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Book 46 1 Corinthians
46:001:001 Paul called to be an
apostle of Jesus Christ through the will
of God, and Sosthenes
our brother,
46:001:002 Unto the church of God
which is at Corinth, to them that are
sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints, with all that
in every place call
upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both their's and our's:
46:001:003 Grace be unto you, and
peace, from God our Father, and from
the Lord Jesus Christ.
46:001:004 I thank my God always
on your behalf, for the grace of God
which is given you by
Jesus Christ;
46:001:005 That in every thing ye
are enriched by him, in all utterance,
and in all knowledge;
46:001:006 Even as the testimony
of Christ was confirmed in you:
46:001:007 So that ye come behind
in no gift; waiting for the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ:
46:001:008 Who shall also confirm
you unto the end, that ye may be
blameless in the day of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
46:001:009 God is faithful, by
whom ye were called unto the fellowship of
his Son Jesus Christ
our Lord.
46:001:010 Now I beseech you,
brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all
speak the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among you;
but that ye be perfectly joined together
in the same mind and in
the same judgment.
46:001:011 For it hath been
declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them
which are of the house
of Chloe, that there are contentions
among you.
46:001:012 Now this I say, that
every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and
I of Apollos; and I of
Cephas; and I of Christ.
46:001:013 Is Christ divided? was
Paul crucified for you? or were ye
baptized in the name of
Paul?
46:001:014 I thank God that I
baptized none of you, but Crispus and
Gaius;
46:001:015 Lest any should say
that I had baptized in mine own name.
46:001:016 And I baptized also the
household of Stephanas: besides, I
know not whether I
baptized any other.
46:001:017 For Christ sent me not
to baptize, but to preach the gospel:
not with wisdom of
words, lest the cross of Christ should be
made of none effect.
46:001:018 For the preaching of
the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto
us which are saved it is the power of
God.
46:001:019 For it is written, I
will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and
will bring to nothing
the understanding of the prudent.
46:001:020 Where is the wise?
where is the scribe? where is the disputer
of this world? hath not
God made foolish the wisdom of this
world?
46:001:021 For after that in the
wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew
not God, it pleased God
by the foolishness of preaching to
save them that believe.
46:001:022 For the Jews require a
sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
46:001:023 But we preach Christ
crucified, unto the Jews a
stumblingblock, and
unto the Greeks foolishness;
46:001:024 But unto them which are
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ
the power of God, and
the wisdom of God.
46:001:025 Because the foolishness
of God is wiser than men; and the
weakness of God is
stronger than men.
46:001:026 For ye see your
calling, brethren, how that not many wise men
after the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble, are called:
46:001:027 But God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world to
confound the wise; and
God hath chosen the weak things of the
world to confound the
things which are mighty;
46:001:028 And base things of the
world, and things which are despised,
hath God chosen, yea,
and things which are not, to bring to
nought things that are:
46:001:029 That no flesh should
glory in his presence.
46:001:030 But of him are ye in
Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
46:001:031 That, according as it
is written, He that glorieth, let him
glory in the Lord.
46:002:001 And I, brethren, when I
came to you, came not with excellency
of speech or of wisdom,
declaring unto you the testimony of
God.
46:002:002 For I determined not to
know any thing among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him
crucified.
46:002:003 And I was with you in
weakness, and in fear, and in much
trembling.
46:002:004 And my speech and my
preaching was not with enticing words of
man's wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
46:002:005 That your faith should
not stand in the wisdom of men, but in
the power of God.
46:002:006 Howbeit we speak wisdom
among them that are perfect: yet not
the wisdom of this
world, nor of the princes of this world,
that come to nought:
46:002:007 But we speak the wisdom
of God in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom, which God
ordained before the world unto our glory:
46:002:008 Which none of the
princes of this world knew: for had they
known it, they would
not have crucified the Lord of glory.
46:002:009 But as it is written,
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered
into the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for
them that love him.
46:002:010 But God hath revealed
them unto us by his Spirit: for the
Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things of God.
46:002:011 For what man knoweth
the things of a man, save the spirit of
man which is in him?
even so the things of God knoweth no man,
but the Spirit of God.
46:002:012 Now we have received,
not the spirit of the world, but the
spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of
God.
46:002:013 Which things also we
speak, not in the words which man's
wisdom teacheth, but
which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
spiritual things with
spiritual.
46:002:014 But the natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit of
God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them, because they are
spiritually discerned.
46:002:015 But he that is
spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is
judged of no man.
46:002:016 For who hath known the
mind of the Lord, that he may instruct
him? But we have the
mind of Christ.
46:003:001 And I, brethren, could
not speak unto you as unto spiritual,
but as unto carnal,
even as unto babes in Christ.
46:003:002 I have fed you with
milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye
were not able to bear
it, neither yet now are ye able.
46:003:003 For ye are yet carnal:
for whereas there is among you envying,
and strife, and
divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
46:003:004 For while one saith, I
am of Paul; and another, I am of
Apollos; are ye not
carnal?
46:003:005 Who then is Paul, and
who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed, even as the
Lord gave to every man?
46:003:006 I have planted, Apollos
watered; but God gave the increase.
46:003:007 So then neither is he
that planteth any thing, neither he that
watereth; but God that
giveth the increase.
46:003:008 Now he that planteth
and he that watereth are one: and every
man shall receive his
own reward according to his own labour.
46:003:009 For we are labourers
together with God: ye are God's
husbandry, ye are God's
building.
46:003:010 According to the grace
of God which is given unto me, as a
wise masterbuilder, I
have laid the foundation, and another
buildeth thereon. But
let every man take heed how he buildeth
thereupon.
