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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
called
to
be
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.}
through
the
will
of
God,
and
our
brother
Sosthenes,
\VS{2}to
the
assembly
of
God
which
is
at
Corinth—those
who
are
sanctified
in
Christ
Jesus,
called
saints,
with
all
who
call
on
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
in
every
place,
both
theirs
and
ours:
\VS{3}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}I
always
thank
my
God
concerning
you
for
the
grace
of
God
which
was
given
you
in
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{5}that
in
everything
you
were
enriched
in
him,
in
all
speech
and
all
knowledge—
\VS{6}even
as
the
testimony
of
Christ
was
confirmed
in
you—
\VS{7}so
that
you
come behind
in
no
gift,
waiting
for
the
revelation
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
\VS{8}who
will
also
confirm
you
until
the
end,
blameless
in
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{9}God
is
faithful,
through
whom
you
were
called
into
the
fellowship
of
his
Son,
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Now
I
beg
you,
brothers,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:10 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”}
through
the
name
of
our
Lord,
Jesus
Christ,
that
you
all
speak
the
same
thing,
and
that
there
be
no
divisions amongst
you,
but
that
you
be perfected
together
in
the
same
mind
and
in
the
same judgement.
\VS{11}For
it
has
been reported
to
me
concerning
you,
my
brothers,
by
those
who
are
from
Chloe’s household,
that
there
are contentions amongst
you.
\VS{12}Now
I
mean
this,
that
each
one
of
you
says, “I follow
Paul,” “I follow
Apollos,” “I follow
Cephas,”
and, “I follow
Christ.”
\VS{13}Is
Christ
divided?
Was
Paul
crucified
for
you?
Or
were
you baptised
into
the
name
of
Paul?
\VS{14}I
thank God
that
I baptised
none
of
you
except
Crispus
and
Gaius,
\VS{15}so
that
no
one
should
say
that
I
had baptised
you
into
my
own
name.
\VS{16}(I
also baptised
the
household
of
Stephanas; besides them,
I
don’t
know
whether
I baptised
any
other.)
\VS{17}For
Christ
sent
me
not
to baptise,
but
to
preach
the
Good
News—not
in
wisdom
of
words,
so
that
the
cross
of
Christ wouldn’t
be
made
void.
\VS{18}For
the
word
of
the
cross
is
foolishness
to
those
who
are
dying,
but
to us
who
are
being
saved
it
is
the
power
of
God.
\VS{19}For
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “I
will
destroy
the
wisdom
of
the
wise.
\par }{\QB I
will
bring
the discernment
of
the discerning
to nothing.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 1:19 }
Isaiah 29:14}
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Where
is
the
wise?
Where
is
the
scribe?
Where
is
the
debater
of
this
age? Hasn’t
God
made
foolish
the
wisdom
of
this
world?
\VS{21}For seeing
that
in
the
wisdom
of
God,
the
world
through
its
wisdom
didn’t
know
God,
it
was
God’s
good
pleasure
through
the
foolishness
of
the
preaching
to
save
those
who
believe.
\VS{22}For
Jews
ask
for
signs,
Greeks
seek
after
wisdom,
\VS{23}but
we
preach
Christ
crucified,
a
stumbling
block
to
Jews
and
foolishness
to Greeks,
\VS{24}but
to
those
who
are
called,
both
Jews
and
Greeks,
Christ
is
the
power
of
God
and
the
wisdom
of
God;
\VS{25}because
the
foolishness
of
God
is
wiser
than
men,
and
the
weakness
of
God
is
stronger
than
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}For
you
see
your
calling,
brothers,
that
not
many
are
wise
according
to
the
flesh,
not
many
mighty,
and
not
many noble;
\VS{27}but
God
chose
the
foolish
things
of
the
world
that
he
might put
to
shame
those
who
are
wise.
God
chose
the
weak
things
of
the
world
that
he
might put
to
shame
the
things
that
are
strong.
\VS{28}God
chose
the lowly
things
of
the
world,
and
the
things
that
are
despised,
and
the
things
that
don’t
exist,
that
he
might
bring
to
nothing
the
things
that
exist,
\VS{29}that
no
flesh
should
boast
before
God.
\VS{30}Because
of
him,
you
are
in
Christ
Jesus,
who
was
made
to
us
wisdom
from
God,
and
righteousness
and
sanctification,
and
redemption,
\VS{31}that,
as it
is
written, “He
who
boasts,
let
him
boast
in
the
Lord.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 1:31 }
Jeremiah 9:24}

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
I
came
to
you,
brothers,
I
didn’t
come
with excellence
of
speech
or
of
wisdom,
proclaiming
to
you
the
testimony
of
God.
\VS{2}For
I
determined
not
to
know
anything amongst
you
except
Jesus
Christ
and
him
crucified.
\VS{3}I
was
with
you
in
weakness,
in
fear,
and
in
much
trembling.
\VS{4}My
speech
and
my
preaching
were
not
in
persuasive
words
of human
wisdom,
but
in
demonstration
of
the
Spirit
and
of
power,
\VS{5}that
your
faith wouldn’t stand
in
the
wisdom
of
men,
but
in
the
power
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}We
speak
wisdom,
however, amongst
those
who
are full grown,
yet
a
wisdom
not
of
this
world
nor
of
the
rulers
of
this
world
who
are coming
to
nothing.
\VS{7}But
we
speak
God’s
wisdom
in
a
mystery,
the
wisdom
that
has been
hidden,
which
God foreordained
before
the
worlds
for
our
glory,
\VS{8}which
none
of
the
rulers
of
this
world
has
known.
For
had
they
known
it,
they wouldn’t
have
crucified
the
Lord
of
glory.
\VS{9}But
as
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “Things
which
an
eye
didn’t
see,
and
an
ear
didn’t
hear,
\par }{\QB which
didn’t enter
into
the
heart
of
man,
\par }{\QB these
God
has
prepared
for
those
who
love
him.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:9 }
Isaiah 64:4}
\par }{\PP \VS{10}But
to us,
God
revealed
them
through
the
Spirit.
For
the
Spirit
searches
all
things,
yes,
the
deep
things
of
God.
\VS{11}For
who amongst
men
knows
the
things
of
a
man
except
the
spirit
of
the
man
which
is
in
him?
Even
so,
no
one
knows
the
things
of
God
except
God’s
Spirit.
\VS{12}But
we
received
not
the
spirit
of
the
world,
but
the
Spirit
which
is
from
God,
that
we
might
know
the
things
that
were
freely
given
to
us
by
God.
\VS{13}We
also
speak
these
things,
not
in
words
which man’s
wisdom teaches
but
which
the Holy
Spirit teaches, comparing
spiritual
things
with
spiritual
things.
\VS{14}Now
the
natural
man
doesn’t
receive
the
things
of
God’s
Spirit,
for
they
are
foolishness
to
him;
and
he
can’t
know
them,
because
they
are
spiritually
discerned.
\VS{15}But
he
who
is
spiritual
discerns
all
things,
and
he
himself
is
to
be judged
by
no
one.
\VS{16}“For
who
has
known
the
mind
of
the
Lord
that
he should
instruct
him?”
\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:16 }
Isaiah 40:13}
But
we
have
Christ’s
mind.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Brothers,
I
couldn’t
speak
to
you
as
to
spiritual,
but
as
to fleshly,
as
to babies
in
Christ.
\VS{2}I fed
you
with
milk,
not
with solid
food,
for
you weren’t
yet
ready.
Indeed,
you
aren’t
ready
even
now,
\VS{3}for
you
are
still
fleshly.
For insofar
as
there
is
jealousy,
strife,
and factions amongst
you,
aren’t
you
fleshly,
and don’t
you
walk
in
the ways
of
men?
\VS{4}For
when
one
says, “I follow
Paul,”
and
another, “I follow
Apollos,”
aren’t
you fleshly?
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Who
then
is
Apollos,
and
who
is
Paul,
but
servants
through
whom
you
believed,
and
each
as
the
Lord
gave
to
him?
\VS{6}I
planted.
Apollos
watered.
But
God
gave
the
increase.
\VS{7}So
then
neither
he
who
plants
is
anything,
nor
he
who
waters,
but
God
who
gives
the
increase.
\VS{8}Now
he
who
plants
and
he
who
waters
are
the
same,
but
each
will
receive
his
own
reward
according
to
his
own labour.
