,weymouth ,new ,testament in ,modern ,speech1 #a ,corinthians ,third ,edition #aiac ,r4 ,f4 ,weymouth ,book #df #a ,corinthians #jja3jja ,paul1 called to be an ,apostle of ,christ ,jesus through the will of ,god--and our brother ,sosthenes3 #jja3jjb ,to the ,church of ,god in ,corinth1 men and women consecrated in ,christ ,jesus1 called to be saints1 with all in every place who call on the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ-- their ,lord as well as ours4 #jja3jjc ,may grace and peace be granted to you from ,god our ,father and the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #jja3jjd ,i thank my ,god continually on your behalf for the grace of ,god bestowed on you in ,christ ,jesus-- #jja3jje that you have been so richly blessed in ,him1 with readiness of speech and fulness of knowledge4 #jja3jjf ,thus my testimony as to the ,christ has been confirmed in your experience1 #jja3jjg so that there is no gift of ,god in which you consciously come short while patiently waiting for the reappearing of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 #jja3jjh who will also keep you stedfast to the very ,end1 so that you will be free from reproach on the day of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #jja3jji ,god is ever true to ,his promises1 and it was by ,him that you were1 one and all1 called into fellowship with his ,son ,jesus ,christ1 our ,lord4 #jja3jaj ,now ,i entreat you1 brethren1 in the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 to cultivate a spirit of harmony--all of you--and that there be no divisions among you1 but rather a perfect union through your having one mind and one judgement4 #jja3jaa ,for ,i have been distinctly informed1 my brethren1 about you by ,chloe's people1 that there are dissensions among you4 #jja3jab ,what ,i mean is that each of you is a partisan4 ,one man says ,i belong to ,paul2 another ,i belong to ,apollos2 a third ,i belong to ,peter2 a fourth ,i belong to ,christ4 #jja3jac ,is the ,christ in fragments8 ,is it ,paul who was crucified on your behalf8 ,or were you baptized to be ,paul's adherents8 #jja3jad ,i thank ,god that ,i did not baptize any of you except ,crispus and ,gaius-- #jja3jae for fear people should say that you were baptized to be my adherents4 #jja3jaf ,i did1 however1 baptize ,stephanas' household also3 but ,i do not think that ,i baptized any one else4 #jja3jag ,christ did not send me to baptize1 but to proclaim the ,good ,news2 and not in merely wise words--lest the ,cross of ,christ should be deprived of its power4 #jja3jah ,for the ,message of the ,cross is foolishness to those who are on the way to perdition1 but it is the power of ,god to those whom ,he is saving4 #jja3jai ,for so it stands written1 ,i will exhibit the nothingness of the wisdom of the wise1 and the intelligence of the intelligent ,i will bring to nought4 #jja3jbj ,where is your wise man8 ,where your expounder of the ,law8 ,where your investigator of the questions of this present age8 ,has not ,god shown the world's wisdom to be utter foolishness8 #jja3jba ,for after the world by its wisdom--as ,god in ,his wisdom had ordained-- had failed to gain the knowledge of ,god1 ,god was pleased1 by the apparent foolishness of the ,message which we preach1 to save those who accepted it4 #jja3jbb ,seeing that ,jews demand miracles1 and ,greeks go in search of wisdom1 #jja3jbc while we proclaim a ,christ who has been crucified--to the ,jews a stumbling-block1 to ,gentiles foolishness1 #jja3jbd but to those who have received the ,call1 whether ,jews or ,greeks1 ,christ the power of ,god and the wisdom of ,god4 #jja3jbe ,because that which the world deems foolish in ,god is wiser than men's wisdom1 and that which it deems feeble in ,god is mightier than men's might4 #jja3jbf ,for consider1 brethren1 ,god's call to you4 ,not many who are wise with merely human wisdom1 not many of position and influence1 not many of noble birth have been called4 #jja3jbg ,but ,god has chosen the things which the world regards as foolish1 in order to put its wise men to shame2 and ,god has chosen the things which the world regards as destitute of influence1 in order to put its powerful things to shame2 #jja3jbh and the things which the world regards as base1 and those which it sets utterly at nought--things that have no existence-- ,god has chosen in order to reduce to nothing things that do exist2 #jja3jbi to prevent any mortal man from boasting in the presence of ,god4 #jja3jcj ,but you--and it is all ,god's doing--are in ,christ ,jesus3 ,he has become for us a wisdom which is from ,god1 consisting of righteousness and sanctification and deliverance2 #jja3jca in order that it may be as ,scripture says1 ,he who boasts-- let his boast be in the ,lord4 #jjb3jja ,and as for myself1 brethren1 when ,i came to you1 it was not with surpassing power of eloquence or earthly wisdom that ,i came1 announcing to you that which ,god had commanded me to bear witness to4 #jjb3jjb ,for ,i determined to be utterly ignorant1 when among you1 of everything except of ,jesus ,christ1 and of ,him as having been crucified4 #jjb3jjc ,and so far as ,i myself was concerned1 ,i came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety4 #jjb3jjd ,and my language and the ,message that ,i proclaimed were not adorned with persuasive words of earthly wisdom1 but depended upon truths which the ,spirit taught and mightily carried home2 #jjb3jje so that your trust might rest not on the wisdom of man but on the power of ,god4 #jjb3jjf ,yet when we are among mature believers we do speak words of wisdom2 a wisdom not belonging1 however1 to the present age nor to the leaders of the present age who are soon to pass away4 #jjb3jjg ,but in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of ,god's wisdom--that hidden wisdom which1 before the world began1 ,god pre-destined1 so that it should result in glory to us2 #jjb3jjh a wisdom which not one of the leaders of the present age possesses1 for if they had possessed it1 they would never have crucified the ,lord of glory4 #jjb3jji ,but--to use the words of ,scripture--we speak of things which eye has not seen nor ear heard1 and which have never entered the heart of man3 all that ,god has in readiness for them that love ,him4 #jjb3jaj ,for us1 however1 ,god has drawn aside the veil through the teaching of the ,spirit2 for the ,spirit searches everything1 including the depths of the divine nature4 #jjb3jaa ,for1 among human beings1 who knows a man's inner thoughts except the man's own spirit within him8 ,in the same way1 also1 only ,god's ,spirit is acquainted with ,god's inner thoughts4 #jjb3jab ,but we have not received the spirit of the world1 but the ,spirit which comes forth from ,god1 that we may know the blessings that have been so freely given to us by ,god4 #jjb3jac ,of these we speak--not in language which man's wisdom teaches us1 but in that which the ,spirit teaches--adapting1 as we do1 spiritual words to spiritual truths4 #jjb3jad ,the unspiritual man rejects the things of the ,spirit of ,god1 and cannot attain to the knowledge of them1 because they are spiritually judged4 #jjb3jae ,but the spiritual man judges of everything1 although he is himself judged by no one4 #jjb3jaf ,for who has penetrated the mind of the ,lord1 and will instruct ,him8 ,but 99we99 have the mind of ,christ4 #jjc3jja ,and as for myself1 brethren1 ,i found it impossible to speak to you as spiritual men4 ,it had to be as to worldlings-- mere babes in ,christ4 #jjc3jjb ,i fed you with milk and not with solid food1 since for this you were not yet strong enough4 ,and even now you are not strong enough3 #jjc3jjc you are still unspiritual4 ,for so long as jealousy and strife continue among you1 can it be denied that you are unspiritual and are living and acting like mere men of the world8 #jjc3jjd ,for when some one says1 ,i belong to ,paul1 and another says1 ,i belong to ,apollos1 is not this the way men of the world speak8 #jjc3jje ,what then is ,apollos8 ,and what is ,paul8 ,they are just ,god's servants1 through whose efforts1 and as the ,lord granted power to each1 you accepted the faith4 #jjc3jjf ,i planted and ,apollos watered2 but it was ,god who was1 all the time1 giving the increase4 #jjc3jjg ,so that neither the planter nor the waterer is of any importance4 ,god who gives the increase is all in all4 #jjc3jjh ,now in aim and purpose the planter and the waterer are one2 and yet each will receive his own special reward1 answering to his own special work4 #jjc3jji ,apollos and ,i are simply fellow workers for and with ,god1 and you are 99,god's99 field--,god's99 building4 #jjc3jaj ,in discharge of the task which ,god graciously entrusted to me1 ,i-- like a competent master-builder--have laid a foundation1 and others are building upon it4 ,but let every one be careful how and what he builds4 #jjc3jaa ,for no one can lay any other foundation in addition to that which is already laid1 namely ,jesus ,christ4 #jjc3jab ,and whether the building which any one is erecting on that foundation be of gold or silver or costly stones1 of timber or hay or straw-- #jjc3jac the true character of each individual's work will become manifest4 ,for the day of ,christ will disclose it1 because that day is soon to come upon us clothed in fire1 and as for the quality of every one's work--the fire is the thing which will test it4 #jjc3jad ,if any one's work--the building which he has erected-- stands the test1 he will be rewarded4 #jjc3jae ,if any one's work is burnt up1 he will suffer the loss of it2 yet he will himself be rescued1 but only1 as it were1 by passing through the fire4 #jjc3jaf ,do you not know that you are ,god's ,sanctuary1 and that the ,spirit of ,god has ,his home within you8 #jjc3jag ,if any one is marring the ,sanctuary of ,god1 him will ,god mar2 for the ,sanctuary of ,god is holy1 which you all are4 #jjc3jah ,let no one deceive himself4 ,if any man imagines that he is wise1 compared with the rest of you1 with the wisdom of the present age1 let him become foolish so that he may be wise4 #jjc3jai ,this world's wisdom is foolishness in ,god's sight2 for it is written1 ,he snares the wise with their own cunning4 #jjc3jbj ,and again1 ,the ,lord takes knowledge of the reasonings of the wise-- how useless they are4 #jjc3jba ,therefore let no one boast about his human teachers4 #jjc3jbb ,for everything belongs to you--be it ,paul or ,apollos or ,peter1 the world or life or death1 things present or future-- everything belongs to you2 #jjc3jbc and you belong to ,christ1 and ,christ belongs to ,god4 #jjd3jja ,as for us ,apostles1 let any one take this view of us-- we are ,christ's officers1 and stewards of ,god's secret truths4 #jjd3jjb ,this being so1 it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards4 #jjd3jjc ,i however am very little concerned at undergoing your scrutiny1 or that of other men2 in fact ,i do not even scrutinize myself4 #jjd3jjd ,though ,i am not conscious of having been in any way unfaithful1 yet ,i do not for that reason stand acquitted2 but ,he whose scrutiny ,i must undergo is the ,lord4 #jjd3jje ,therefore form no premature judgements1 but wait until the ,lord returns4 ,he will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts2 and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from ,god4 #jjd3jjf ,in writing this much1 brethren1 with special reference to ,apollos and myself1 ,i have done so for your sakes1 in order to teach you by our example what those words mean1 which say1 ,nothing beyond what is written6--so that you may cease to take sides in boastful rivalry1 for one teacher against another4 #jjd3jjg ,why1 who gives you your superiority1 my brother8 ,or what have you that you did not receive8 ,and if you really did receive it1 why boast as if this were not so8 #jjd3jjh ,every one of you already has all that heart can desire2 already you have grown rich2 without waiting for us1 you have ascended your thrones6 ,yes indeed1 would to ,god that you had ascended your thrones1 that we also might reign with you6 #jjd3jji ,god1 it seems to me1 has exhibited us ,apostles last of all1 as men condemned to death2 for we have come to be a spectacle to all creation--alike to angels and to men4 #jjd3jaj ,we1 for ,christ's sake1 are labeled as foolish2 you1 as ,christians1 are men of shrewd intelligence4 ,we are mere weaklings3 you are strong4 ,you are in high repute3 we are outcasts4 #jjd3jaa ,to this very moment we endure both hunger and thirst1 with scanty clothing and many a blow4 #jjd3jab ,homes we have none4 ,wearily we toil1 working with our own hands4 ,when reviled1 we bless2 when persecuted1 we bear it patiently2 #jjd3jac when slandered1 we try to conciliate4 ,we have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world-- the refuse of the universe1 even to this hour4 #jjd3jad ,i am not writing all this to shame you1 but ,i am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children4 #jjd3jae ,for even if you were to have ten thousand spiritual instructors-- for all that you could not have several fathers4 ,it is ,i who in ,christ ,jesus became your father through the ,good ,news4 #jjd3jaf ,i entreat you therefore to become like me4 #jjd3jag ,for this reason ,i have sent ,timothy to you4 ,spiritually he is my dearly-loved and faithful child4 ,he will remind you of my habits as a ,christian teacher-- the manner in which ,i teach everywhere in every ,church4 #jjd3jah ,but some of you have been puffed up through getting the idea that ,i am not coming to ,corinth4 #jjd3jai ,but1 if the ,lord is willing1 ,i shall come to you without delay2 and then ,i shall know not the fine speeches of these conceited people1 but their power4 #jjd3jbj ,for ,apostolic authority is not a thing of words1 but of power4 #jjd3jba ,which shall it be8 ,shall ,i come to you with a rod1 or in a loving and tender spirit8 #jje3jja ,it is actually reported that there is fornication among you1 and of a kind unheard of even among the ,gentiles--a man has his father's wife6 #jje3jjb ,and you1 instead of mourning and removing from among you the man who has done this deed of shame1 are filled with self-complacency6 #jje3jjc ,i for my part1 present with you in spirit although absent in body1 have already1 as though ,i were present1 judged him who has so acted4 #jje3jjd ,in the name of our ,lord ,jesus1 when you are all assembled and my spirit is with you1 together with the power of our ,lord ,jesus1 #jje3jje ,i have handed over such a man to ,satan for the destruction of his body1 that his spirit may be saved on the day of the ,lord ,jesus4 #jje3jjf ,it is no good thing--this which you make the ground of your boasting4 ,do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough8 #jje3jjg ,get rid of the old yeast so that you may be dough of a new kind2 for in fact you 99are99 free from corruption4 ,for our ,passover ,lamb has already been offered in sacrifice--even ,christ4 #jje3jjh ,therefore let us keep our festival not with old yeast nor with the yeast of what is evil and mischievous1 but with bread free from yeast--the bread of transparent sincerity and of truth4 #jje3jji ,i wrote to you in that letter that you were not to associate with fornicators2 #jje3jaj not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such as they1 any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain1 or from worshippers of idols4 ,for that would mean that you would be compelled to go out of the world altogether4 #jje3jaa ,but what ,i meant was that you were not to associate with any one bearing the name of brother1 if he was addicted to fornication or avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain4 ,with such a man you ought not even to eat4 #jje3jab ,for what business of mine is it to judge outsiders8 ,is it not for you to judge those who are within the ,church #jje3jac while you leave to ,god's judgement those who are outside8 ,remove the wicked man from among you4 #jjf3jja ,if one of you has a grievance against an opponent1 does he dare to go to law before irreligious men and not before ,god's people8 #jjf3jjb ,do you not know that ,god's people will sit in judgement upon the world8 ,and if you are the court before which the world is to be judged1 are you unfit to deal with these petty matters8 #jjf3jjc ,do you not know that we are to sit in judgement upon angels-- to say nothing of things belonging to this life8 #jjf3jjd ,if therefore you have things belonging to this life which need to be decided1 is it men who are absolutely nothing in the ,church-- is it 99they99 whom you make your judges8 #jjf3jje ,i say this to put you to shame4 ,has it come to this1 that there does not exist among you a single wise man competent to decide between a man and his brother1 #jjf3jjf but brother goes to law with brother1 and that before unbelievers8 #jjf3jjg ,to say no more1 then1 it is altogether a defect in you that you have law-suits with one another4 ,why not rather endure injustice8 ,why not rather submit to being defrauded8 #jjf3jjh ,on the contrary you yourselves inflict injustice and fraud1 and upon brethren too4 #jjf3jji ,do you not know that unrighteous men will not inherit ,god's ,kingdom8 ,cherish no delusion here4 ,neither fornicators1 nor idolaters1 nor adulterers1 nor any who are guilty of unnatural crime1 #jjf3jaj nor theives1 nor avaricious people1 nor any who are addicted to hard drinking1 to abusive language or to greed of gain1 will inherit ,god's ,kingdom4 #jjf3jaa ,and all this describes what some of you were4 ,but now you have had every stain washed off3 now you have been set apart as holy3 now you have been pronounced free from guilt2 in the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ and through the ,spirit of our ,god4 #jjf3jab ,everything is allowable to me1 but not everything is profitable4 ,everything is allowable to me1 but to nothing will ,i become a slave4 #jjf3jac ,food of all kinds is meant for the stomach1 and the stomach is meant for food1 and ,god will cause both of them to perish4 ,yet the body does not exist for the purpose of fornication1 but for the ,master's service1 and the ,master exists for the body2 #jjf3jad and as ,god by ,his power raised the ,master to life1 so ,he will also raise us up4 #jjf3jae ,do you not know that your bodies are members of ,christ8 ,shall ,i then take away the members of ,christ and make them the members of a prostitute8 ,no1 indeed4 #jjf3jaf ,or do you not know that a man who has to do with a prostitute is one with her in body8 ,for ,god says1 ,the two shall become one4 #jjf3jag ,but he who is in union with the ,master is one with ,him in spirit4 #jjf3jah ,flee from fornication4 ,any other sin that a human being commits lies outside the body2 but he who commits fornication sins against his own body4 #jjf3jai ,or do you not know that your bodies are a sanctuary of the ,holy ,spirit who is within you--the ,spirit whom you have from ,god8 #jjf3jbj ,and you are not your own1 for you have been redeemed at infinite cost4 ,therefore glorify ,god in your bodies4 #jjg3jja ,i now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter4 ,it is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage4 #jjg3jjb ,but because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own1 and every woman should have a husband4 #jjg3jjc ,let a man pay his wife her due1 and let a woman also pay her husband his4 #jjg3jjd ,a married woman is not mistress of her own person3 her husband has certain rights4 ,in the same way a married man is not master of his own person3 his wife has certain rights4 #jjg3jje ,do not refuse one another1 unless perhaps it is just for a time and by mutual consent1 so that you may devote yourselves to prayer and may then associate again2 lest the ,adversary begin to tempt you because of your deficiency in self-control4 #jjg3jjf ,thus much in the way of concession1 not of command4 #jjg3jjg ,yet ,i would that everybody lived as ,i do2 but each of us has his own special gift from ,god--one in one direction and one in another4 #jjg3jjh ,but ,i tell the unmarried1 and women who are widows1 that it is well for them to remain as ,i am4 #jjg3jji ,if1 however1 they cannot maintain self-control1 by all means let them marry2 for marriage is better than the fever of passion4 #jjg3jaj ,but to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine1 but the ,lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband2 #jjg3jaa or if she has already left him1 let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him2 and that a husband is not to send away his wife4 #jjg3jab ,to the rest it is ,i who speak--not the ,lord4 ,if a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever1 and she consents to live with him1 let him not send her away4 #jjg3jac ,and a woman who has an unbelieving husband--if he consents to live with her1 let her not separate from him4 #jjg3jad ,for1 in such cases1 the unbelieving husband has become--and is-- holy through union with a ,christian woman1 and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a ,christian brother4 ,otherwise your children would be unholy1 but in reality they have a place among ,god's people4 #jjg3jae ,if1 however1 the unbeliever is determined to leave1 let him or her do so4 ,under such circumstances the ,christian man or woman is no slave2 ,god has called us to live lives of peace4 #jjg3jaf ,for what assurance have you1 ,o woman1 as to whether you will save your husband8 ,or what assurance have you1 ,o man1 as to whether you will save your wife8 #jjg3jag ,only1 whatever be the condition in life which the ,lord has assigned to each individual--and whatever the condition in which he was living when ,god called him--in that let him continue4 #jjg3jah ,this is what ,i command in all the ,churches4 ,was any one already circumcised when called8 ,let him not have recourse to the surgeons4 ,was any one uncircumcised when called8 ,let him remain uncircumcised4 #jjg3jai ,circumcision is nothing1 and uncircumcision is nothing3 obedience to ,god's commandments is everything4 #jjg3jbj ,whatever be the condition in life in which a man was1 when he was called1 in that let him continue4 #jjg3jba ,were you a slave when ,god called you8 ,let not that weigh on your mind4 ,and yet if you can get your freedom1 take advantage of the opportunity4 #jjg3jbb ,for a ,christian1 if he was a slave when called1 is the ,lord's freed man1 and in the same way a free man1 if called1 becomes the slave of ,christ4 #jjg3jbc ,you have all been redeemed at infinite cost3 do not become slaves to men4 #jjg3jbd ,where each one stood when he was called1 there1 brethren1 let him still stand--close to ,god4 #jjg3jbe ,concerning unmarried women ,i have no command to give you from the ,lord2 but ,i offer you my opinion1 which is that of a man who1 through the ,lord's mercy1 is deserving of your confidence4 #jjg3jbf ,i think then that1 taking into consideration the distress which is now upon us1 it is well for a man to remain as he is4 #jjg3jbg ,are you bound to a wife8 ,do not seek to get free4 ,are you free from the marriage bond8 ,do not seek for a wife4 #jjg3jbh ,yet if you marry1 you have not sinned2 and if a maiden marries1 she has not sinned4 ,such people1 however1 will have outward trouble4 ,but ,i am for sparing you4 #jjg3jbi ,yet of this ,i warn you1 brethren3 the time has been shortened-- so that henceforth those who have wives should be as though they had none1 #jjg3jcj those who weep as though they did not weep1 those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice1 those who buy as though they did not possess1 #jjg3jca and those who use the