46:003:011 For other foundation
can no man lay than that is laid, which
is Jesus Christ.
46:003:012 Now if any man build
upon this foundation gold, silver,
precious stones, wood,
hay, stubble;
46:003:013 Every man's work shall
be made manifest: for the day shall
declare it, because it
shall be revealed by fire; and the fire
shall try every man's
work of what sort it is.
46:003:014 If any man's work abide
which he hath built thereupon, he
shall receive a reward.
46:003:015 If any man's work shall
be burned, he shall suffer loss: but
he himself shall be
saved; yet so as by fire.
46:003:016 Know ye not that ye are
the temple of God, and that the Spirit
of God dwelleth in you?
46:003:017 If any man defile the
temple of God, him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God
is holy, which temple ye are.
46:003:018 Let no man deceive
himself. If any man among you seemeth to be
wise in this world, let
him become a fool, that he may be
wise.
46:003:019 For the wisdom of this
world is foolishness with God. For it
is written, He taketh
the wise in their own craftiness.
46:003:020 And again, The Lord
knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that
they are vain.
46:003:021 Therefore let no man
glory in men. For all things are your's;
46:003:022 Whether Paul, or
Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or
death, or things
present, or things to come; all are your's;
46:003:023 And ye are Christ's;
and Christ is God's.
46:004:001 Let a man so account of
us, as of the ministers of Christ, and
stewards of the
mysteries of God.
46:004:002 Moreover it is required
in stewards, that a man be found
faithful.
46:004:003 But with me it is a
very small thing that I should be judged
of you, or of man's
judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
46:004:004 For I know nothing by
myself; yet am I not hereby justified:
but he that judgeth me
is the Lord.
46:004:005 Therefore judge nothing
before the time, until the Lord come,
who both will bring to
light the hidden things of darkness,
and will make manifest
the counsels of the hearts: and then
shall every man have
praise of God.
46:004:006 And these things,
brethren, I have in a figure transferred to
myself and to Apollos
for your sakes; that ye might learn in
us not to think of men
above that which is written, that no
one of you be puffed up
for one against another.
46:004:007 For who maketh thee to
differ from another? and what hast thou
that thou didst not
receive? now if thou didst receive it, why
dost thou glory, as if
thou hadst not received it?
46:004:008 Now ye are full, now ye
are rich, ye have reigned as kings
without us: and I would
to God ye did reign, that we also
might reign with you.
46:004:009 For I think that God
hath set forth us the apostles last, as
it were appointed to
death: for we are made a spectacle unto
the world, and to
angels, and to men.
46:004:010 We are fools for
Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we
are weak, but ye are
strong; ye are honourable, but we are
despised.
46:004:011 Even unto this present
hour we both hunger, and thirst, and
are naked, and are
buffeted, and have no certain
dwellingplace;
46:004:012 And labour, working
with our own hands: being reviled, we
bless; being
persecuted, we suffer it:
46:004:013 Being defamed, we
intreat: we are made as the filth of the
world, and are the
offscouring of all things unto this day.
46:004:014 I write not these
things to shame you, but as my beloved sons
I warn you.
46:004:015 For though ye have ten
thousand instructors in Christ, yet
have ye not many
fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten
you through the gospel.
46:004:016 Wherefore I beseech
you, be ye followers of me.
46:004:017 For this cause have I
sent unto you Timotheus, who is my
beloved son, and
faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you
into remembrance of my
ways which be in Christ, as I teach
every where in every
church.
46:004:018 Now some are puffed up,
as though I would not come to you.
46:004:019 But I will come to you
shortly, if the Lord will, and will
know, not the speech of
them which are puffed up, but the
power.
46:004:020 For the kingdom of God
is not in word, but in power.
46:004:021 What will ye? shall I
come unto you with a rod, or in love,
and in the spirit of
meekness?
46:005:001 It is reported commonly
that there is fornication among you,
and such fornication as
is not so much as named among the
Gentiles, that one
should have his father's wife.
46:005:002 And ye are puffed up,
and have not rather mourned, that he
that hath done this
deed might be taken away from among you.
46:005:003 For I verily, as absent
in body, but present in spirit, have
judged already, as
though I were present, concerning him that
hath so done this deed,
46:005:004 In the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered
together, and my
spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus
Christ,
46:005:005 To deliver such an one
unto Satan for the destruction of the
flesh, that the spirit
may be saved in the day of the Lord
Jesus.
46:005:006 Your glorying is not
good. Know ye not that a little leaven
leaveneth the whole
lump?
46:005:007 Purge out therefore the
old leaven, that ye may be a new lump,
as ye are unleavened.
For even Christ our passover is
sacrificed for us:
46:005:008 Therefore let us keep
the feast, not with old leaven, neither
with the leaven of
malice and wickedness; but with the
unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth.
46:005:009 I wrote unto you in an
epistle not to company with
fornicators:
46:005:010 Yet not altogether with
the fornicators of this world, or with
the covetous, or
extortioners, or with idolaters; for then
must ye needs go out of
the world.
46:005:011 But now I have written
unto you not to keep company, if any
man that is called a
brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or
an idolater, or a
railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner;
with such an one no not
to eat.
46:005:012 For what have I to do
to judge them also that are without? do
not ye judge them that
are within?
46:005:013 But them that are
without God judgeth. Therefore put away from
among yourselves that
wicked person.
46:006:001 Dare any of you, having
a matter against another, go to law
before the unjust, and
not before the saints?
46:006:002 Do ye not know that the
saints shall judge the world? and if
the world shall be
judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the
smallest matters?