\VS{9}For
we
are
God’s
fellow
workers.
You
are
God’s farming,
God’s
building.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}According
to
the
grace
of
God
which
was
given
to
me,
as
a
wise
master
builder
I
laid
a
foundation,
and
another
builds
on
it.
But let
each
man
be
careful
how
he
builds
on
it.
\VS{11}For
no
one
can
lay
any
other
foundation
than
that
which
has
been
laid,
which
is
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{12}But
if
anyone
builds
on
the
foundation
with
gold,
silver,
costly
stones,
wood,
hay,
or
straw,
\VS{13}each
man’s
work
will
be
revealed.
For
the
Day
will declare
it,
because
it
is
revealed
in
fire;
and
the
fire
itself
will
test
what sort
of
work
each
man’s
work
is.
\VS{14}If
any
man’s
work
remains
which
he
built
on
it,
he
will
receive
a
reward.
\VS{15}If
any
man’s
work
is burnt,
he
will
suffer
loss,
but
he
himself
will
be
saved,
but
as
through
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Don’t
you
know
that
you
are
God’s
temple
and
that
God’s
Spirit
lives
in
you?
\VS{17}If
anyone
destroys
God’s
temple,
God
will
destroy him;
for
God’s
temple
is
holy,
which
you
are.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Let
no
one
deceive
himself.
If
anyone
thinks
that
he
is
wise amongst
you
in
this
world,
let
him
become
a
fool
that
he
may
become
wise.
\VS{19}For
the
wisdom
of
this
world
is
foolishness
with
God.
For
it
is
written, “He
has taken
the
wise
in
their
craftiness.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:19 }
Job 5:13}
\VS{20}And
again, “The
Lord
knows
the reasoning
of
the
wise,
that
it
is
worthless.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:20 }
Psalm 94:11}
\VS{21}Therefore
let
no
one
boast
in
men.
For
all
things
are
yours,
\VS{22}whether
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}So
let
a
man
think
of us
as
Christ’s
servants
and
stewards
of
God’s
mysteries.
\VS{2}Here, moreover,
it
is required
of
stewards
that
they
be
found
faithful.
\VS{3}But
with
me
it
is
a
very
small
thing
that
I
should
be judged
by
you,
or
by
a
human
court.
Yes,
I
don’t
even
judge
my
own self.
\VS{4}For
I know
nothing
against
myself.
Yet
I
am
not
justified
by
this,
but
he
who judges
me
is
the
Lord.
\VS{5}Therefore
judge
nothing
before
the
time,
until
the
Lord
comes,
who
will
both
bring
to
light
the
hidden
things
of
darkness
and
reveal
the counsels
of
the
hearts.
Then
each
man
will
get
his
praise
from
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Now
these
things,
brothers,
I
have
in
a figure transferred
to
myself
and
Apollos
for
your
sakes,
that
in
us
you
might
learn
not
to think
beyond
the
things
which
are
written,
that
none
of
you
be puffed
up
against
one
another.
\VS{7}For
who makes
you different?
And
what
do
you
have
that
you
didn’t
receive?
But
if
you
did
receive
it,
why
do
you
boast
as
if
you
had
not
received
it?
\par }{\PP \VS{8}You
are
already
filled.
You
have
already
become
rich.
You
have
come
to
reign
without us. Yes,
and
I
wish
that
you
did
reign,
that
we
also
might
reign
with
you!
\VS{9}For
I
think
that
God
has displayed
us,
the
apostles,
last
of
all,
like
men sentenced
to
death.
For
we
are
made
a
spectacle
to
the
world,
both
to
angels
and
men.
\VS{10}We
are
fools
for
Christ’s
sake,
but
you
are
wise
in
Christ.
We
are
weak,
but
you
are
strong.
You
have honour,
but
we
have dishonour.
\VS{11}Even
to
this
present
hour
we
hunger,
thirst,
are naked,
are beaten,
and
have no certain dwelling place.
\VS{12}We
toil,
working
with
our
own
hands.
When
people curse us,
we
bless. Being
persecuted,
we
endure.
\VS{13}Being defamed,
we
entreat.
We
are
made
as
the filth
of
the
world,
the
dirt wiped off
by
all,
even
until
now.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}I
don’t
write
these
things
to
shame
you,
but
to
admonish
you
as
my
beloved
children.
\VS{15}For
though
you
have
ten
thousand
tutors
in
Christ,
you
don’t
have
many
fathers.
For
in
Christ
Jesus,
I
became
your
father
through
the
Good
News.
\VS{16}I
beg
you
therefore,
be
imitators
of
me.
\VS{17}Because
of
this
I
have
sent
Timothy
to
you,
who
is
my
beloved
and
faithful
child
in
the
Lord,
who
will
remind
you
of
my
ways
which
are
in
Christ,
even
as
I
teach
everywhere
in
every
assembly.
\VS{18}Now
some
are puffed
up,
as
though
I
were
not
coming
to
you.
\VS{19}But
I
will
come
to
you
shortly,
if
the
Lord
is
willing.
And
I
will
know,
not
the
word
of
those
who
are puffed
up,
but
the
power.
\VS{20}For
God’s
Kingdom
is
not
in
word,
but
in
power.
\VS{21}What
do
you
want? Shall
I
come
to
you
with
a
rod,
or
in
love
and
a
spirit
of
gentleness?

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
is
actually
reported
that
there
is
sexual
immorality amongst
you,
and
such
sexual
immorality
as
is
not
even named amongst
the
Gentiles,
that
one
has
his
father’s
wife.
\VS{2}You
are
arrogant,
and
didn’t
mourn
instead,
that
he
who
had
done
this
deed
might
be
removed
from amongst
you.
\VS{3}For
I most
certainly,
as
being
absent
in
body
but
present
in
spirit,
have
already,
as
though
I
were
present,
judged
him
who
has
done
this
thing.
\VS{4}In
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
when
you
are
gathered
together
with
my
spirit
with
the
power
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
\VS{5}you
are
to
deliver
such
a
one
to
Satan
for
the
destruction
of
the
flesh,
that
the
spirit
may
be
saved
in
the
day
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Your
boasting
is
not
good.
Don’t
you
know
that
a
little
yeast
leavens
the
whole
lump?
\VS{7}Purge
out
the
old
yeast,
that
you
may
be
a
new
lump,
even
as
you
are
unleavened.
For
indeed
Christ,
our
Passover,
has
been
sacrificed
in
our
place.
\VS{8}Therefore let’s
keep
the feast,
not
with
old
yeast,
neither
with
the
yeast
of
malice
and
wickedness,
but
with
the
unleavened bread
of
sincerity
and
truth.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}I
wrote
to
you
in
my
letter
to
have
no company
with sexual sinners;
\VS{10}yet
not
at
all meaning
with
the sexual sinners
of
this
world,
or
with
the
covetous
and extortionists,
or
with
idolaters,
for
then
you
would
have
to
leave
the
world.
\VS{11}But
as
it
is,
I
wrote
to
you
not
to
associate
with
anyone
who
is called
a
brother
who
is
a sexual sinner,
or
covetous,
or
an
idolater,
or
a slanderer,
or
a
drunkard,
or
an extortionist.
Don’t
even
eat
with
such
a
person.
\VS{12}For
what
do
I
have
to
do
with
also
judging
those
who
are
outside? Don’t
you
judge
those
who
are
within?
\VS{13}But
those
who
are
outside,
God
judges. “Put
away
the
wicked
man
from amongst
yourselves.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 5:13 }
Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21; 24:7}

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Dare
any
of
you,
having
a
matter
against
his neighbour,
go
to
law
before
the
unrighteous,
and
not
before
the
saints?
\VS{2}Don’t
you
know
that
the
saints
will
judge
the
world?
And
if
the
world
is
judged
by
you,
are
you
unworthy
to
judge
the
smallest matters?
\VS{3}Don’t
you
know
that
we
will
judge
angels?
How
much
more,
things
that pertain
to
this
life?
\VS{4}If
then
you
have
to judge
things pertaining
to
this
life,
do
you set
them
to judge
who
are
of
no
account
in
the
assembly?
\VS{5}I
say
this
to move
you
to
shame.
