power
to
speak
with
wisdom
through
the
Spirit;
to
another
the
power
to
speak
with
knowledge,
due
to
the
same
Spirit;
\VS{9}to
another
faith
by
the
same
Spirit;
to
another
power
to
cure
diseases
by
the
one
Spirit;
to
another
supernatural powers;
\VS{10}to
another
the
gift
of
preaching;
to
another
the
gift
of
distinguishing
between
true
and
false
inspiration;
to
another varieties
of
the
gift
of “tongues”;
to
another
the
power
to
interpret “tongues.”
\VS{11}All
these
result
from
one
and
the
same
Spirit,
who distributes
his
gifts
to
each
individually
as
he
wills.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}For
just
as
the
human
body
is
one
whole,
and
yet
has
many
parts,
and
all
its
parts,
many
though
they
are,
form
but
one
body,
so
it
is
with
the
Christ;
\VS{13}for
it
was
by
one
Spirit
that
we
were
all baptized
to
form
one
body,
whether
Jews
or
Greeks,
slaves
or
free,
and
were
all imbued
with
one
Spirit.
\VS{14}The
human
body,
I
repeat,
consists
not
of
one
part,
but
of
many.
\VS{15}If
the
foot
says “Since
I
am
not
a
hand,
I
do
not
belong
to
the
body,”
it
does
not
because
of
that
cease
to
belong
to
the
body.
\VS{16}Or
if
the
ear
says “Since
I
am
not
an
eye,
I
do
not
belong
to
the
body,”
it
does
not
because
of
that
cease
to
belong
to
the
body.
\VS{17}If
all
the
body
were
an
eye,
where
would
the
hearing
be?
If
it
were
all
hearing,
where
would
the
sense
of
smell
be?
\VS{18}But
in
fact
God
has
placed
each
individual
part
just
where
he
thought
fit
in
the
body.
\VS{19}If,
however,
they
all
made
up
only
one
part,
where
would
the
body
be?
\VS{20}But
in
fact,
although
it
has
many
parts,
there
is
only
one
body.
\VS{21}The
eye
cannot
say
to
the
hand “I
do
not
need
you,”
nor,
again,
the
head
to
the
feet “I
do
not
need
you.”
\VS{22}No!
Those
parts
of
the
body
that
seem naturally
the
weaker
are indispensable;
\VS{23}and
those
parts
which
we
deem
less
honourable
we
surround
with
special
honour;
and
our ungraceful
parts
receive
a
special
grace
which
our
graceful
parts
do
not
require.
\VS{24}Yes,
God
has
so
constructed
the
body –
by
giving
a
special
honour
to
the
part
that
lacks
it –
\VS{25}As
to
secure
that
there
should
be
no disunion
in
the
body,
but
that
the
parts
should
show
the
same
care
for
one
another.
\VS{26}If
one
part
suffers,
all
the
others
suffer
with
it,
and
if
one
part
has
honour
done
to
it,
all
the
others
share
its
joy.
\VS{27}Together
you
are
the
body
of
Christ,
and
individually
its
parts.
\VS{28}In
the
church
God
has
appointed,
first, apostles, secondly preachers,
thirdly
teachers;
then
he
has
given
supernatural
powers,
then
power
to
cure
diseases, aptness
for
helping
others,
capacity
to
govern, varieties
of
the
gift
of “tongues.”
\VS{29}Can
everyone
be
an apostle?
Can
everyone
be
a
preacher?
Can
everyone
be
a
teacher?
Can
everyone
have
supernatural
powers?
\VS{30}Can
everyone
have
power
to
cure
diseases?
Can
everyone
speak
in “tongues”?
Can
everyone
interpret
them?
\VS{31}Strive
for
the
greater
gifts.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP Yet
I
can
still
show
you
a
way
beyond
all
comparison
the
best.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Though
I
speak
in
the “tongues”
of
people,
or
even
of
angels,
yet
have
not
love,
I
have
become
mere echoing
brass,
or
a clanging
cymbal!
\VS{2}Even
though
I
have
the
gift
of
preaching,
and
fathom
all
hidden truths
and
all
the
depths
of
knowledge;
even
though
I
have
such
faith
as
might
move
mountains,
yet
have
not
love,
I
am
nothing!