46:006:003 Know ye not that we
shall judge angels? how much more things
that pertain to this
life?
46:006:004 If then ye have
judgments of things pertaining to this life,
set them to judge who
are least esteemed in the church.
46:006:005 I speak to your shame.
Is it so, that there is not a wise man
among you? no, not one
that shall be able to judge between his
brethren?
46:006:006 But brother goeth to
law with brother, and that before the
unbelievers.
46:006:007 Now therefore there is
utterly a fault among you, because ye
go to law one with
another. Why do ye not rather take wrong?
why do ye not rather
suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
46:006:008 Nay, ye do wrong, and
defraud, and that your brethren.
46:006:009 Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom
of God? Be not
deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with
mankind,
46:006:010 Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom of God.
46:006:011 And such were some of
you: but ye are washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the
Spirit of our God.
46:006:012 All things are lawful
unto me, but all things are not
expedient: all things
are lawful for me, but I will not be
brought under the power
of any.
46:006:013 Meats for the belly,
and the belly for meats: but God shall
destroy both it and
them. Now the body is not for fornication,
but for the Lord; and
the Lord for the body.
46:006:014 And God hath both
raised up the Lord, and will also raise up
us by his own power.
46:006:015 Know ye not that your
bodies are the members of Christ? shall
I then take the members
of Christ, and make them the members
of an harlot? God
forbid.
46:006:016 What? know ye not that
he which is joined to an harlot is one
body? for two, saith
he, shall be one flesh.
46:006:017 But he that is joined
unto the Lord is one spirit.
46:006:018 Flee fornication. Every
sin that a man doeth is without the
body; but he that
committeth fornication sinneth against his
own body.
46:006:019 What? know ye not that
your body is the temple of the Holy
Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not
your own?
46:006:020 For ye are bought with
a price: therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
46:007:001 Now concerning the
things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good
for a man not to touch
a woman.
46:007:002 Nevertheless, to avoid
fornication, let every man have his own
wife, and let every
woman have her own husband.
46:007:003 Let the husband render
unto the wife due benevolence: and
likewise also the wife
unto the husband.
46:007:004 The wife hath not power
of her own body, but the husband: and
likewise also the
husband hath not power of his own body, but
the wife.
46:007:005 Defraud ye not one the
other, except it be with consent for a
time, that ye may give
yourselves to fasting and prayer; and
come together again,
that Satan tempt you not for your
incontinency.
46:007:006 But I speak this by
permission, and not of commandment.
46:007:007 For I would that all
men were even as I myself. But every man
hath his proper gift of
God, one after this manner, and
another after that.
46:007:008 I say therefore to the
unmarried and widows, It is good for
them if they abide even
as I.
46:007:009 But if they cannot
contain, let them marry: for it is better
to marry than to burn.
46:007:010 And unto the married I
command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let
not the wife depart
from her husband:
46:007:011 But and if she depart,
let her remain unmarried or be
reconciled to her
husband: and let not the husband put away
his wife.
46:007:012 But to the rest speak
I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a
wife that believeth
not, and she be pleased to dwell with him,
let him not put her
away.
46:007:013 And the woman which
hath an husband that believeth not, and if
he be pleased to dwell
with her, let her not leave him.
46:007:014 For the unbelieving
husband is sanctified by the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the husband: else were your
children unclean; but
now are they holy.
46:007:015 But if the unbelieving
depart, let him depart. A brother or a
sister is not under
bondage in such cases: but God hath called
us to peace.
46:007:016 For what knowest thou,
O wife, whether thou shalt save thy
husband? or how knowest
thou, O man, whether thou shalt save
thy wife?
46:007:017 But as God hath
distributed to every man, as the Lord hath
called every one, so
let him walk. And so ordain I in all
churches.
46:007:018 Is any man called being
circumcised? let him not become
uncircumcised. Is any
called in uncircumcision? let him not be
circumcised.
46:007:019 Circumcision is
nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but
the keeping of the
commandments of God.
46:007:020 Let every man abide in
the same calling wherein he was called.
46:007:021 Art thou called being a
servant? care not for it: but if thou
mayest be made free,
use it rather.
46:007:022 For he that is called
in the Lord, being a servant, is the
Lord's freeman:
likewise also he that is called, being free,
is Christ's servant.
46:007:023 Ye are bought with a
price; be not ye the servants of men.
46:007:024 Brethren, let every
man, wherein he is called, therein abide
with God.
46:007:025 Now concerning virgins
I have no commandment of the Lord: yet
I give my judgment, as
one that hath obtained mercy of the
Lord to be faithful.
46:007:026 I suppose therefore
that this is good for the present
distress, I say, that
it is good for a man so to be.
46:007:027 Art thou bound unto a
wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou
loosed from a wife?
seek not a wife.
46:007:028 But and if thou marry,
thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin
marry, she hath not
sinned. Nevertheless such shall have
trouble in the flesh:
but I spare you.
46:007:029 But this I say,
brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,
that both they that
have wives be as though they had none;
46:007:030 And they that weep, as
though they wept not; and they that
rejoice, as though they
rejoiced not; and they that buy, as
though they possessed
not;
46:007:031 And they that use this
world, as not abusing it: for the
fashion of this world
passeth away.
46:007:032 But I would have you
without carefulness. He that is unmarried
careth for the things
that belong to the Lord, how he may
please the Lord:
46:007:033 But he that is married
careth for the things that are of the
world, how he may
please his wife.
46:007:034 There is difference
also between a wife and a virgin. The
unmarried woman careth
for the things of the Lord, that she
may be holy both in
body and in spirit: but she that is
married careth for the
things of the world, how she may please
her husband.