Isn’t
there
even
one
wise
man amongst
you
who
would
be
able
to
decide
between
his
brothers?
\VS{6}But
brother
goes
to
law
with
brother,
and
that
before
unbelievers!
\VS{7}Therefore
it
is
already altogether
a defect
in
you
that
you
have
lawsuits
one
with
another.
Why
not
rather
be
wronged?
Why
not
rather
be
defrauded?
\VS{8}No,
but
you
yourselves
do
wrong
and
defraud,
and
that against
your
brothers.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Or
don’t
you
know
that
the
unrighteous
will
not
inherit
God’s
Kingdom?
Don’t
be
deceived.
Neither
the sexually
immoral,
nor
idolaters,
nor
adulterers,
nor male prostitutes,
nor homosexuals,
\VS{10}nor
thieves,
nor
covetous,
nor
drunkards,
nor slanderers,
nor extortionists,
will
inherit
God’s
Kingdom.
\VS{11}Some
of
you
were
such,
but
you
were
washed.
You
were
sanctified.
You
were
justified
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
and
in
the
Spirit
of
our
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“All
things
are
lawful
for
me,”
but
not
all
things
are expedient. “All
things
are
lawful
for
me,”
but
I
will
not
be brought
under
the
power
of
anything.
\VS{13}“Foods
for
the
belly,
and
the
belly
for
foods,”
but
God
will
bring
to
nothing
both
it
and
them.
But
the
body
is
not
for
sexual
immorality,
but
for
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
for
the
body.
\VS{14}Now
God
raised
up
the
Lord,
and
will
also
raise
us
up
by
his
power.
\VS{15}Don’t
you
know
that
your
bodies
are
members
of
Christ? Shall
I
then
take
the
members
of
Christ
and
make
them
members
of
a
prostitute?
May
it
never
be!
\VS{16}Or
don’t
you
know
that
he
who
is
joined
to
a
prostitute
is
one
body?
For, “The
two”,
he
says, “will become
one
flesh.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 6:16 }
Genesis 2:24}
\VS{17}But
he
who
is
joined
to
the
Lord
is
one
spirit.
\VS{18}Flee
sexual
immorality! “Every
sin
that
a
man
does
is
outside
the
body,”
but
he
who
commits
sexual
immorality
sins
against
his
own
body.
\VS{19}Or
don’t
you
know
that
your
body
is
a
temple
of
the
Holy
Spirit
who
is
in
you,
whom
you
have
from
God?
You
are
not
your
own,
\VS{20}for
you
were
bought
with
a
price.
Therefore
glorify
God
in
your
body
and
in
your spirit,
which
are
God’s.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
concerning
the
things
about
which
you
wrote
to me:
it
is
good
for
a
man
not
to
touch
a
woman.
\VS{2}But,
because
of
sexual
immoralities, let
each
man
have
his
own
wife,
and let
each
woman
have
her
own
husband.
\VS{3}Let
the
husband
give
his
wife
the affection owed
her,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:3 }
NU and TR have “what is owed her” instead of “the affection owed her”.}
and
likewise
also
the
wife
her
husband.
\VS{4}The
wife
doesn’t
have
authority
over
her
own
body,
but
the
husband does.
Likewise
also
the
husband
doesn’t
have
authority
over
his
own
body,
but
the
wife does.
\VS{5}Don’t
deprive
one
another,
unless
it
is
by consent
for
a
season,
that
you
may give
yourselves
to fasting
and
prayer,
and
may
be
together
again,
that
Satan
doesn’t
tempt
you
because
of
your
lack
of
self-control.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But
this
I
say
by
way
of
concession,
not
of
commandment.
\VS{7}Yet
I
wish
that
all
men
were
like
me.
However,
each
man
has
his
own
gift
from
God,
one
of
this
kind,
and another
of
that
kind.
\VS{8}But
I
say
to
the
unmarried
and
to
widows,
it
is
good
for
them
if
they
remain
even
as
I
am.
\VS{9}But
if
they
don’t
have
self-control,
let
them
marry.
For it’s
better
to
marry
than
to
burn
with passion.
\VS{10}But
to
the
married
I
command—not
I,
but
the
Lord—that
the
wife
not
leave
her
husband
\VS{11}(but
if
she departs,
let
her
remain
unmarried,
or
else
be
reconciled
to
her
husband),
and
that
the
husband
not
leave
his
wife.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}But
to
the
rest
I—not
the
Lord—say,
if
any
brother
has
an
unbelieving
wife,
and
she
is content
to
live
with
him,
let
him
not
leave
her.
\VS{13}The
woman
who
has
an
unbelieving
husband,
and
he
is content
to
live
with
her,
let
her
not
leave
her
husband.
\VS{14}For
the
unbelieving
husband
is
sanctified
in
the
wife,
and
the
unbelieving
wife
is
sanctified
in
the
husband.
Otherwise
your
children
would
be
unclean,
but
now
they
are
holy.
\VS{15}Yet
if
the
unbeliever departs,
let
there
be separation.
The
brother
or
the
sister
is
not
under
bondage
in
such cases,
but
God
has
called
us
in
peace.
\VS{16}For
how
do
you
know,
wife,
whether
you
will
save
your
husband?
Or
how
do
you
know,
husband,
whether
you
will
save
your
wife?
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Only,
as
the
Lord
has distributed
to
each
man,
as
God
has
called
each,
so let
him
walk.
So
I command
in
all
the
assemblies.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Was
anyone
called having
been
circumcised? Let
him
not become
uncircumcised.
Has
anyone
been
called
in
uncircumcision? Let
him
not
be
circumcised.
\VS{19}Circumcision
is
nothing,
and
uncircumcision
is
nothing,
but
what matters
is
keeping
God’s
commandments.
\VS{20}Let
each
man
stay
in
that
calling
in
which
he
was
called.
\VS{21}Were
you
called
being
a bondservant?
Don’t
let
that bother
you,
but
if
you
get
an opportunity
to
become
free,
use
it.
\VS{22}For
he
who
was
called
in
the
Lord
being
a bondservant
is
the
Lord’s
free
man.
Likewise
he
who
was
called
being
free
is
Christ’s bondservant.
\VS{23}You
were
bought
with
a
price.
Don’t
become bondservants
of
men.
\VS{24}Brothers,
let
each
man,
in
whatever condition
he
was
called,
stay
in
that condition
with
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Now
concerning
virgins,
I
have
no
commandment
from
the
Lord,
but
I
give
my judgement
as
one
who
has
obtained
mercy
from
the
Lord
to
be
trustworthy.
\VS{26}Therefore
I
think
that
because
of
the
distress
that
is
on us, it’s
good
for
a
man
to
remain
as
he
is.
\VS{27}Are
you
bound
to
a
wife?
Don’t
seek
to
be freed.
Are
you
free
from
a
wife?
Don’t
seek
a
wife.
\VS{28}But
if
you
marry,
you
have
not
sinned.
If
a
virgin
marries,
she
has
not
sinned.
Yet
such
will
have oppression
in
the
flesh,
and
I want
to
spare
you.
\VS{29}But
I
say
this,
brothers:
the
time
is
short.
From
now
on,
both
those
who
have
wives
may
be
as
though
they
had
none;
\VS{30}and
those
who
weep,
as
though
they
didn’t
weep;
and
those
who
rejoice,
as
though
they
didn’t
rejoice;
and
those
who
buy,
as
though
they
didn’t
possess;
\VS{31}and
those
who
use
the
world,
as
not
using
it
to
the fullest.
For
the mode
of
this
world passes
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}But
I
desire
to
have
you
to
be
free
from cares.
He
who
is
unmarried
is
concerned
for
the
things
of
the
Lord,
how
he
may
please
the
Lord;
\VS{33}but
he
who
is
married
is
concerned
about
the
things
of
the
world,
how
he
may
please
his
wife.
\VS{34}There
is
also
a difference
between
a
wife
and
a
virgin.
The
unmarried
woman cares
about
the
things
of
the
Lord,
that
she
may
be
holy
both
in
body
and
in
spirit.
But
she
who
is
married cares
about
the
things
of
the
world—how
she
may
please
her
husband.
\VS{35}This
I
say
for
your
own
benefit,
not
that
I
may ensnare
you,
but
for
that
which
is
appropriate,
and
that
you
may attend
to
the
Lord
without distraction.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}But
if
any
man
thinks
that
he
is behaving inappropriately towards
his
virgin,
if
she
is
past
the flower
of
her age,
and
if need
so requires,
let
him
do
what
he
desires.