\VS{3}Even
though
I dole
my
substance
to
the
poor,
even
though
I
sacrifice
my
body
in
order
to
boast,
yet
have
not
love,
it avails
me
nothing!
\VS{4}Love
is long-suffering,
and
kind;
love
is
never
envious,
never
boastful,
never conceited,
never
behaves unbecomingly;
\VS{5}love
is
never self-seeking,
never
provoked,
never reckons
up
her
wrongs;
\VS{6}love
never
rejoices
at
evil,
but
rejoices
in
the
triumph
of
truth;
\VS{7}love
bears
with
all
things,
ever trustful,
ever hopeful,
ever
patient.
\VS{8}Love
never
fails.
But,
whether
it
be
the
gift
of
preaching,
it
will
end;
whether
it
be
the
gift
of “tongues,”
it
will
cease;
whether
it
be
knowledge,
it,
too,
will
vanish.
\VS{9}For
our
knowledge
is incomplete,
and
our
preaching
is incomplete,
\VS{10}but,
when
the
perfect
has
come,
that
which
is incomplete
will
end.
\VS{11}When
I
was
a
child,
I
talked
as
a
child,
I
felt
as
a
child,
I
reasoned
as
a
child;
now
that
I
am
a
man,
I
have
done
with
childish
ways.
\VS{12}As
yet
we
see,
in
a
mirror,
dimly,
but
then –
face
to
face!
As
yet
my
knowledge
is incomplete,
but
then
I
will
know
in
full,
as
I
have
been
fully
known.
\VS{13}Meanwhile
faith,
hope,
and
love
endure –
these
three,
but
the
greatest
of
these
is
love.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Seek
this
love
earnestly,
and
strive
for
spiritual
gifts,
above
all
for
the
gift
of
preaching.
\VS{2}The
person
who,
when
speaking,
uses
the
gift
of “tongues”
is
speaking,
not
to
people,
but
to
God,
for
no
one
understands
them;
yet
in
spirit
they
are
speaking
of
hidden truths.
\VS{3}But
those
who
preach
are
speaking
to
their
fellow
men
and
women
words
that
will
build
up
faith,
and
give
them
comfort
and
encouragement.
\VS{4}Those
who,
when
speaking,
use
the
gift
of “tongues”
builds
up
their
own
faith,
while
those
who
preach
build
up
the
faith
of
the
church.
\VS{5}Now
I
want
you
all
to
speak
in “tongues,”
but
much
more
I
wish
that
you
should
preach.
A
preacher
is
worth
more
than
one
who
speaks
in “tongues,”
unless
they
interprets
their
words,
so
that
the
faith
of
the
church
may
be
built
up.
\VS{6}This
being
so,
friends,
what
good
will
I
do
you,
if
I
come
to
you
and
speak
in “tongues,”
unless
my
words
convey
some
revelation,
or
knowledge,
or
take
the
form
of
preaching
or
teaching?
\VS{7}Even
with inanimate
things,
such
as
a
flute
or
a
harp,
though
they
produce
sounds,
yet
unless
the notes
are
quite distinct,
how
can
the tune
played
on
the
flute
or
the
harp
be recognised?
\VS{8}If
the
bugle
sounds
a doubtful
call,
who
will
prepare
for
battle?
\VS{9}And
so
with
you;
unless,
in
using
the
gift
of “tongues,”
you
utter intelligible
words,
how
can
what
you
say
be
understood?
You
will
be
speaking
to
the
winds!
\VS{10}There
are,
for instance,
a
certain
number
of
different
languages
in
the
world,
and
not
one
of
them
fails
to
convey
meaning.
\VS{11}If,
however,
I
do
not
happen
to
know
the
language,
I
will
be
a
foreigner
to
those
who
speak
it,
and
they
will
be
foreigners
to
me.
\VS{12}And
so
with
you;
since
you
are
striving
for
spiritual
gifts,
be
eager
to
excel
in
such
as
will
build
up
the
faith
of
the
church.
\VS{13}Therefore
anyone
who,
when
speaking,
uses
the
gift
of “tongues”
should
pray
for
ability
to
interpret
them.
\VS{14}If,
when
praying,
I
use
the
gift
of “tongues,”
my
spirit
indeed
prays,
but
my
mind
is
a blank.
\VS{15}What,
then,
is
my
conclusion?