46:007:035 And this I speak for
your own profit; not that I may cast a
snare upon you, but for
that which is comely, and that ye may
attend upon the Lord
without distraction.
46:007:036 But if any man think
that he behaveth himself uncomely toward
his virgin, if she pass
the flower of her age, and need so
require, let him do
what he will, he sinneth not: let them
marry.
46:007:037 Nevertheless he that
standeth stedfast in his heart, having no
necessity, but hath
power over his own will, and hath so
decreed in his heart
that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
46:007:038 So then he that giveth
her in marriage doeth well; but he that
giveth her not in
marriage doeth better.
46:007:039 The wife is bound by
the law as long as her husband liveth;
but if her husband be
dead, she is at liberty to be married to
whom she will; only in
the Lord.
46:007:040 But she is happier if
she so abide, after my judgment: and I
think also that I have
the Spirit of God.
46:008:001 Now as touching things
offered unto idols, we know that we all
have knowledge.
Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
46:008:002 And if any man think
that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth
nothing yet as he ought
to know.
46:008:003 But if any man love
God, the same is known of him.
46:008:004 As concerning therefore
the eating of those things that are
offered in sacrifice
unto idols, we know that an idol is
nothing in the world,
and that there is none other God but
one.
46:008:005 For though there be
that are called gods, whether in heaven or
in earth, (as there be
gods many, and lords many,)
46:008:006 But to us there is but
one God, the Father, of whom are all
things, and we in him;
and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are
all things, and we by
him.
46:008:007 Howbeit there is not in
every man that knowledge: for some
with conscience of the
idol unto this hour eat it as a thing
offered unto an idol;
and their conscience being weak is
defiled.
46:008:008 But meat commendeth us
not to God: for neither, if we eat, are
we the better; neither,
if we eat not, are we the worse.
46:008:009 But take heed lest by
any means this liberty of your's become
a stumblingblock to
them that are weak.
46:008:010 For if any man see thee
which hast knowledge sit at meat in
the idol's temple,
shall not the conscience of him which is
weak be emboldened to
eat those things which are offered to
idols;
46:008:011 And through thy
knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for
whom Christ died?
46:008:012 But when ye sin so
against the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin
against Christ.
46:008:013 Wherefore, if meat make
my brother to offend, I will eat no
flesh while the world
standeth, lest I make my brother to
offend.
46:009:001 Am I not an apostle? am
I not free? have I not seen Jesus
Christ our Lord? are
not ye my work in the Lord?
46:009:002 If I be not an apostle
unto others, yet doubtless I am to you:
for the seal of mine
apostleship are ye in the Lord.
46:009:003 Mine answer to them
that do examine me is this,
46:009:004 Have we not power to
eat and to drink?
46:009:005 Have we not power to
lead about a sister, a wife, as well as
other apostles, and as
the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
46:009:006 Or I only and Barnabas,
have not we power to forbear working?
46:009:007 Who goeth a warfare any
time at his own charges? who planteth
a vineyard, and eateth
not of the fruit thereof? or who
feedeth a flock, and
eateth not of the milk of the flock?
46:009:008 Say I these things as a
man? or saith not the law the same
also?
46:009:009 For it is written in
the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle
the mouth of the ox
that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take
care for oxen?
46:009:010 Or saith he it
altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no
doubt, this is written:
that he that ploweth should plow in
hope; and that he that
thresheth in hope should be partaker of
his hope.
46:009:011 If we have sown unto
you spiritual things, is it a great thing
if we shall reap your
carnal things?
46:009:012 If others be partakers
of this power over you, are not we
rather? Nevertheless we
have not used this power; but suffer
all things, lest we
should hinder the gospel of Christ.
46:009:013 Do ye not know that
they which minister about holy things live
of the things of the
temple? and they which wait at the altar
are partakers with the
altar?
46:009:014 Even so hath the Lord
ordained that they which preach the
gospel should live of
the gospel.
46:009:015 But I have used none of
these things: neither have I written
these things, that it
should be so done unto me: for it were
better for me to die,
than that any man should make my
glorying void.
46:009:016 For though I preach the
gospel, I have nothing to glory of:
for necessity is laid
upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I
preach not the gospel!
46:009:017 For if I do this thing
willingly, I have a reward: but if
against my will, a
dispensation of the gospel is committed
unto me.
46:009:018 What is my reward then?
Verily that, when I preach the gospel,
I may make the gospel
of Christ without charge, that I abuse
not my power in the
gospel.
46:009:019 For though I be free
from all men, yet have I made myself
servant unto all, that
I might gain the more.
46:009:020 And unto the Jews I
became as a Jew, that I might gain the
Jews; to them that are
under the law, as under the law, that I
might gain them that
are under the law;
46:009:021 To them that are
without law, as without law, (being not
without law to God, but
under the law to Christ,) that I might
gain them that are
without law.
46:009:022 To the weak became I as
weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made all things to all
men, that I might by all means save
some.
46:009:023 And this I do for the
gospel's sake, that I might be partaker
thereof with you.
46:009:024 Know ye not that they
which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So
run, that ye may obtain.
46:009:025 And every man that
striveth for the mastery is temperate in
all things. Now they do
it to obtain a corruptible crown; but
we an incorruptible.
46:009:026 I therefore so run, not
as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one
that beateth the air:
46:009:027 But I keep under my
body, and bring it into subjection: lest
that by any means, when
I have preached to others, I myself
should be a castaway.