He
doesn’t
sin.
Let
them
marry.
\VS{37}But
he
who
stands
steadfast
in
his
heart,
having
no urgency,
but
has
power
over
his
own
will,
and
has
determined
in
his
own
heart
to
keep
his
own
virgin,
does
well.
\VS{38}So
then
both
he
who
gives
his
own
virgin
in marriage
does
well,
and
he
who
doesn’t
give
her
in marriage
does
better.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}A
wife
is
bound
by law
for
as
long
as
her
husband
lives;
but
if
the
husband
is
dead,
she
is
free
to
be
married
to
whomever
she
desires,
only
in
the
Lord.
\VS{40}But
she
is
happier
if
she stays
as
she
is,
in
my judgement,
and
I
think
that
I
also
have
God’s
Spirit.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
concerning
things
sacrificed
to
idols:
We
know
that
we
all
have
knowledge.
Knowledge puffs
up,
but
love
builds
up.
\VS{2}But
if
anyone
thinks
that
he
knows
anything,
he doesn’t
yet
know
as
he
ought
to
know.
\VS{3}But
anyone
who
loves
God
is
known
by
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Therefore
concerning
the
eating
of
things
sacrificed
to
idols,
we
know
that
no
idol
is
anything
in
the
world,
and
that
there
is
no other
God
but
one.
\VS{5}For
though
there
are
things
that
are
called “gods”,
whether
in
the
heavens
or
on
earth—as
there
are
many “gods”
and
many “lords”—
\VS{6}yet
to
us
there
is
one
God,
the
Father,
of
whom
are
all
things,
and
we
for
him;
and
one
Lord,
Jesus
Christ,
through
whom
are
all
things,
and
we live
through
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}However,
that
knowledge
isn’t
in
all
men.
But
some,
with
consciousness
of
an
idol
until
now,
eat
as
of
a
thing
sacrificed
to
an
idol,
and
their
conscience,
being
weak,
is
defiled.
\VS{8}But
food
will
not
commend us
to
God.
For
neither,
if
we
don’t
eat
are
we
the
worse,
nor
if
we
eat
are
we
the
better.
\VS{9}But
be
careful
that
by
no means
does
this
liberty
of
yours
become
a
stumbling
block
to
the
weak.
\VS{10}For
if
a
man
sees
you
who
have
knowledge
sitting
in
an
idol’s
temple,
won’t
his
conscience,
if
he
is
weak,
be emboldened
to
eat
things
sacrificed
to
idols?
\VS{11}And
through
your
knowledge,
he
who
is
weak
perishes,
the
brother
for
whose
sake
Christ
died.
\VS{12}Thus,
sinning
against
the
brothers,
and
wounding
their
conscience
when
it
is
weak,
you
sin
against
Christ.
\VS{13}Therefore,
if
food
causes
my
brother
to
stumble,
I
will
eat
no
meat
forever
more,
that
I
don’t
cause
my
brother
to
stumble.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Am
I
not
free?
Am
I
not
an
apostle? Haven’t
I
seen
Jesus
Christ,
our
Lord?
Aren’t
you
my
work
in
the
Lord?
\VS{2}If
to
others
I
am
not
an
apostle,
yet
at least
I
am
to
you;
for
you
are
the
seal
of
my
apostleship
in
the
Lord.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}My defence
to
those
who
examine
me
is
this:
\VS{4}Have
we
no
right
to
eat
and
to
drink?
\VS{5}Have
we
no
right
to
take
along
a
wife
who
is
a believer,
even
as
the
rest
of
the
apostles,
and
the
brothers
of
the
Lord,
and
Cephas?
\VS{6}Or
have
only
Barnabas
and
I
no
right
to
not
work?
\VS{7}What
soldier
ever
serves
at
his
own
expense?
Who
plants
a
vineyard,
and
doesn’t
eat
of
its
fruit?
Or
who feeds
a
flock,
and
doesn’t drink
from
the flock’s
milk?
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Do
I
speak
these
things
according
to
the ways
of
men?
Or
doesn’t
the
law
also
say
the
same
thing?
\VS{9}For
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses, “You
shall
not
muzzle
an
ox
while
it treads out
the grain.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:9 }
Deuteronomy 25:4}
Is
it
for
the
oxen
that
God
cares,
\VS{10}or
does
he
say
it assuredly
for
our
sake?
Yes,
it
was
written
for
our
sake,
because
he
who ploughs
ought
to plough
in
hope,
and
he
who threshes
in
hope
should
partake
of
his
hope.
\VS{11}If
we
sowed
to
you
spiritual
things,
is it
a
great thing
if
we
reap
your
fleshly
things?
\VS{12}If
others
partake
of
this
right
over
you,
don’t
we
yet
more?
\par }{\PP Nevertheless
we
didn’t
use
this
right,
but
we bear
all
things,
that
we
may
cause
no
hindrance
to
the
Good
News
of
Christ.
\VS{13}Don’t
you
know
that
those
who serve around
sacred
things
eat
from
the
things
of
the
temple,
and
those
who wait
on
the
altar
have
their portion
with
the
altar?
\VS{14}Even
so
the
Lord
ordained
that
those
who
proclaim
the
Good
News
should
live
from
the
Good
News.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}But
I
have
used
none
of
these
things,
and
I
don’t
write
these
things
that
it
may
be
done
so
in
my
case;
for
I
would
rather
die,
than
that
anyone
should
make
my
boasting
void.
\VS{16}For
if
I
preach
the
Good
News,
I
have
nothing
to
boast
about,
for
necessity
is laid
on
me;
but
woe
is
to
me
if
I
don’t
preach
the
Good
News.
\VS{17}For
if
I
do
this
of
my own
will,
I
have
a
reward.
But
if
not
of
my own
will,
I
have
a
stewardship
entrusted
to
me.
\VS{18}What
then
is
my
reward?
That
when
I
preach
the
Good
News,
I
may
present
the
Good
News
of Christ
without
charge,
so
as
not
to abuse
my
authority
in
the
Good
News.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}For
though
I
was
free
from
all,
I brought
myself
under
bondage
to
all,
that
I
might
gain
the
more.
\VS{20}To
the
Jews
I
became
as
a
Jew,
that
I
might
gain
Jews;
to
those
who
are
under
the
law,
as
under
the
law,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:20 }
NU adds: though I myself am not under the law}
that
I
might
gain
those
who
are
under
the
law;
\VS{21}to
those
who
are
without
law,
as
without
law (not
being
without
law towards
God,
but
under
law towards
Christ),
that
I
might
win
those
who
are
without
law.
\VS{22}To
the
weak
I
became
as
weak,
that
I
might
gain
the
weak.
I
have
become
all
things
to
all
men,
that
I
may
by
all
means
save
some.
\VS{23}Now
I
do
this
for
the
sake
of
the
Good
News,
that
I
may
be
a joint
partaker
of
it.
\VS{24}Don’t
you
know
that
those
who
run
in
a
race
all
run,
but
one
receives
the
prize?
Run
like
that,
so
that
you
may
win.
\VS{25}Every
man
who strives
in
the
games
exercises
self-control
in
all
things.
Now
they
do
it
to
receive
a
corruptible
crown,
but
we
an incorruptible.
\VS{26}I
therefore
run
like
that,
not aimlessly.
I fight
like
that,
not
beating
the
air,
\VS{27}but
I beat
my
body
and bring
it
into submission,
lest
by any means,
after
I
have
preached
to
others,
I
myself
should
be
disqualified.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
I
would
not
have
you
ignorant,
brothers,
that
our
fathers
were
all
under
the
cloud,
and
all
passed
through
the
sea;
\VS{2}and
were
all baptised
into
Moses
in
the
cloud
and
in
the
sea;
\VS{3}and
all
ate
the
same
spiritual
food;
\VS{4}and
all
drank
the
same
spiritual
drink.
For
they
drank
of
a
spiritual
rock
that
followed
them,
and
the
rock
was
Christ.
\VS{5}However
with
most
of
them,
God
was
not
well
pleased,
for
they
were overthrown
in
the
wilderness.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Now
these
things
were
our
examples,
to
the intent
we
should
not
lust
after
evil
things
as
they
also lusted.