Simply
this –
I
will
pray
with
my
spirit,
but
with
my
mind
as
well;
I
will
sing
with
my
spirit,
but
with
my
mind
as
well.
\VS{16}If
you
bless
God
with
your
spirit
only,
how
can
people
in
the
congregation
who
are
without
your
gift
say “Amen”
to
your
thanksgiving?
They
do
not
know
what
you
are
saying!
\VS{17}Your
thanksgiving
may
be
excellent,
but
the
other
is
not
helped
by
it.
\VS{18}Thank
God,
I
use
the
gift
of “tongues”
more
than
any
of
you.
\VS{19}But
at
a
meeting
of
the
church
I
would
rather
speak
five
words
with
my
mind,
and
so
teach
others,
than
ten
thousand
words
when
using
the
gift
of “tongues.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}My
friends,
do
not
show
yourselves
children
in
understanding.
In
wickedness
be
infants,
but
in
understanding
show
yourselves adults.
\VS{21}It
is
said
in
the
Law –
\par }{\Q “In
strange
tongues
and
by
the
lips
of
strangers
will
I
speak
to
this
people,
but
even
then
they
will
not
listen
to
me,
says
the
Lord.”
\par }{\MM \VS{22}Therefore
the
gift
of
the “tongues”
is
intended
as
a
sign,
not
for
those
who
believe
in Christ,
but
for
those
who
do
not,
while
the
gift
of
preaching
is
intended
as
a
sign,
not
for
those
who
do
not
believe
in Christ,
but
for
those
who
do.
\VS{23}So,
when
the
whole
church
meets,
if
all
present
use
the
gift
of “tongues,”
and
some
people
who
are
without
the
gift,
or
who
are unbelievers,
come
in,
will
not
they
say
that
you
are
mad?
\VS{24}While,
if
all
those
present
use
the
gift
of
preaching,
and
an unbeliever,
or
someone
without
the
gift,
comes
in,
they
are
convinced
of
their sinfulness
by
them
all,
they
are
called
to
account
by
them
all;
\VS{25}the
secrets
of
their
heart
are
revealed,
and
then,
throwing
themselves
on
their
face,
they
will
worship
God,
and
declare “God
is
indeed
among
you!”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}What
do
I suggest,
then,
friends?
Whenever
you
meet
for
worship,
each
of
you
comes,
either
with
a hymn,
or
a lesson,
or
a
revelation,
or
the
gift
of “tongues,”
or
the
interpretation
of
them;
let
everything
be
directed
to
the
building
up
of
faith.
\VS{27}If
any
of
you
use
the
gift
of “tongues,”
not
more
than
two,
or
at
the
most
three,
should
do
so –
each
speaking
in
his
turn –
and
someone
should
interpret
them.
\VS{28}If
there
is
no
one
able
to
interpret
what
is
said,
they
should
remain
silent
at
the
meeting
of
the
church,
and
speak
to
themselves
and
to
God.
\VS{29}Of preachers
two
or
three
should
speak,
and
the
rest
should
weigh
well
what
is
said.
\VS{30}But,
if
some
revelation
is
made
to
another
person
as
he
sits
there,
the
first
speaker
should
stop.
\VS{31}For
you
can
all
preach
in
turn,
so
that
all
may
learn
some lesson
and
all
receive
encouragement.
\VS{32}(The
spirit
that
moves
the preachers
is
within
the preachers’
control;
\VS{33}for
God
is
not
a
God
of disorder,
but
of
peace.)
This
custom
prevails
in
all
the
churches
of Christ’s
people.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{34}At
the meetings
of
the
church
married
women
should
remain
silent,
for
they
are
not
allowed
to
speak
in
public;
they
should
take
a subordinate
place,
as
the
Law
itself
directs.
\VS{35}If
they
want
information
on
any
point,
they
should
ask
their
husbands
about
it
at
home;
for
it
is unbecoming
for
a
married
woman
to
speak
at
a
meeting
of
the
church.
\VS{36}What!
Did
God’s
message
to
the
world
originate
with
you?
Or
did
it
find
its
way
to
none
but
you?
\par }{\PP \VS{37}If
anyone
thinks
that
he
has
the
gift
of
preaching
or
any
other
spiritual
gift,
he
should recognise
that
what
I
am
now
saying
to
you
is
a
command
from
the
Lord.
\VS{38}Anyone
who
ignores
it
may
be
ignored.