46:010:001 Moreover, brethren, I
would not that ye should be ignorant,
how that all our
fathers were under the cloud, and all passed
through the sea;
46:010:002 And were all baptized
unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
46:010:003 And did all eat the
same spiritual meat;
46:010:004 And did all drink the
same spiritual drink: for they drank of
that spiritual Rock
that followed them: and that Rock was
Christ.
46:010:005 But with many of them
God was not well pleased: for they were
overthrown in the
wilderness.
46:010:006 Now these things were
our examples, to the intent we should
not lust after evil
things, as they also lusted.
46:010:007 Neither be ye
idolaters, as were some of them; as it is
written, The people sat
down to eat and drink, and rose up to
play.
46:010:008 Neither let us commit
fornication, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day
three and twenty thousand.
46:010:009 Neither let us tempt
Christ, as some of them also tempted, and
were destroyed of
serpents.
46:010:010 Neither murmur ye, as
some of them also murmured, and were
destroyed of the
destroyer.
46:010:011 Now all these things
happened unto them for ensamples: and
they are written for
our admonition, upon whom the ends of the
world are come.
46:010:012 Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take heed lest he
fall.
46:010:013 There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to
man: but God is
faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye
are able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to
escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
46:010:014 Wherefore, my dearly
beloved, flee from idolatry.
46:010:015 I speak as to wise men;
judge ye what I say.
46:010:016 The cup of blessing
which we bless, is it not the communion of
the blood of Christ?
The bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body
of Christ?
46:010:017 For we being many are
one bread, and one body: for we are all
partakers of that one
bread.
46:010:018 Behold Israel after the
flesh: are not they which eat of the
sacrifices partakers of
the altar?
46:010:019 What say I then? that
the idol is any thing, or that which is
offered in sacrifice to
idols is any thing?
46:010:020 But I say, that the
things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they
sacrifice to devils,
and not to God: and I would not that ye
should have fellowship
with devils.
46:010:021 Ye cannot drink the cup
of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye
cannot be partakers of
the Lord's table, and of the table of
devils.
46:010:022 Do we provoke the Lord
to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
46:010:023 All things are lawful
for me, but all things are not
expedient: all things
are lawful for me, but all things edify
not.
46:010:024 Let no man seek his
own, but every man another's wealth.
46:010:025 Whatsoever is sold in
the shambles, that eat, asking no
question for conscience
sake:
46:010:026 For the earth is the
Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
46:010:027 If any of them that
believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be
disposed to go;
whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no
question for conscience
sake.
46:010:028 But if any man say unto
you, This is offered in sacrifice unto
idols, eat not for his
sake that shewed it, and for conscience
sake: for the earth is
the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
46:010:029 Conscience, I say, not
thine own, but of the other: for why is
my liberty judged of
another man's conscience?
46:010:030 For if I by grace be a
partaker, why am I evil spoken of for
that for which I give
thanks?
46:010:031 Whether therefore ye
eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do
all to the glory of
God.
46:010:032 Give none offence,
neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles,
nor to the church of
God:
46:010:033 Even as I please all
men in all things, not seeking mine own
profit, but the profit
of many, that they may be saved.
46:011:001 Be ye followers of me,
even as I also am of Christ.
46:011:002 Now I praise you,
brethren, that ye remember me in all things,
and keep the
ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
46:011:003 But I would have you
know, that the head of every man is
Christ; and the head of
the woman is the man; and the head of
Christ is God.
46:011:004 Every man praying or
prophesying, having his head covered,
dishonoureth his head.
46:011:005 But every woman that
prayeth or prophesieth with her head
uncovered dishonoureth
her head: for that is even all one as
if she were shaven.
46:011:006 For if the woman be not
covered, let her also be shorn: but if
it be a shame for a
woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be
covered.
46:011:007 For a man indeed ought
not to cover his head, forasmuch as he
is the image and glory
of God: but the woman is the glory of
the man.
46:011:008 For the man is not of
the woman: but the woman of the man.
46:011:009 Neither was the man
created for the woman; but the woman for
the man.
46:011:010 For this cause ought
the woman to have power on her head
because of the angels.
46:011:011 Nevertheless neither is
the man without the woman, neither the
woman without the man,
in the Lord.
46:011:012 For as the woman is of
the man, even so is the man also by the
woman; but all things
of God.
46:011:013 Judge in yourselves: is
it comely that a woman pray unto God
uncovered?
46:011:014 Doth not even nature
itself teach you, that, if a man have
long hair, it is a
shame unto him?
46:011:015 But if a woman have
long hair, it is a glory to her: for her
hair is given her for a
covering.
46:011:016 But if any man seem to
be contentious, we have no such custom,
neither the churches of
God.
46:011:017 Now in this that I
declare unto you I praise you not, that ye
come together not for
the better, but for the worse.
46:011:018 For first of all, when
ye come together in the church, I hear
that there be divisions
among you; and I partly believe it.
46:011:019 For there must be also
heresies among you, that they which are
approved may be made
manifest among you.
46:011:020 When ye come together
therefore into one place, this is not to
eat the Lord's supper.
46:011:021 For in eating every one
taketh before other his own supper:
and one is hungry, and
another is drunken.
46:011:022 What? have ye not
houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye
the church of God, and
shame them that have not? What shall I
say to you? shall I
praise you in this? I praise you not.
46:011:023 For I have received of
the Lord that which also I delivered
unto you, That the Lord
Jesus the same night in which he was
betrayed took bread:
46:011:024 And when he had given
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take,
eat: this is my body,
which is broken for you: this do in
remembrance of me.
46:011:025 After the same manner
also he took the cup, when he had
supped, saying, This
cup is the new testament in my blood:
this do ye, as oft as
ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
46:011:026 For as often as ye eat
this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
shew the Lord's death
till he come.