\VS{7}Don’t
be
idolaters,
as
some
of
them
were.
As
it
is
written, “The
people
sat
down
to
eat
and
drink,
and
rose
up
to
play.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:7 }
Exodus 32:6}
\VS{8}Let’s
not
commit sexual
immorality,
as
some
of
them
committed,
and
in
one
day
twenty-three
thousand
fell.
\VS{9}Let’s
not
test
Christ,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:9 }
NU reads “the Lord” instead of “Christ”.}
as
some
of
them
tested,
and
perished
by
the
serpents.
\VS{10}Don’t
grumble,
as
some
of
them
also
grumbled,
and
perished
by
the
destroyer.
\VS{11}Now
all
these
things
happened
to
them
by
way
of example,
and
they
were
written
for
our admonition,
on
whom
the
ends
of
the
ages
have
come.
\VS{12}Therefore let
him
who
thinks
he
stands
be
careful
that
he
doesn’t
fall.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}No
temptation
has
taken
you
except
what
is
common
to
man.
God
is
faithful,
who
will
not
allow
you
to
be
tempted
above
what
you
are
able,
but
will
with
the
temptation
also
make
the
way
of
escape,
that
you
may
be
able
to
endure
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Therefore,
my
beloved,
flee
from
idolatry.
\VS{15}I
speak
as
to
wise
men.
Judge
what
I
say.
\VS{16}The
cup
of
blessing
which
we
bless,
isn’t
it
a
sharing
of
the
blood
of
Christ?
The
bread
which
we
break,
isn’t
it
a
sharing
of
the
body
of
Christ?
\VS{17}Because
there
is
one
loaf
of
bread,
we,
who
are
many,
are
one
body;
for
we
all
partake
of
the
one
loaf
of
bread.
\VS{18}Consider
Israel
according
to
the
flesh.
Don’t
those
who
eat
the
sacrifices participate
in
the
altar?
\par }{\PP \VS{19}What
am
I
saying
then?
That
a
thing
sacrificed
to
idols
is
anything,
or
that
an
idol
is
anything?
\VS{20}But
I say
that
the
things
which
the Gentiles
sacrifice,
they
sacrifice
to
demons
and
not
to
God,
and
I
don’t
desire
that
you
would
have fellowship
with
demons.
\VS{21}You
can’t
both
drink
the
cup
of
the
Lord
and
the
cup
of
demons.
You
can’t
both
partake
of
the
table
of
the
Lord
and
of
the
table
of
demons.
\VS{22}Or
do
we
provoke
the
Lord
to
jealousy?
Are
we
stronger
than
he?
\par }{\PP \VS{23}“All
things
are
lawful
for
me,”
but
not
all
things
are
profitable. “All
things
are
lawful
for
me,”
but
not
all
things
build
up.
\VS{24}Let
no
one
seek
his
own,
but
each
one
his neighbour’s good.
\VS{25}Whatever
is
sold
in
the butcher shop,
eat,
asking
no question
for
the
sake
of
conscience,
\VS{26}for “the
earth
is
the
Lord’s,
and
its
fullness.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:26 }
Psalm 24:1
}
\VS{27}But
if
one
of
those
who
don’t believe
invites
you
to
a meal,
and
you
are inclined
to
go,
eat
whatever
is
set
before
you,
asking
no
questions
for
the
sake
of
conscience.
\VS{28}But
if
anyone
says
to
you, “This
was offered
to
idols,”
don’t
eat
it
for
the
sake
of
the
one
who
told
you,
and
for
the
sake
of
conscience.
For “the earth
is
the Lord’s,
with
all
its fullness.”
\VS{29}Conscience,
I
say,
not
your
own,
but
the other’s
conscience.
For
why
is
my
liberty
judged
by
another
conscience?
\VS{30}If
I
partake
with
thankfulness,
why
am
I denounced
for
something
I
give
thanks
for?
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Whether
therefore
you
eat
or
drink,
or
whatever
you
do,
do
all
to
the
glory
of
God.
\VS{32}Give
no occasion
for stumbling,
whether
to
Jews,
to
Greeks,
or
to
the
assembly
of
God;
\VS{33}even
as
I
also
please
all
men
in
all
things,
not
seeking
my
own profit,
but
the profit
of
the
many,
that
they
may
be
saved.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Be
imitators
of
me, even
as
I
also
am
of
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Now
I
praise
you, brothers,
that
you
remember
me
in
all
things,
and
hold firm
the
traditions,
even
as
I
delivered
them
to
you.
\VS{3}But
I
would
have
you
know
that
the
head\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:3 }
or, origin}
of
every
man
is
Christ,
and
the
head\FTNT{†}{{\FR 11:3 }
or, origin}
of
the
woman
is
man,
and
the
head\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 11:3 }
or, origin}
of
Christ
is
God.
\VS{4}Every
man
praying
or
prophesying,
having
his
head
covered, dishonours
his
head.
\VS{5}But
every
woman
praying
or
prophesying
with
her
head
uncovered dishonours
her
head.
For
it
is
one
and
the
same
thing
as
if
she
were
shaved.
\VS{6}For
if
a
woman
is
not
covered,
let
her
hair
also
be
cut
off.
But
if
it
is
shameful
for
a
woman
to
have
her
hair
cut
off
or
be
shaved,
let
her
be
covered.
\VS{7}For
a
man
indeed
ought
not
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
man
is
not
from
woman,
but
woman
from
man;
\VS{9}for
man
wasn’t
created
for
the
woman,
but
woman
for
the
man.
\VS{10}For
this cause
the
woman
ought
to
have
authority
over
her own
head,
because
of
the
angels.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Nevertheless,
neither
is
the
woman
independent
of
the
man,
nor
the
man
independent
of
the
woman,
in
the
Lord.
\VS{12}For
as
woman
came
from
man,
so
a
man
also
comes
through
a
woman;
but
all
things
are
from
God.
\VS{13}Judge
for
yourselves.
Is
it appropriate
that
a
woman
pray
to
God unveiled?
\VS{14}Doesn’t
even
nature
itself
teach
you
that
if
a
man
has
long
hair,
it
is
a dishonour
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
seems
to
be
contentious,
we
have
no
such
custom,
neither
do
God’s
assemblies.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}But
in
giving
you
this
command
I
don’t
praise
you,
because
you
come
together
not
for
the
better
but
for
the worse.
\VS{18}For
first
of
all,
when
you
come
together
in
the
assembly,
I
hear
that
divisions
exist amongst
you,
and
I partly
believe
it.
\VS{19}For
there
also
must
be
factions amongst
you,
that
those
who
are
approved
may
be
revealed amongst
you.
\VS{20}When
therefore
you
assemble
yourselves
together,
it
is
not
the
Lord’s
supper
that
you
eat.
\VS{21}For
in
your
eating
each
one
takes
his
own
supper
first.
One
is
hungry,
and another
is drunken.
\VS{22}What,
don’t
you
have
houses
to
eat
and
to
drink
in?
Or
do
you
despise
God’s
assembly
and put
them
to
shame
who
don’t
have enough?
What
shall
I
tell
you?
Shall
I
praise
you?
In
this
I
don’t
praise
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}For
I
received
from
the
Lord
that
which
also
I
delivered
to
you,
that
the
Lord
Jesus
on
the
night
in
which
he
was
betrayed
took
bread.
\VS{24}When
he
had
given
thanks,
he
broke
it
and
said,
{\WJ{“Take, eat.
This
is
my
body,
which
is
broken
for
you.
Do
this
in memory
of
me.”}}
\VS{25}In
the
same
way
he
also
took
the
cup
after
supper,
saying,
{\WJ{“This
cup
is
the
new
covenant
in
my
blood.
Do
this,
as
often
as
you
drink,
in memory
of
me.”}}
\VS{26}For
as
often
as
you
eat
this
bread
and
drink
this
cup,
you
proclaim
the
Lord’s
death
until
he
comes.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Therefore
whoever
eats
this
bread
or
drinks
the
Lord’s
cup
in
a
way
unworthy
of
the
Lord
will
be
guilty
of
the
body
and
the
blood
of
the
Lord.
\VS{28}But
let
a
man
examine
himself,
and
so
let
him
eat
of
the
bread
and
drink
of
the
cup.