\VS{39}Therefore,
my
friends,
strive
for
the
gift
of
preaching,
and
yet
do
not
forbid
speaking
in “tongues.”
\VS{40}Let
everything
be
done
in
a
proper
and
orderly
manner.

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH The Apostle’s Teaching as to the Resurrection of the Dead
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Next,
friends,
I
would
like
to
remind
you
of
the
good
news
which
I
told
you,
and
which
you
received –
the
good
news
on
which
you
have
taken
your
stand,
\VS{2}and
by
means
of
which
you
are
being
saved.
I
would
like
to
remind
you
of
the
words
that
I
used
in
telling
it
to
you,
since
you
are
still
holding
fast
to
it,
and
since
it
was
not
in
vain
that
you
became
believers
in Christ.
\VS{3}For
at
the
very
beginning
of
my
teaching
I
gave
you
the
account
which
I
had
myself
received –
that
Christ
died
for
our
sins (as
the
scriptures
had foretold),
\VS{4}that
he
was
buried,
that
on
the
third
day
he
was
raised (as
the
scriptures
had foretold),
\VS{5}and
that
he
appeared
to
Cephas,
and
then
to
the
Twelve.
\VS{6}After
that,
he
appeared
to
more
than
five
hundred
of
his
followers
at
one
time,
most
of
whom
are
still
alive,
though
some
have
gone
to
their
rest.
\VS{7}After
that,
he
appeared
to
James,
and
then
to
all
the apostles.
\VS{8}Last
of
all,
he
appeared
even
to
me,
who
am,
as
it
were,
a
miscarried
baby –
born
untimely.
\VS{9}For
I
am
the
least
of
the apostles,
I
who
am
unworthy
of
the
name
of “apostle,”
because
I
persecuted
the
church
of
God.
\VS{10}But
it
is
through
the
love
of
God
that
I
am
what
I
am,
and
the
love
that
he
showed
me
has
not
been
wasted.
No,
I
have
toiled
harder
than
any
of
them,
and
yet
it
was
not
I,
but
the
love
of
God
working
with
me.
\VS{11}Whether,
then,
it
was
I
or
whether
it
was
they,
this
we
proclaim,
and
this
you
believed.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{12}Now,
if
it
is
proclaimed
of
Christ
that
he
has
been
raised
from
the
dead,
how
is
it
that
some
of
you
say
that
there
is
no
such
thing
as
a resurrection
of
the
dead?
\VS{13}But,
if
there
is
no
such
thing
as
a resurrection
of
the
dead,
then
even
Christ
has
not
been
raised;
\VS{14}and,
if
Christ
has
not
been
raised,
then
our
proclamation
is
without
meaning,
and
our
faith
without
meaning
also!
\VS{15}Yes,
and
we
are
being
proved
to
have
borne
false
testimony
about
God;
for
we
testified
of
God
that
he
raised
the
Christ,
whom
he
did
not
raise,
if,
indeed,
the
dead
do
not
rise!
\VS{16}For,
if
the
dead
do
not
rise,
then
even
Christ
himself
has
not
been
raised,
\VS{17}and,
if
Christ
has
not
been
raised,
your
faith
is
folly –
your
sins
are
on
you
still!
\VS{18}Yes,
and
they,
who
have
passed
to
their
rest
in
union
with
Christ,
perished!
\VS{19}If
all
that
we
have
done
has
been
to
place
our
hope
in
Christ
for
this
life,
then
we
of
all
people
are
the
most
to
be
pitied.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}But,
in
truth,
Christ
has
been
raised
from
the
dead,
the first-fruits
of
those
who
are
at
rest.
\VS{21}For,
since
through
a
man
there
is
death,
so,
too,
through
a
man
there
is
a resurrection
of
the
dead.
\VS{22}For,
as
through
union
with
Adam
all
die,
so
through
union
with
the
Christ
will
all
be
made
to
live.
\VS{23}But
each
in
their
proper
order –
Christ
the first-fruits;
afterwards,
at
his
coming,
those
who
belong
to
the
Christ.
\VS{24}Then
will
come
the
end –
when
he surrenders
the
kingdom
to
his
God
and
Father,
having
overthrown
all
other
rule
and
all
other
authority
and
power.
\VS{25}For
he
must
reign
until
God “has
put
all
his
enemies
under
his
feet.”