46:011:027 Wherefore whosoever
shall eat this bread, and drink this cup
of the Lord,
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood
of the Lord.
46:011:028 But let a man examine
himself, and so let him eat of that
bread, and drink of
that cup.
46:011:029 For he that eateth and
drinketh unworthily, eateth and
drinketh damnation to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
46:011:030 For this cause many are
weak and sickly among you, and many
sleep.
46:011:031 For if we would judge
ourselves, we should not be judged.
46:011:032 But when we are judged,
we are chastened of the Lord, that we
should not be condemned
with the world.
46:011:033 Wherefore, my brethren,
when ye come together to eat, tarry
one for another.
46:011:034 And if any man hunger,
let him eat at home; that ye come not
together unto
condemnation. And the rest will I set in order
when I come.
46:012:001 Now concerning
spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you
ignorant.
46:012:002 Ye know that ye were
Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb
idols, even as ye were
led.
46:012:003 Wherefore I give you to
understand, that no man speaking by
the Spirit of God
calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can
say that Jesus is the
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
46:012:004 Now there are
diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
46:012:005 And there are
differences of administrations, but the same
Lord.
46:012:006 And there are
diversities of operations, but it is the same
God which worketh all
in all.
46:012:007 But the manifestation
of the Spirit is given to every man to
profit withal.
46:012:008 For to one is given by
the Spirit the word of wisdom; to
another the word of
knowledge by the same Spirit;
46:012:009 To another faith by the
same Spirit; to another the gifts of
healing by the same
Spirit;
46:012:010 To another the working
of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of
spirits; to another divers kinds of
tongues; to another the
interpretation of tongues:
46:012:011 But all these worketh
that one and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man
severally as he will.
46:012:012 For as the body is one,
and hath many members, and all the
members of that one
body, being many, are one body: so also is
Christ.
46:012:013 For by one Spirit are
we all baptized into one body, whether
we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free; and have
been all made to drink
into one Spirit.
46:012:014 For the body is not one
member, but many.
46:012:015 If the foot shall say,
Because I am not the hand, I am not of
the body; is it
therefore not of the body?
46:012:016 And if the ear shall
say, Because I am not the eye, I am not
of the body; is it
therefore not of the body?
46:012:017 If the whole body were
an eye, where were the hearing? If the
whole were hearing,
where were the smelling?
46:012:018 But now hath God set
the members every one of them in the
body, as it hath
pleased him.
46:012:019 And if they were all
one member, where were the body?
46:012:020 But now are they many
members, yet but one body.
46:012:021 And the eye cannot say
unto the hand, I have no need of thee:
nor again the head to
the feet, I have no need of you.
46:012:022 Nay, much more those
members of the body, which seem to be
more feeble, are
necessary:
46:012:023 And those members of
the body, which we think to be less
honourable, upon these
we bestow more abundant honour; and our
uncomely parts have
more abundant comeliness.
46:012:024 For our comely parts
have no need: but God hath tempered the
body together, having
given more abundant honour to that part
which lacked.
46:012:025 That there should be no
schism in the body; but that the
members should have the
same care one for another.
46:012:026 And whether one member
suffer, all the members suffer with it;
or one member be
honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
46:012:027 Now ye are the body of
Christ, and members in particular.
46:012:028 And God hath set some
in the church, first apostles,
secondarily prophets,
thirdly teachers, after that miracles,
then gifts of healings,
helps, governments, diversities of
tongues.
46:012:029 Are all apostles? are
all prophets? are all teachers? are all
workers of miracles?
46:012:030 Have all the gifts of
healing? do all speak with tongues? do
all interpret?
46:012:031 But covet earnestly the
best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a
more excellent way.
46:013:001 Though I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels, and have
not charity, I am
become as sounding brass, or a tinkling
cymbal.
46:013:002 And though I have the
gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all
knowledge; and though I have all faith, so
that I could remove
mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.
46:013:003 And though I bestow all
my goods to feed the poor, and though
I give my body to be
burned, and have not charity, it
profiteth me nothing.
46:013:004 Charity suffereth long,
and is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up,
46:013:005 Doth not behave itself
unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not
easily provoked,
thinketh no evil;
46:013:006 Rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
46:013:007 Beareth all things,
believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things.
46:013:008 Charity never faileth:
but whether there be prophecies, they
shall fail; whether
there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away.
46:013:009 For we know in part,
and we prophesy in part.
46:013:010 But when that which is
perfect is come, then that which is in
part shall be done
away.
46:013:011 When I was a child, I
spake as a child, I understood as a
child, I thought as a
child: but when I became a man, I put
away childish things.
46:013:012 For now we see through
a glass, darkly; but then face to face:
now I know in part; but
then shall I know even as also I am
known.
46:013:013 And now abideth faith,
hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these is
charity.
46:014:001 Follow after charity,
and desire spiritual gifts, but rather
that ye may prophesy.
46:014:002 For he that speaketh in
an unknown tongue speaketh not unto
men, but unto God: for
no man understandeth him; howbeit in
the spirit he speaketh
mysteries.
46:014:003 But he that prophesieth
speaketh unto men to edification, and
exhortation, and
comfort.
46:014:004 He that speaketh in an
unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he
that prophesieth
edifieth the church.
46:014:005 I would that ye all
spake with tongues but rather that ye
prophesied: for greater
is he that prophesieth than he that
speaketh with tongues,
except he interpret, that the church
may receive edifying.