world as not using it to the full4 ,for the world as it now exists is passing away4 #jjg3jcb ,and ,i would have you free from worldly anxiety4 ,an unmarried man concerns himself with the ,lord's business-- how he shall please the ,lord2 #jjg3jcc but a married man concerns himself with the business of the world-- how he shall please his wife4 #jjg3jcd ,there is a difference too between a married and an unmarried woman4 ,she who is unmarried concerns herself with the ,lord's business-- that she may be holy both in body and spirit2 but the married woman concerns herself with the business of the world-- how she shall please her husband4 #jjg3jce ,thus much ,i say in your own interest2 not to lay a trap for you1 but to help towards what is becoming1 and enable you to wait on the ,lord without distraction4 #jjg3jcf ,if1 however1 a father thinks he is acting unbecomingly towards his still unmarried daughter if she be past the bloom of her youth1 and so the matter is urgent1 let him do what she desires2 he commits no sin2 she and her suitor should be allowed to marry4 #jjg3jcg ,but if a father stands firm in his resolve1 being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases1 and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried1 he will do well4 #jjg3jch ,so that he who gives his daughter in marriage does well1 and yet he who does not give her in marriage will do better4 #jjg3jci ,a woman is bound to her husband during the whole period that he lives2 but if her husband dies1 she is at liberty to marry whom she will1 provided that he is a ,christian4 #jjg3jdj ,but in my judgement1 her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is2 and ,i also think that ,i have the ,spirit of ,god4 #jjh3jja ,now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols4 ,this is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it4 ,knowledge1 however1 tends to make people conceited2 it is love that builds us up4 #jjh3jjb ,if any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge1 he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained2 #jjh3jjc but if any one loves ,god1 that man is known by ,god4 #jjh3jjd ,as to eating things which have been sacrificed to idols1 we are fully aware that an idol is nothing in the world1 and that there is no ,god but ,one4 #jjh3jje ,for if so-called gods do exist1 either in ,heaven or on earth-- and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords-- #jjh3jjf yet 99we99 have but one ,god1 the ,father1 who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist1 and but one ,lord1 ,jesus ,christ1 through whom we and all things exist4 #jjh3jjg ,but all believers do not recognize these facts4 ,some1 from force of habit in relation to the idol1 even now eat idol sacrifices as such1 and their consciences1 being but weak1 are polluted4 #jjh3jjh ,it is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into ,god's presence2 we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it1 nor superior to them if we eat it4 #jjh3jji ,but take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers4 #jjh3jaj ,for if any one were to see you1 who know the real truth of this matter1 reclining at table in an idol's temple1 would not his conscience 7supposing him to be a weak believer7 be emboldened to eat the food which has been sacrificed to the idol8 #jjh3jaa ,why1 your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer-- your brother1 for whom ,christ died6 #jjh3jab ,moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences1 you are1 in reality1 sinning against ,christ4 #jjh3jac ,therefore if what ,i eat causes my brother to fall1 never again to the end of my days will ,i touch any kind of animal food1 for fear ,i should cause my brother to fall4 #jji3jja ,am ,i not free8 ,am ,i not an ,apostle8 ,can it be denied that ,i have seen ,jesus1 our ,lord8 ,are not you yourselves my work in the ,lord8 #jji3jjb ,if to other men ,i am not an ,apostle1 yet at any rate ,i am one to you2 for your very existence as a ,christian ,church is the seal of my ,apostleship4 #jji3jjc ,that is how ,i vindicate myself to those who criticize me4 #jji3jjd ,have we not a right to claim food and drink8 #jji3jje ,have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a ,christian sister as our wife1 as the rest of the ,apostles do-- and the ,lord's brothers and ,peter8 #jji3jjf ,or again1 is it only ,barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands8 #jji3jjg ,what soldier ever serves at his own cost8 ,who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes8 ,or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk8 #jji3jjh ,am ,i making use of merely worldly illustrations8 ,does not the ,law speak in the same tone8 #jji3jji ,for in the ,law of ,moses it is written1 ,thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain4 #jji3jaj ,is ,god simply thinking about the oxen8 ,or is it really in our interest that ,he speaks8 ,of course1 it was written in our interest1 because it is ,his will that when a plough-man ploughs1 and a thresher threshes1 it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result4 #jji3jaa ,if it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you1 is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you8 #jji3jab ,if other teachers possess that right over you1 do not we possess it much more8 ,yet we have not availed ourselves of the right1 but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the ,good ,news of the ,christ4 #jji3jac ,do you not know that those who perform the sacred rites have their food from the sacred place1 and that those who serve at the altar all alike share with the altar8 #jji3jad ,in the same way the ,lord also directed those who proclaim the ,good ,news to maintain themselves by the ,good ,news4 #jji3jae ,but ,i1 for my part1 have not used1 and do not use1 my full rights in any of these things4 ,nor do ,i now write with that object