\VS{29}For
he
who
eats
and
drinks
in
an unworthy
way
eats
and
drinks judgement
to
himself
if
he
doesn’t
discern
the Lord’s
body.
\VS{30}For
this cause
many amongst
you
are
weak
and sickly,
and
not
a few
sleep.
\VS{31}For
if
we discerned
ourselves,
we wouldn’t
be
judged.
\VS{32}But
when
we
are
judged,
we
are
disciplined
by
the
Lord,
that
we
may
not
be
condemned
with
the
world.
\VS{33}Therefore, my
brothers,
when
you
come
together
to
eat,
wait
for
one
another.
\VS{34}But
if
anyone
is
hungry,
let
him
eat
at
home,
lest
your
coming
together
be
for judgement.
The
rest
I
will set
in
order
whenever
I
come.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
concerning
spiritual
things,
brothers,
I
don’t
want
you
to
be
ignorant.
\VS{2}You
know
that
when
you
were heathen,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:2 }
or Gentiles}
you
were
led
away
to
those
mute
idols,
however
you
might
be
led.
\VS{3}Therefore
I
make
known
to
you
that
no
man
speaking
by
God’s
Spirit
says, “Jesus
is
accursed.”
No
one
can
say, “Jesus
is
Lord,”
but
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Now
there
are various kinds
of
gifts,
but
the
same
Spirit.
\VS{5}There
are various kinds
of
service,
and
the
same
Lord.
\VS{6}There
are various
kinds
of workings,
but
the
same
God
who
works
all
things
in
all.
\VS{7}But
to
each
one
is
given
the
manifestation
of
the
Spirit
for
the profit
of
all.
\VS{8}For
to
one
is
given
through
the
Spirit
the
word
of
wisdom,
and
to
another
the
word
of
knowledge
according
to
the
same
Spirit,
\VS{9}to
another
faith
by
the
same
Spirit,
and
to
another
gifts
of
healings
by
the
same
Spirit,
\VS{10}and
to
another workings
of
miracles,
and
to
another
prophecy,
and
to
another discerning
of
spirits,
to
another
different
kinds
of
languages,
and
to
another
the
interpretation
of
languages.
\VS{11}But
the
one
and
the
same
Spirit produces
all
of
these,
distributing
to
each
one separately
as
he
desires.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}For
as
the
body
is
one
and
has
many
members,
and
all
the
members
of
the
body,
being
many,
are
one
body;
so
also
is
Christ.
\VS{13}For
in
one
Spirit
we
were
all baptised
into
one
body,
whether
Jews
or
Greeks,
whether bond
or
free;
and
were
all given
to
drink
into
one
Spirit.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}For
the
body
is
not
one
member,
but
many.
\VS{15}If
the
foot would
say, “Because I’m
not
the
hand, I’m
not part
of
the
body,”
it
is
not therefore
not part
of
the
body.
\VS{16}If
the
ear
would
say, “Because I’m
not
the
eye, I’m
not part
of
the
body,” it’s
not therefore
not part
of
the
body.
\VS{17}If
the
whole
body
were an
eye,
where would
the
hearing
be?
If
the
whole
were
hearing,
where would
the smelling
be?
\VS{18}But
now
God
has
set
the
members,
each
one
of
them,
in
the
body,
just
as
he
desired.
\VS{19}If
they
were
all
one
member,
where would
the
body
be?
\VS{20}But
now
they
are
many
members,
but
one
body.
\VS{21}The
eye
can’t
tell
the
hand, “I
have
no
need
for
you,”
or
again
the
head
to
the
feet, “I
have
no
need
for
you.”
\VS{22}No,
much
rather,
those
members
of
the
body
which
seem
to
be
weaker
are
necessary.
\VS{23}Those parts
of
the
body
which
we
think
to
be
less honourable,
on
those
we
bestow
more
abundant honour;
and
our
unpresentable parts
have
more
abundant modesty,
\VS{24}while
our
presentable parts
have
no such
need.
But
God
composed
the
body together,
giving
more
abundant honour
to
the
inferior
part,
\VS{25}that
there
should
be
no
division
in
the
body,
but
that
the
members
should
have
the
same
care
for
one
another.
\VS{26}When
one
member
suffers,
all
the
members
suffer
with
it.
When
one
member
is honoured,
all
the
members
rejoice
with
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Now
you
are
the
body
of
Christ,
and
members
individually.
\VS{28}God
has
set
some
in
the
assembly:
first
apostles,
second
prophets,
third
teachers,
then
miracle workers,
then
gifts
of
healings,
helps, governments,
and various
kinds
of
languages.
\VS{29}Are
all
apostles?
Are
all
prophets?
Are
all
teachers?
Are
all
miracle workers?
\VS{30}Do
all
have
gifts
of
healings?
Do
all
speak
with various
languages?
Do
all
interpret?
\VS{31}But
earnestly
desire
the best
gifts.
Moreover,
I
show
a most
excellent
way
to
you.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}If
I
speak
with
the
languages
of
men
and
of
angels,
but
don’t
have
love,
I
have
become sounding brass
or
a
clanging
cymbal.
\VS{2}If
I
have
the gift
of
prophecy,
and
know
all
mysteries
and
all
knowledge,
and
if
I
have
all
faith,
so
as
to
remove
mountains,
but
don’t
have
love,
I
am
nothing.
\VS{3}If
I
give away
all
my goods
to
feed
the poor,
and
if
I
give
my
body
to
be burnt,
but
don’t
have
love,
it
profits
me
nothing.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Love
is
patient
and
is
kind.
Love
doesn’t
envy.
Love
doesn’t
brag,
is
not
proud,
\VS{5}doesn’t behave
itself inappropriately,
doesn’t
seek
its
own way,
is
not
provoked, takes
no
account
of
evil;
\VS{6}doesn’t
rejoice
in
unrighteousness,
but
rejoices
with
the
truth;
\VS{7}bears
all
things,
believes
all
things,
hopes
all
things,
and
endures
all
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Love
never
fails.
But where
there
are
prophecies,
they
will be
done
away
with. Where
there
are various
languages,
they
will
cease. Where
there
is
knowledge,
it
will be
done
away
with.
\VS{9}For
we
know
in
part
and
we
prophesy
in
part;
\VS{10}but
when
that
which
is
complete
has
come,
then
that
which
is
partial
will be
done
away
with.
\VS{11}When
I
was
a
child,
I
spoke
as
a
child,
I
felt
as
a
child,
I thought
as
a
child.
Now
that
I
have
become
a
man,
I
have
put
away
childish
things.
\VS{12}For
now
we
see
in
a
mirror,
dimly,
but
then
face
to
face.
Now
I
know
in
part,
but
then
I
will
know
fully,
even
as
I
was
also
fully
known.
\VS{13}But
now
faith,
hope,
and
love
remain—these
three.
The
greatest
of
these
is
love.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Follow
after
love
and
earnestly
desire
spiritual gifts,
but
especially
that you
may
prophesy.
\VS{2}For
he
who
speaks
in another
language
speaks
not
to
men,
but
to
God,
for
no
one
understands,
but
in
the
Spirit
he
speaks
mysteries.
\VS{3}But
he
who
prophesies
speaks
to
men
for
their
edification,
exhortation,
and
consolation.
\VS{4}He
who
speaks
in
another
language
edifies
himself,
but
he
who
prophesies
edifies
the
assembly.
\VS{5}Now
I
desire
to
have
you
all
speak
with
other
languages,
but
even
more
that
you
would
prophesy.
For
he
is
greater
who
prophesies
than
he
who
speaks
with
other
languages,
unless
he
interprets,
that
the
assembly
may
be built
up.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But
now,
brothers,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:6 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
}
if
I
come
to
you
speaking
with
other
languages,
what
would
I
profit
you
unless
I
speak
to
you
either
by
way
of
revelation,
or
of
knowledge,
or
of
prophesying,
or
of
teaching?
\VS{7}Even
lifeless
things
that
make
a
sound,
whether pipe
or
harp,
if
they
didn’t
give
a
distinction
in
the
sounds,
how would
it
be
known
what
is piped
or harped?
\VS{8}For
if
the
trumpet
gave
an uncertain
sound,
who
would
prepare
himself
for
war?