\VS{26}The
last
enemy
to
be
overthrown
is
death;
\VS{27}for
God
has
placed
all
things
under Christ’s
feet. (But,
when
it
is
said
that
all
things
have
been
placed
under Christ,
it
is
plain
that
God
is
excepted
who
placed
everything
under
him.)
\VS{28}And,
when
everything
has
been
placed
under
him,
the
Son
will
place
himself
under
God
who
placed
everything
under
him,
so
that
God
may
be
all
in
all!
\VS{29}Again,
what
good
will
they
be
doing
who
are baptized
on
behalf
of
the
dead?
If
it
is
true
that
the
dead
do
not
rise,
why
are
people baptized
on
their
behalf?
\VS{30}Why,
too,
do
we
risk
our
lives
every
hour?
\VS{31}Daily
I
face
death –
I
swear
it,
friends,
by
the
pride
in
you
that
I
feel
through
my
union
with
Christ
Jesus,
our
Lord.
\VS{32}If
with
only
human
hopes
I
had
fought
in
the arena
at
Ephesus,
what
should
I
have
gained
by
it?
If
the
dead
do
not
rise,
then
let
us
eat
and
drink,
for
tomorrow
we
will
die!
\VS{33}Do
not
be
deceived.
\par }{\Q “Good
character
is
marred
by
evil
company.”
\par }{\MM \VS{34}Wake
up
to
a
righteous
life,
and
cease
to
sin.
There
are
some
who
have
no
true
knowledge
of
God.
I
speak
in
this
way
to
shame
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{35}Someone,
however,
may
ask “How
do
the
dead
rise?
And
in
what
body
will
they
come?”
\VS{36}You
foolish
person!
The
seed
you
yourself
sow
does
not
come
to
life,
unless
it
dies!
\VS{37}And
when
you
sow,
you
sow
not
the
body
that
will
be,
but
a
mere
grain –
perhaps
of
wheat,
or
something
else.
\VS{38}God
gives
it
the
body
that
he
pleases –
to
each
seed
its
special
body.
\VS{39}All
forms
of
life
are
not
the
same;
there
is
one
for
people,
another
for
beasts,
another
for
birds,
and
another
for
fish.
\VS{40}There
are
heavenly
bodies,
and
earthly
bodies;
but
the
beauty
of
the
heavenly
bodies
is
not
the
beauty
of
the
earthly.
\VS{41}There
is
a
beauty
of
the
sun,
and
a
beauty
of
the
moon,
and
a
beauty
of
the
stars;
for
even
star
differs
from
star
in
beauty.
\VS{42}It
is
the
same
with
the resurrection
of
the
dead.
Sown
a
mortal
body,
it
rises immortal;
sown
disfigured,
it
rises
beautiful;
\VS{43}sown
weak,
it
rises
strong;
sown
a
human
body,
it
rises
a
spiritual
body.
\VS{44}As
surely
as
there
is
a
human
body,
there
is
also
a
spiritual
body.
\VS{45}That
is
what
is
meant
by
the
words – “Adam,
the
first
man,
became
a
human
being”;
the
last
Adam
became
a
life-giving
spirit.
\VS{46}That
which
comes
first
is
not
the
spiritual,
but
the
human;
afterwards
comes
the
spiritual;
\VS{47}the
first
man
was
from
the
dust
of
the
earth;
the
second
man
from
heaven.
\VS{48}Those
who
are
of
the
dust
are
like
him
who
came
from
the
dust;
and
those
who
are
of
heaven
are
like
him
who
came
from
heaven.
\VS{49}And
as
we
have
borne
the
likeness
of
him
who
came
from
the
dust,
so
let
us
bear
the
likeness
of
him
who
came
from
heaven.
\VS{50}This
I
say,
friends –
Flesh
and
blood
can
have
no
share
in
the
kingdom
of
God,
nor
can
the
perishable
share
the imperishable.
\VS{51}Listen,
I
will
tell
you
God’s
hidden
purpose!
We
will
not
all
have
passed
to
our
rest,
but
we
will
all
be
transformed –
in
a
moment,
in
the twinkling
of
an
eye,
\VS{52}at
the
last trumpet-call;
for
the
trumpet
will
sound,
and
the
dead
will
rise immortal,
and
we,
also,
will
be
transformed.