so far as ,i myself am concerned1 for ,i would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one4 #jji3jaf ,if ,i go on preaching the ,good ,news1 that is nothing for me to boast of2 for the necessity is imposed upon me2 and alas for me1 if ,i fail to preach it6 #jji3jag ,and if ,i preach willingly1 ,i receive my wages2 but if against my will1 a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me4 #jji3jah ,what are my wages then8 ,the very fact that the ,good ,news which ,i preach will cost my hearers nothing1 so that ,i cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a ,christian preacher4 #jji3jai ,though free from all human control1 ,i have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible4 #jji3jbj ,to the ,jews ,i have become like a ,jew in order to win ,jews2 to men under the ,law as if ,i were under the ,law--although ,i am not-- in order to win those who are under the ,law2 #jji3jba to men without ,law as if ,i were without ,law--although ,i am not without ,law in relation to ,god but am abiding in ,christ's ,law-- in order to win those who are without ,law4 #jji3jbb ,to the weak ,i have become weak1 so as to gain the weak4 ,to all men ,i have become all things1 in the hope that in every one of these ways ,i may save some4 #jji3jbc ,and ,i do everything for the sake of the ,good ,news1 that ,i may share with my hearers in its benefits4 #jji3jbd ,do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run1 but that only one gets the prize8 ,you must run like him1 in order to win with certainty4 #jji3jbe ,but every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions4 ,they indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath1 but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish4 #jji3jbf ,that is how ,i run1 not being in any doubt as to my goal4 ,i am a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air1 #jji3jbg but ,i hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery1 lest possibly1 after ,i have been a herald to others1 ,i should myself be rejected4 #jaj3jja ,for ,i would have you remember1 brethren1 how our forefathers were all of them sheltered by the cloud1 and all got safely through the ,red ,sea4 #jaj3jjb ,all were baptized in the cloud and in the sea to be followers of ,moses4 #jaj3jjc ,all ate the same spiritual food1 #jaj3jjd and all drank the same spiritual drink2 for they long drank the water that flowed from the spiritual rock that went with them-- and that rock was the ,christ4 #jaj3jje ,but with most of them ,god was not well pleased2 for they were laid low in the ,desert4 #jaj3jjf ,and in this they became a warning to us1 to teach us not to be eager1 as they were eager1 in pursuit of what is evil4 #jaj3jjg ,and you must not be worshippers of idols1 as some of them were4 ,for it is written1 ,the ,people sat down to eat and drink1 and stood up to dance4 #jaj3jjh ,nor may we be fornicators1 like some of them who committed fornication and on a single day #bc1jjj of them fell dead4 #jaj3jji ,and do not let us test the ,lord too far1 as some of them tested ,him and were destroyed by the serpents4 #jaj3jaj ,and do not be discontented1 as some of them were1 and they were destroyed by the ,destroyer4 #jaj3jaa ,all this kept happening to them with a figurative meaning2 but it was put on record by way of admonition to us upon whom the ends of the ,ages have come4 #jaj3jab ,so then let him who thinks he is standing securely beware of falling4 #jaj3jac ,no temptation has you in its power but such as is common to human nature2 and ,god is faithful and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength4 ,but1 when the temptation comes1 ,he will also provide the way of escape2 so that you may be able to bear it4 #jaj3jad ,therefore1 my dear friends1 avoid all connection with the worship of idols4 #jaj3jae ,i speak as to men of sense3 judge for yourselves of what ,i say4 #jaj3jaf ,the cup of blessing1 which we bless1 does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of ,christ8 ,the loaf of bread which we break1 does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of ,christ8 #jaj3jag ,since there is one loaf1 we who are many are one body2 we1 all of us1 share in that one loaf4 #jaj3jah ,look at the ,israelites--the nation and their ritual4 ,are not those who eat the sacrifices joint-partakers in the altar8 #jaj3jai ,do ,i mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be1 or that an idol is a real thing8 #jaj3jbj ,no1 but that which the ,gentiles sacrifice1 they sacrifice to demons1 not to ,god2 and ,i would not have you have fellowship with one another through the demons4 #jaj3jba ,you cannot drink the ,lord's cup and the cup of demons3 you cannot be joint-partakers both in the table of the ,lord and in the table of demons4 #jaj3jbb ,or are we actually arousing the ,lord to jealousy4 ,are we stronger than ,he is8 #jaj3jbc ,everything is allowable1 but not everything is profitable4 ,everything is allowable1 but everything does not build others up4 #jaj3jbd ,let no one be for ever seeking his own good1 but let each seek that of his fellow man4 #jaj3jbe ,anything that is for sale in the meat market1 eat1 and ask no questions for conscience' sake2 #jaj3jbf for the earth is the ,lord's1 and all that it contains4 #jaj3jbg ,if an unbeliever gives you an invitation and you are disposed to accept it1 eat whatever is put before you1 and ask no questions for conscience' sake4 #jaj3jbh ,but if any one tells you1 ,this food has been offered in sacrifice2 abstain from eating it--out of respect for him who warned you1 and1 as before1 for conscience' sake4 #jaj3jbi ,but now ,i mean his conscience1 not your own4 ,why1 on what ground1 you may object1 is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own8 #jaj3jcj ,if1 so far as ,i am concerned1 ,i partake with a grateful heart1 why am ,i to be found fault with in regard to a thing for which ,i