46:014:006 Now, brethren, if I
come unto you speaking with tongues, what
shall I profit you,
except I shall speak to you either by
revelation, or by
knowledge, or by prophesying, or by
doctrine?
46:014:007 And even things without
life giving sound, whether pipe or
harp, except they give
a distinction in the sounds, how shall
it be known what is
piped or harped?
46:014:008 For if the trumpet give
an uncertain sound, who shall prepare
himself to the battle?
46:014:009 So likewise ye, except
ye utter by the tongue words easy to be
understood, how shall
it be known what is spoken? for ye shall
speak into the air.
46:014:010 There are, it may be,
so many kinds of voices in the world,
and none of them is
without signification.
46:014:011 Therefore if I know not
the meaning of the voice, I shall be
unto him that speaketh
a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall
be a barbarian unto me.
46:014:012 Even so ye, forasmuch
as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts,
seek that ye may excel
to the edifying of the church.
46:014:013 Wherefore let him that
speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that
he may interpret.
46:014:014 For if I pray in an
unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is
unfruitful.
46:014:015 What is it then? 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.
46:014:016 Else when thou shalt
bless with the spirit, how shall he that
occupieth the room of
the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of
thanks, seeing he
understandeth not what thou sayest?
46:014:017 For thou verily givest
thanks well, but the other is not
edified.
46:014:018 I thank my God, I speak
with tongues more than ye all:
46:014:019 Yet in the church I had
rather speak five words with my
understanding, that by
my voice I might teach others also,
than ten thousand words
in an unknown tongue.
46:014:020 Brethren, be not
children in understanding: howbeit in malice
be ye children, but in
understanding be men.
46:014:021 In the law it is
written, With men of other tongues and other
lips will I speak unto
this people; and yet for all that will
they not hear me, saith
the Lord.
46:014:022 Wherefore tongues are
for a sign, not to them that believe,
but to them that
believe not: but prophesying serveth not for
them that believe not,
but for them which believe.
46:014:023 If therefore the whole
church be come together into one place,
and all speak with
tongues, and there come in those that are
unlearned, or
unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
46:014:024 But if all prophesy,
and there come in one that believeth not,
or one unlearned, he is
convinced of all, he is judged of all:
46:014:025 And thus are the
secrets of his heart made manifest; and so
falling down on his
face he will worship God, and report that
God is in you of a
truth.
46:014:026 How is it then,
brethren? when ye come together, every one of
you hath a psalm, hath
a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a
revelation, hath an
interpretation. Let all things be done
unto edifying.
46:014:027 If any man speak in an
unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at
the most by three, and
that by course; and let one interpret.
46:014:028 But if there be no
interpreter, let him keep silence in the
church; and let him
speak to himself, and to God.
46:014:029 Let the prophets speak
two or three, and let the other judge.
46:014:030 If any thing be
revealed to another that sitteth by, let the
first hold his peace.
46:014:031 For ye may all prophesy
one by one, that all may learn, and
all may be comforted.
46:014:032 And the spirits of the
prophets are subject to the prophets.
46:014:033 For God is not the
author of confusion, but of peace, as in
all churches of the
saints.
46:014:034 Let your women keep
silence in the churches: for it is not
permitted unto them to
speak; but they are commanded to be
under obedience as also
saith the law.
46:014:035 And if they will learn
any thing, let them ask their husbands
at home: for it is a
shame for women to speak in the church.
46:014:036 What? came the word of
God out from you? or came it unto you
only?
46:014:037 If any man think
himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let
him acknowledge that
the things that I write unto you are the
commandments of the
Lord.
46:014:038 But if any man be
ignorant, let him be ignorant.
46:014:039 Wherefore, brethren,
covet to prophesy, and forbid not to
speak with tongues.
46:014:040 Let all things be done
decently and in order.
46:015:001 Moreover, brethren, I
declare unto you the gospel which I
preached unto you,
which also ye have received, and wherein ye
stand;
46:015:002 By which also ye are
saved, if ye keep in memory what I
preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain.
46:015:003 For I delivered unto
you first of all that which I also
received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures;
46:015:004 And that he was buried,
and that he rose again the third day
according to the
scriptures:
46:015:005 And that he was seen of
Cephas, then of the twelve:
46:015:006 After that, he was seen
of above five hundred brethren at
once; of whom the
greater part remain unto this present, but
some are fallen asleep.
46:015:007 After that, he was seen
of James; then of all the apostles.
46:015:008 And last of all he was
seen of me also, as of one born out of
due time.
46:015:009 For I am the least of
the apostles, that am not meet to be
called an apostle,
because I persecuted the church of God.
46:015:010 But by the grace of God
I am what I am: and his grace which
was bestowed upon me
was not in vain; but I laboured more
abundantly than they
all: yet not I, but the grace of God
which was with me.
46:015:011 Therefore whether it
were I or they, so we preach, and so ye
believed.
46:015:012 Now if Christ be
preached that he rose from the dead, how say
some among you that
there is no resurrection of the dead?
46:015:013 But if there be no
resurrection of the dead, then is Christ
not risen:
46:015:014 And if Christ be not
risen, then is our preaching vain, and
your faith is also
vain.
46:015:015 Yea, and we are found
false witnesses of God; because we have
testified of God that
he raised up Christ: whom he raised not
up, if so be that the
dead rise not.
46:015:016 For if the dead rise
not, then is not Christ raised:
46:015:017 And if Christ be not
raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in
your sins.
46:015:018 Then they also which
are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
46:015:019 If in this life only we
have hope in Christ, we are of all men
most miserable.
46:015:020 But now is Christ risen
from the dead, and become the
firstfruits of them
that slept.