\VS{53}For
this
perishable
body
of
ours
must
put
on
an imperishable
form,
and
this
dying
body
a deathless
form.
\VS{54}And,
when
this
dying
body
has
put
on
its deathless
form,
then
indeed
will
the
words
of
scripture
come
true –
\par }{\Q \VS{55}“death
has
been
swallowed
up
in
victory!
Where,
Death,
is
your
victory?
Where,
death,
is
your
sting?”
\par }{\MM \VS{56}It
is
sin
that
gives
death
its
sting,
and
it
is
the
Law
that
gives
sin
its
power.
\VS{57}But
thanks
be
to
God,
who
gives
us
the
victory,
through
Jesus
Christ,
our
Lord.
\VS{58}Therefore,
my
dear
friends,
stand
firm, unshaken,
always
diligent
in
the
Lord’s
work,
for
you
know
that,
in
union
with
him,
your
toil
is
not
in
vain.

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH Conclusion
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}With
reference
to
the
collection
for Christ’s
people,
I
want
you
to
follow
the
instructions
that
I
gave
to
the
churches
in
Galatia.
\VS{2}On
the
first
day
of
every
week
each
of
you
should
put
by
what
he
can
afford,
so
that
no
collections
need
be
made
after
I
have
come.
\VS{3}On
my
arrival,
I
will
send
any
persons,
whom
you
may authorise
by
letter,
to
carry
your
gift
to
Jerusalem;
\VS{4}and,
if
it
appears
to
be
worth
while
for
me
to
go
also,
they
will
go
with
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}I
will
come
to
you
as
soon
as
I
have
been
through
Macedonia –
for
I
am
going
through
Macedonia –
\VS{6}And
I
will probably
make
some
stay
with
you
or,
perhaps,
remain
for
the
winter,
so
that
you
may
yourselves
send
me
on
my
way,
wherever
I
may
be
going.
\VS{7}I
do
not propose
to
pay
you
a
visit
in
passing
now,
for
I
hope
to
stay
with
you
for
some
time,
if
the
Lord
permits.
\VS{8}I
intend,
however,
staying
at
Ephesus
until
the
Festival
at
the
close
of
the
Harvest;
\VS{9}for
a
great
opening
for
active
work
has
presented
itself,
and
there
are
many
opponents.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}If
Timothy
comes,
take
care
that
he
has
no
cause
for
feeling
anxious
while
he
is
with
you.
He
is
doing
the
Master’s
work
no
less
than
I
am.
\VS{11}No
one,
therefore,
should
slight
him.
See
him
safely
on
his
way
to
me,
for
I
am
expecting
him
with
some
of
our
friends.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}As
for
our
friend Apollos,
I
have
often
urged
him
to
go
to
you
with
the
others.
He
has,
however,
been
very
unwilling
to
do
so
as
yet;
but
he
will
go
as
soon
as
he
finds
a
good
opportunity.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Be
watchful;
stand
firm
in
your
faith;
be
brave;
be
strong.
\VS{14}Let
everything
you
do
be
done
in
a
loving
spirit.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}I
have
another
request
to
make
of
you,
friends.
You
remember
Stephanas
and
his
household,
and
that
they
were
the first-fruits
gathered
in
from
Greece,
and
set
themselves
to
serve Christ’s
people.
\VS{16}I
want
you,
on
your
part,
to
show deference
to
such
people
as
these,
as
well
as
to
every
fellow labourer
and
earnest
worker.
\VS{17}I
am
glad
Stephanas
and
Fortunatus
and Achaicus
have
come,
for
they
have
made
up
for
your absence;
\VS{18}they
have cheered
my
heart,
and
your
hearts
also. Recognise
the
worth
of
such
people
as
these.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{19}The
churches
in Roman
Asia
send
you
their greetings. Aquila
and
Prisca
and
the
church
that
meets
at
their
house
send
you
many Christian greetings.
\VS{20}All
of
the
Lord’s
followers
send
you greetings.
Greet
one
another
with
a
sacred
kiss.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}I,
Paul,
add
this greeting
in
my
own handwriting.
\VS{22}Accursed
be
anyone
who
has
no
love
for
the
Lord.
THE
LORD
IS
COMING.
\VS{23}May
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
Jesus
be
with
you.
\VS{24}My
love
to
all
of
you
who
are
in
union
with
Christ
Jesus.\par }