give thanks8 #jaj3jca ,whether1 then1 you are eating or drinking1 or whatever you are doing1 let everything be done to the glory of ,god4 #jaj3jcb ,do not be causes of stumbling either to ,jews or to ,gentiles1 nor to the ,church of ,god4 #jaj3jcc ,that is the way that ,i also seek in everything the approval of all men1 not aiming at my own profit1 but at that of the many1 in the hope that they may be saved4 #jaa3jja ,be imitators of me1 in so far as ,i in turn am an imitator of ,christ4 #jaa3jjb ,now ,i commend you for remembering me in everything1 and because you hold fast truths and practices precisely as ,i have taught them to you4 #jaa3jjc ,i would have you know1 however1 that of every man1 ,christ is the ,head1 that of a woman her husband is the ,head1 and that ,god is ,christ's ,head4 #jaa3jjd ,a man who wears a veil when praying or prophesying dishonors his ,head2 #jaa3jje but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her ,head1 for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short4 #jaa3jjf ,if a woman will not wear a veil1 let her also cut off her hair4 ,but since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved1 let her wear a veil4 #jaa3jjg ,for a man ought not to have a veil on his head1 since he is the image and glory of ,god2 while woman is the glory of man4 #jaa3jjh ,man does not take his origin from woman1 but woman takes hers from man4 #jaa3jji ,for man was not created for woman's sake1 but woman for man's4 #jaa3jaj ,that is why a woman ought to have on her head a symbol of subjection1 because of the angels4 #jaa3jaa ,yet1 in the ,lord1 woman is not independent of man nor man independent of woman4 #jaa3jab ,for just as woman originates from man1 so also man comes into existence through woman1 but everything springs originally from ,god4 #jaa3jac ,judge of this for your own selves3 is it seemly for a woman to pray to ,god when she is unveiled8 #jaa3jad ,does not ,nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him1 #jaa3jae but that if a woman has long hair it is her glory1 because her hair was given her for a covering8 #jaa3jaf ,but if any one is inclined to be contentious on the point1 we have no such custom1 nor have the ,churches of ,god4 #jaa3jag ,but while giving you these instructions1 there is one thing ,i cannot praise--your meeting together1 with bad rather than good results4 #jaa3jah for1 in the first place1 when you meet as a ,church1 there are divisions among you4 ,this is what ,i am told1 and ,i believe that there is some truth in it4 #jaa3jai ,for there must of necessity be differences of opinion among you1 in order that it may be plainly seen who are the men of sterling worth among you4 #jaa3jbj ,when1 however1 you meet in one place1 there is no eating the ,supper of the ,lord2 #jaa3jba for it is his own supper of which each of you is in a hurry to partake1 and one eats like a hungry man1 while another has already drunk to excess4 #jaa3jbb ,why1 have you no homes in which to eat and drink8 ,or do you wish to show your contempt for the ,church of ,god and make those who have no homes feel ashamed8 ,what shall ,i say to you8 ,shall ,i praise you8 ,in this matter ,i certainly do not praise you4 #jaa3jbc ,for it was from the ,lord that ,i received the facts which1 in turn1 ,i handed on to you2 how that the ,lord ,jesus1 on the night ,he was to be betrayed1 took some bread1 #jaa3jbd and after giving thanks ,he broke it and said1 ,this is my body which is about to be broken for you4 ,do this in memory of me4 #jaa3jbe ,in the same way1 when the meal was over1 ,he also took the cup4 ,this cup1 ,he said1 is the new ,covenant of which my blood is the pledge4 ,do this1 every time that you drink it1 in memory of me4 #jaa3jbf ,for every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup1 you are proclaiming the ,lord's death--until ,he returns4 #jaa3jbg ,whoever1 therefore1 in an unworthy manner1 eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the ,lord sins against the body and blood of the ,lord4 #jaa3jbh ,but let a man examine himself1 and1 having done that1 then let him eat the bread and drink from the cup4 #jaa3jbi ,for any one who eats and drinks1 eats and drinks judgement to himself1 if he fails to estimate the body aright4 #jaa3jcj ,that is why many among you are sickly and out of health1 and why not a few die4 #jaa3jca ,if1 however1 we estimated ourselves aright1 we should not be judged4 #jaa3jcb ,but when we are judged by the ,lord1 chastisement follows1 to save us from being condemned along with the world4 #jaa3jcc ,therefore1 brethren1 when you come together for this meal1 wait for one another4 #jaa3jcd ,if any one is hungry1 let him eat at home2 so that your coming together may not lead to judgement4 ,the other matters ,i will deal with whenever ,i come4 #jab3jja ,it is important1 brethren1 that you should have clear knowledge on the subject of spiritual gifts4 #jab3jjb ,you know that when you were heathens you went astray after dumb idols1 wherever you happened to be led4 #jab3jjc ,for this reason ,i would have you understand that no one speaking under the influence of ,the ,spirit of ,god ever says1 ,jesus is accursed1 and that no one is able to say1 ,jesus is ,lord1 except under the influence of the ,holy ,spirit4 #jab3jjd ,now there are various kinds of gifts1 but there is one and the same ,spirit2 #jab3jje various forms of official service1 and yet one and the same ,lord2 #jab3jjf diversities in work1 and yet one and the same ,god--,he who in each person brings about the whole result4 #jab3jjg ,but to each of us a manifestation of the ,spirit has been granted for the common good4 #jab3jjh ,to one the utterance of wisdom has been granted through the ,spirit2 to another the utterance of knowledge in accordance with the will of the same ,spirit2 #jab3jji to a third man1 by means of the same ,spirit1 special faith2 to another various gifts of