46:015:021 For since by man came
death, by man came also the resurrection
of the dead.
46:015:022 For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made
alive.
46:015:023 But every man in his
own order: Christ the firstfruits;
afterward they that are
Christ's at his coming.
46:015:024 Then cometh the end,
when he shall have delivered up the
kingdom to God, even
the Father; when he shall have put down
all rule and all
authority and power.
46:015:025 For he must reign, till
he hath put all enemies under his
feet.
46:015:026 The last enemy that
shall be destroyed is death.
46:015:027 For he hath put all
things under his feet. But when he saith
all things are put
under him, it is manifest that he is
excepted, which did put
all things under him.
46:015:028 And when all things
shall be subdued unto him, then shall the
Son also himself be
subject unto him that put all things under
him, that God may be
all in all.
46:015:029 Else what shall they do
which are baptized for the dead, if
the dead rise not at
all? why are they then baptized for the
dead?
46:015:030 And why stand we in
jeopardy every hour?
46:015:031 I protest by your
rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our
Lord, I die daily.
46:015:032 If after the manner of
men I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus, what
advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us
eat and drink; for to
morrow we die.
46:015:033 Be not deceived: evil
communications corrupt good manners.
46:015:034 Awake to righteousness,
and sin not; for some have not the
knowledge of God: I
speak this to your shame.
46:015:035 But some man will say,
How are the dead raised up? and with
what body do they come?
46:015:036 Thou fool, that which
thou sowest is not quickened, except it
die:
46:015:037 And that which thou
sowest, thou sowest not that body that
shall be, but bare
grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some
other grain:
46:015:038 But God giveth it a
body as it hath pleased him, and to every
seed his own body.
46:015:039 All flesh is not the
same flesh: but there is one kind of
flesh of men, another
flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and
another of birds.
46:015:040 There are also
celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but
the glory of the
celestial is one, and the glory of the
terrestrial is another.
46:015:041 There is one glory of
the sun, and another glory of the moon,
and another glory of
the stars: for one star differeth from
another star in glory.
46:015:042 So also is the
resurrection of the dead. It is sown in
corruption; it is
raised in incorruption:
46:015:043 It is sown in dishonour;
it is raised in glory: it is sown in
weakness; it is raised
in power:
46:015:044 It is sown a natural
body; it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural
body, and there is a spiritual body.
46:015:045 And so it is written,
The first man Adam was made a living
soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit.
46:015:046 Howbeit that was not
first which is spiritual, but that which
is natural; and
afterward that which is spiritual.
46:015:047 The first man is of the
earth, earthy; the second man is the
Lord from heaven.
46:015:048 As is the earthy, such
are they also that are earthy: and as
is the heavenly, such
are they also that are heavenly.
46:015:049 And as we have borne
the image of the earthy, we shall also
bear the image of the
heavenly.
46:015:050 Now this I say,
brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption.
46:015:051 Behold, I shew you a
mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed,
46:015:052 In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we
shall be changed.
46:015:053 For this corruptible
must put on incorruption, and this mortal
must put on
immortality.
46:015:054 So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have
put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the
saying that is written, Death is swallowed
up in victory.
46:015:055 O death, where is thy
sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
46:015:056 The sting of death is
sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
46:015:057 But thanks be to God,
which giveth us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
46:015:058 Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the
work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know
that your labour is not
in vain in the Lord.
46:016:001 Now concerning the
collection for the saints, as I have given
order to the churches
of Galatia, even so do ye.
46:016:002 Upon the first day of
the week let every one of you lay by him
in store, as God hath
prospered him, that there be no
gatherings when I come.
46:016:003 And when I come,
whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters,
them will I send to
bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
46:016:004 And if it be meet that
I go also, they shall go with me.
46:016:005 Now I will come unto
you, when I shall pass through Macedonia:
for I do pass through
Macedonia.
46:016:006 And it may be that I
will abide, yea, and winter with you,
that ye may bring me on
my journey whithersoever I go.
46:016:007 For I will not see you
now by the way; but I trust to tarry a
while with you, if the
Lord permit.
46:016:008 But I will tarry at
Ephesus until Pentecost.
46:016:009 For a great door and
effectual is opened unto me, and there
are many adversaries.
46:016:010 Now if Timotheus come,
see that he may be with you without
fear: for he worketh
the work of the Lord, as I also do.
46:016:011 Let no man therefore
despise him: but conduct him forth in
peace, that he may come
unto me: for I look for him with the
brethren.
46:016:012 As touching our brother
Apollos, I greatly desired him to come
unto you with the
brethren: but his will was not at all to
come at this time; but
he will come when he shall have
convenient time.
46:016:013 Watch ye, stand fast in
the faith, quit you like men, be
strong.
46:016:014 Let all your things be
done with charity.
46:016:015 I beseech you,
brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that
it is the firstfruits
of Achaia, and that they have addicted
themselves to the
ministry of the saints,)
46:016:016 That ye submit
yourselves unto such, and to every one that
helpeth with us, and
laboureth.
46:016:017 I am glad of the coming
of Stephanas and Fortunatus and
Achaicus: for that
which was lacking on your part they have
supplied.
46:016:018 For they have refreshed
my spirit and your's: therefore
acknowledge ye them
that are such.
46:016:019 The churches of Asia
salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute
you much in the Lord,
with the church that is in their house.
46:016:020 All the brethren greet
you. Greet ye one another with an holy
kiss.
46:016:021 The salutation of me
Paul with mine own hand.
46:016:022 If any man love not the
Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema
Maranatha.
46:016:023 The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you.
46:016:024 My love be with you all
in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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