\VS{9}So
also
you,
unless
you
uttered
by
the
tongue
words easy
to
understand,
how
would
it
be
known
what
is
spoken?
For
you
would
be
speaking
into
the
air.
\VS{10}There
are,
it
may
be,
so
many
kinds
of
languages
in
the
world,
and
none
of
them
is
without
meaning.
\VS{11}If
then
I
don’t
know
the
meaning
of
the
language,
I
would
be
to
him
who
speaks
a foreigner,
and
he
who
speaks
would
be
a foreigner
to
me.
\VS{12}So
also
you,
since
you
are
zealous
for
spiritual gifts,
seek
that
you
may
abound
to
the
building
up
of
the
assembly.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Therefore
let
him
who
speaks
in another
language
pray
that
he
may
interpret.
\VS{14}For
if
I
pray
in another
language, my
spirit
prays,
but my
understanding
is
unfruitful.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}What
should
I
do?
I
will
pray
with
the
spirit,
and
I
will
pray
with
the
understanding
also.
I
will
sing
with
the
spirit,
and
I
will
sing
with
the
understanding
also.
\VS{16}Otherwise,
if
you
bless
with
the
spirit,
how
will
he
who
fills
the
place
of
the unlearned
say
the “Amen”
at
your
giving
of
thanks,
seeing
he
doesn’t
know
what
you
say?
\VS{17}For
you most
certainly
give
thanks
well,
but
the
other
person
is
not
built
up.
\VS{18}I
thank
my
God,
I
speak
with other
languages
more than
you
all.
\VS{19}However,
in
the
assembly
I
would
rather
speak
five
words
with
my
understanding,
that
I
might
instruct
others
also,
than
ten
thousand
words
in
another
language.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Brothers,
don’t
be
children
in thoughts,
yet
in
malice
be babies,
but
in thoughts
be
mature.
\VS{21}In
the
law
it
is
written, “By
men
of
strange languages
and
by
the
lips
of
strangers
I
will
speak
to
this
people.
They won’t
even
listen
to
me
that
way,
says
the
Lord.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 14:21 }
Isaiah 28:11-12}
\VS{22}Therefore
other
languages
are
for
a
sign,
not
to
those
who
believe,
but
to
the
unbelieving;
but
prophesying
is
for
a
sign,
not
to
the
unbelieving,
but
to
those
who
believe.
\VS{23}If
therefore
the
whole
assembly
is
assembled
together
and
all
speak
with
other
languages,
and unlearned
or
unbelieving
people
come
in,
won’t
they
say
that
you
are crazy?
\VS{24}But
if
all
prophesy,
and
someone
unbelieving
or unlearned
comes
in,
he
is
reproved
by
all,
and
he
is judged
by
all.
\VS{25}And
thus
the
secrets
of
his
heart
are
revealed.
So
he
will
fall
down
on
his
face
and
worship
God,
declaring
that
God
is amongst
you
indeed.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}What
is
it
then,
brothers?
When
you
come
together,
each
one
of
you
has
a
psalm,
has
a
teaching,
has
a
revelation,
has another
language, or
has
an
interpretation.
Let
all
things
be
done
to
build
each other
up.
\VS{27}If
any
man
speaks
in
another
language,
let
there
be
two,
or
at
the
most
three,
and
in
turn;
and
let
one
interpret.
\VS{28}But
if
there
is
no
interpreter,
let
him
keep
silent
in
the
assembly,
and
let
him
speak
to
himself
and
to
God.
\VS{29}Let
two
or
three
of
the
prophets
speak,
and
let
the
others
discern.
\VS{30}But
if
a
revelation
is
made
to
another
sitting
by, let
the
first
keep
silent.
\VS{31}For
you
all
can
prophesy
one
by
one,
that
all
may
learn
and
all
may
be
exhorted.
\VS{32}The
spirits
of
the
prophets
are
subject
to
the
prophets,
\VS{33}for
God
is
not
a
God
of
confusion
but
of
peace,
as
in
all
the
assemblies
of
the
saints.
\VS{34}Let
the
wives
be
quiet
in
the
assemblies,
for
it
has
not
been
permitted
for
them
to
be
talking
except
in submission,
as
the
law
also
says,\XREF{✡}{{\XO 14:34 }
Deuteronomy 27:9}
\VS{35}if
they
desire
to
learn
anything. “Let
them
ask
their
own
husbands
at
home,
for
it
is
shameful
for
a
wife
to
be
talking
in
the
assembly.”
\VS{36}What!?
Was
it
from
you
that
the
word
of
God
went
out?
Or
did
it
come
to
you
alone?
\par }{\PP \VS{37}If
any
man
thinks himself
to
be
a
prophet
or
spiritual,
let
him recognise
the
things
which
I
write
to
you,
that
they
are
the commandment
of
the
Lord.
\VS{38}But
if
anyone
is
ignorant, let him
be
ignorant.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}Therefore,
brothers,
desire
earnestly
to
prophesy,
and
don’t
forbid
speaking
with other
languages.
\VS{40}Let
all
things
be
done
decently
and
in
order.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
I declare
to
you,
brothers,
the
Good
News
which
I
preached
to
you,
which
also
you
received,
in
which
you
also
stand,
\VS{2}by
which
also
you
are
saved,
if
you
hold
firmly
the
word
which
I
preached
to
you—unless
you
believed
in
vain.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}For
I
delivered
to
you
first
of
all
that
which
I
also
received:
that
Christ
died
for
our
sins
according
to
the
Scriptures,
\VS{4}that
he
was
buried,
that
he
was
raised
on
the
third
day
according
to
the
Scriptures,
\VS{5}and
that
he
appeared
to
Cephas,
then
to
the
twelve.
\VS{6}Then
he
appeared
to
over
five
hundred
brothers
at
once,
most
of
whom
remain
until
now,
but
some
have
also
fallen
asleep.
\VS{7}Then
he
appeared
to
James,
then
to
all
the
apostles,
\VS{8}and
last
of
all,
as
to
the child
born
at
the wrong time,
he
appeared
to
me
also.
\VS{9}For
I
am
the
least
of
the
apostles,
who
is
not
worthy
to
be
called
an
apostle,
because
I
persecuted
the
assembly
of
God.
\VS{10}But
by
the
grace
of
God
I
am
what
I
am.
His
grace
which
was given
to
me
was
not
futile,
but
I
worked
more
than
all
of
them;
yet
not
I,
but
the
grace
of
God
which
was
with
me.
\VS{11}Whether
then
it
is
I
or
they,
so
we
preach,
and
so
you
believed.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
if
Christ
is
preached,
that
he
has
been
raised
from
the
dead,
how
do
some amongst
you
say
that
there
is
no
resurrection
of
the
dead?
\VS{13}But
if
there
is
no
resurrection
of
the
dead,
neither
has
Christ
been
raised.
\VS{14}If
Christ
has
not
been
raised,
then
our
preaching
is
in
vain
and
your
faith
also
is
in
vain.
\VS{15}Yes,
we
are
also
found false
witnesses
of
God,
because
we
testified
about
God
that
he
raised
up
Christ,
whom
he
didn’t
raise
up
if
it
is true
that
the
dead
are
not
raised.
\VS{16}For
if
the
dead
aren’t
raised,
neither
has
Christ
been
raised.
\VS{17}If
Christ
has
not
been
raised,
your
faith
is
vain;
you
are
still
in
your
sins.
\VS{18}Then
they
also
who
are
fallen
asleep
in
Christ
have
perished.
\VS{19}If
we
have
only
hoped
in
Christ
in
this
life,
we
are
of
all
men
most pitiable.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}But
now
Christ
has
been
raised
from
the
dead.
He became
the
first fruit
of
those
who
are
asleep.
\VS{21}For
since
death
came
by
man,
the
resurrection
of
the
dead
also
came
by
man.
\VS{22}For
as
in
Adam
all
die,
so
also
in
Christ
all
will
be
made
alive.
\VS{23}But
each
in
his
own
order:
Christ
the
first
fruits,
then
those
who
are
Christ’s
at
his
coming.
\VS{24}Then
the
end
comes,
when
he
will
deliver
up
the
Kingdom
to
God
the
Father,
when
he
will
have
abolished
all
rule
and
all
authority
and
power.
\VS{25}For
he
must
reign
until
he
has
put
all
his
enemies
under
his
feet.
\VS{26}The
last
enemy that
will
be
abolished
is
death.
\VS{27}For, “He
put
all
things
in
subjection
under
his
feet.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:27 }
Psalm 8:6}
But
when
he
says, “All
things
are
put
in
subjection”,
it
is
evident
that
he
is
excepted
who
subjected
all
things
to
him.
\VS{28}When
all
things
have
been
subjected
to
him,
then
the
Son
will
also
himself
be
subjected
to
him
who
subjected
all
things
to
him,
that
God
may
be
all
in
all.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Or
else
what
will
they
do
who
are baptised
for
the
dead?
If
the
dead
aren’t
raised
at
all,
why
then
are
they baptised
for
the
dead?
\VS{30}Why
do
we
also stand
in jeopardy
every
hour?
\VS{31}I
affirm,
by
the
boasting
in
you
which
I
have
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord,
I
die
daily.
\VS{32}If
I
fought
with animals
at
Ephesus
for
human purposes,
what
does
it
profit
me?
If
the
dead
are
not
raised,
then “let’s
eat
and
drink,
for
tomorrow
we
die.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:32 }
Isaiah 22:13}
\VS{33}Don’t
be
deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt
good
morals.”
\VS{34}Wake up
righteously
and
don’t
sin,
for
some
have
no
knowledge
of
God.
I
say
this
to
your
shame.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}But
someone
will
say, “How
are
the
dead
raised?”
and, “With
what
kind
of
body
do
they
come?”
\VS{36}You
foolish
one,
that
which
you
yourself
sow
is
not
made
alive
unless
it
dies.
\VS{37}That
which
you
sow,
you
don’t
sow
the
body
that
will
be,
but
a
bare
grain, maybe
of
wheat,
or
of
some
other
kind.
\VS{38}But
God
gives
it
a
body
even
as
it pleased
him,
and
to
each
seed
a
body
of
its
own.
\VS{39}All
flesh
is
not
the
same
flesh,
but
there
is
one
flesh
of
men,
another
flesh
of animals,
another
of
fish,
and
another
of
birds.
\VS{40}There
are
also celestial
bodies
and terrestrial
bodies;
but
the
glory
of
the celestial differs
from
that
of
the terrestrial.
\VS{41}There
is
one
glory
of
the
sun,
another
glory
of
the
moon,
and
another
glory
of
the
stars;
for
one
star
differs
from
another
star
in
glory.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}So
also
is
the
resurrection
of
the
dead.
The body
is
sown
perishable;
it
is
raised
imperishable.
\VS{43}It
is
sown
in dishonour; it
is
raised
in
glory. It
is
sown
in
weakness; it
is
raised
in
power.
\VS{44}It
is
sown
a
natural
body;
it
is
raised
a
spiritual
body.
There
is
a
natural
body
and
there
is
also
a
spiritual
body.
\par }{\PP \VS{45}So
also
it
is
written, “The
first
man
Adam
became
a
living
soul.”
\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:45 }
Genesis 2:7}
The
last
Adam
became
a
life-giving
spirit.
\VS{46}However,
that
which
is
spiritual
isn’t
first,
but
that
which
is
natural,
then
that
which
is
spiritual.
\VS{47}The
first
man
is
of
the
earth, made
of dust.
The
second
man
is
the Lord
from
heaven.
\VS{48}As
is
the
one made
of dust,
such
are
those
who
are
also made
of dust;
and
as
is
the
heavenly,
such
are
they
also that
are
heavenly.
\VS{49}As
we
have
borne
the
image
of
those made
of dust, let’s\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:49 }
NU, TR read “we will” instead of “let’s”}
also
bear
the
image
of
the
heavenly.
\VS{50}Now
I
say
this,
brothers,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 15:50 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”}
that
flesh
and
blood
can’t
inherit
God’s
Kingdom;
neither
does
the
perishable
inherit
imperishable.
\par }{\PP \VS{51}Behold,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 15:51 }
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
I
tell
you
a
mystery.
We
will
not
all
sleep,
but
we
will
all
be
changed,
\VS{52}in
a
moment,
in
the
twinkling
of
an
eye,
at
the
last
trumpet.
For
the
trumpet
will
sound
and
the
dead
will
be
raised incorruptible,
and
we
will
be
changed.
\VS{53}For
this
perishable body
must become
imperishable,
and
this
mortal
must
put
on
immortality.
\VS{54}But
when
this
perishable
body
will
have
become
imperishable,
and
this
mortal
will
have
put
on
immortality,
then
what
is
written
will
happen: “Death
is
swallowed
up
in
victory.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:54 }
Isaiah 25:8}
\par }{\Q \VS{55}“Death,
where
is
your
sting?
\par }{\QB Hades,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 15:55 }
or, Hell}
where
is
your
victory?”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:55 }
See Hosea 13:14}
\par }{\PP \VS{56}The
sting
of
death
is
sin,
and
the
power
of
sin
is
the
law.
\VS{57}But
thanks
be
to
God,
who
gives
us
the
victory
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{58}Therefore,
my
beloved
brothers,
be
steadfast,
immovable,
always
abounding
in
the
Lord’s
work,
because
you
know
that
your labour
is
not
in
vain
in
the
Lord.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
concerning
the
collection
for
the
saints:
as
I
commanded
the
assemblies
of
Galatia,
you
do
likewise.
\VS{2}On
the
first
day
of
every
week,
let
each
one
of
you
save
as
he
may
prosper,
that
no
collections
are
made
when
I
come.
\VS{3}When
I
arrive,
I
will
send
whoever
you
approve
with
letters
to
carry
your
gracious
gift
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{4}If
it
is
appropriate
for
me
to
go
also,
they
will
go
with
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}I
will
come
to
you
when
I have
passed
through
Macedonia,
for
I am
passing
through
Macedonia.
\VS{6}But
with
you
it
may
be
that
I
will stay
with
you,
or
even
winter
with
you,
that
you
may
send
me
on
my
journey
wherever
I
go.
\VS{7}For
I
do
not
wish
to
see
you
now
in
passing,
but
I
hope
to
stay
a
while
with
you,
if
the
Lord
permits.
\VS{8}But
I will
stay
at
Ephesus
until
Pentecost,
\VS{9}for
a
great
and
effective
door
has
opened
to
me,
and
there
are
many
adversaries.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Now
if
Timothy
comes,
see
that
he
is
with
you
without
fear,
for
he
does
the
work
of
the
Lord,
as
I
also
do.
\VS{11}Therefore
let
no
one
despise
him.
But set
him forward
on
his
journey
in
peace,
that
he
may
come
to
me;
for
I
expect
him
with
the
brothers.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
concerning
Apollos
the
brother,
I
strongly
urged
him
to
come
to
you
with
the
brothers,
but
it
was
not
at
all
his
desire
to
come
now;
but
he
will
come
when
he
has
an
opportunity.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Watch!
Stand
firm
in
the
faith!
Be courageous!
Be
strong!
\VS{14}Let
all
that
you
do
be
done
in
love.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Now
I
beg
you,
brothers—you
know
the
house
of
Stephanas,
that
it
is
the
first
fruits
of
Achaia,
and
that
they
have
set
themselves
to
serve
the
saints—
\VS{16}that
you
also
be
in
subjection
to
such,
and
to
everyone
who
helps
in
the
work
and labours.
\VS{17}I
rejoice
at
the
coming
of
Stephanas,
Fortunatus,
and
Achaicus;
for
that
which
was
lacking
on
your part,
they
supplied.
\VS{18}For
they
refreshed
my
spirit
and
yours.
Therefore
acknowledge
those
who
are
like
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}The
assemblies
of
Asia
greet
you.
Aquila
and
Priscilla
greet
you
warmly
in
the
Lord,
together
with
the
assembly
that
is
in
their
house.
\VS{20}All
the
brothers
greet
you.
Greet
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}This
greeting
is by me,
Paul,
with
my
own
hand.
\VS{22}If
any
man
doesn’t
love
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
let him
be cursed.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:22 }
Greek: anathema.}
Come,
Lord!\FTNT{†}{{\FR 16:22 }
Aramaic: Maranatha!}
\VS{23}The
grace
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
\VS{24}My
love
to
all
of
you
in
Christ
Jesus. Amen.
\par }