healing1 by means of the one ,spirit2 #jab3jaj to another the exercise of miraculous powers2 to another the gift of prophecy2 to another the power of discriminating between prophetic utterances2 to another varieties of the gift of tongues2' to another the interpretation of tongues4 #jab3jaa ,but these results are all brought about by one and the same ,spirit1 who bestows ,his gifts upon each of us in accordance with ,his own will4 #jab3jab ,for just as the human body is one and yet has many parts1 and all its parts1 many as they are1 constitute but one body1 so it is with the ,church of ,christ4 #jab3jac ,for1 in fact1 in one ,spirit all of us--whether we are ,jews or ,gentiles1 slaves or free men--were baptized to form but one body2 and we were all nourished by that one ,spirit4 #jab3jad ,for the human body does not consist of one part1 but of many4 #jab3jae ,were the foot to say1 ,because ,i am not a hand ,i am not a part of the body1 that would not make it any the less a part of the body4 #jab3jaf ,or were the ear to say1 ,because ,i am not an eye1 ,i am not a part of the body1 that would not make it any the less a part of the body4 #jab3jag ,if the whole body were an eye1 where would the hearing be8 ,if the whole body were an ear1 where would the nostrils be8 #jab3jah ,but1 as a matter of fact1 ,god has arranged the parts in the body-- every one of them--as ,he has seen fit4 #jab3jai ,if they were all one part1 where would the body be8 #jab3jbj ,but1 as a matter of fact1 there are many parts and but one body4 #jab3jba ,it is also impossible for the eye to say to the hand1 ,i do not need you2 or again for the head to say to the feet1 ,i do not need you4 #jab3jbb ,no1 it is quite otherwise4 ,even those parts of the body which are apparently somewhat feeble are yet indispensable2 #jab3jbc and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more abundant honor2 and so our ungraceful parts come to have a more abundant grace1 while our graceful parts have everything they need4 #jab3jbd ,but it was ,god who built up the body1 and bestowed more abundant honor on the part that felt the need1 #jab3jbe that there might be no disunion in the body1 but that all the members might entertain the same anxious care for one another's welfare4 #jab3jbf ,and if one part is suffering1 every other part suffers with it2 or if one part is receiving special honor1 every other part shares in the joy4 #jab3jbg ,as for you1 you are the body of ,christ1 and individually you are members of it4 #jab3jbh ,and by ,god's appointment there are in the ,church-- first ,apostles1 secondly ,prophets1 thirdly teachers4 ,then come miraculous powers1 and then ability to cure diseases or render loving service1 or powers of organization1 or varieties of the gift of tongues4' #jab3jbi ,are all ,apostles8 ,are all ,prophets8 ,are all teachers8 #jab3jcj ,have all miraculous powers8 ,have all ability to cure diseases8 ,do all speak in tongues'8 ,do all interpret8 #jab3jca ,but always seek to excel in the greater gifts4 ,and now ,i will point out to you a way of life which transcends all others4 #jac3jja ,if ,i can speak with the tongues of men and of angels1 but am destitute of ,love1 ,i have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal4 #jac3jjb ,if ,i possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge1 and have such absolute faith that ,i can remove mountains1 but am destitute of ,love1 ,i am nothing4 #jac3jjc ,and if ,i distribute all my possessions to the poor1 and give up my body to be burned1 but am destitute of ,love1 it profits me nothing4 #jac3jjd ,love is patient and kind4 ,love knows neither envy nor jealousy4 ,love is not forward and self-assertive1 nor boastful and conceited4 #jac3jje ,she does not behave unbecomingly1 nor seek to aggrandize herself1 nor blaze out in passionate anger1 nor brood over wrongs4 #jac3jjf ,she finds no pleasure in injustice done to others1 but joyfully sides with the truth4 #jac3jjg ,she knows how to be silent4 ,she is full of trust1 full of hope1 full of patient endurance4 #jac3jjh ,love never fails4 ,but if there are prophecies1 they will be done away with2 if there are languages1 they will cease2 if there is knowledge1 it will be brought to an end4 #jac3jji ,for our knowledge is imperfect1 and so is our prophesying2 #jac3jaj but when the perfect state of things is come1 all that is imperfect will be brought to an end4 #jac3jaa ,when ,i was a child1 ,i talked like a child1 felt like a child1 reasoned like a child3 when ,i became a man1 ,i put from me childish ways4 #jac3jab ,for the present we see things as if in a mirror1 and are puzzled2 but then we shall see them face to face4 ,for the present the knowledge ,i gain is imperfect2 but then ,i shall know fully1 even as ,i am fully known4 #jac3jac ,and so there remain ,faith1 ,hope1 ,love--these three2 and of these the greatest is ,love4 #jad3jja ,be eager in your pursuit of this ,love1 and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts1 but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy4 #jad3jjb ,for he who speaks in an unknown tongue is not speaking to men1 but to ,god2 for no one understands him4 ,yet in the ,spirit he is speaking secret truths4 #jad3jjc ,but he who prophesies speaks to men words of edification1 encouragement and comfort4 #jad3jjd ,he who speaks in an unknown tongue does good to himself1 but he who prophesies does good to the ,church4 #jad3jje ,i should be right glad were you all to speak in tongues1' but yet more glad were you all to prophesy4 ,and1 in fact1 the man who prophesies is superior to him who speaks in tongues1' except when the latter can interpret in order that the ,church may get a blessing4 #jad3jjf ,but1 brethren1 as things are1 if ,i come to you speaking in tongues1' what benefit shall ,i confer on you1 if the utterance is neither in the form of a revelation nor of additional knowledge nor of prophecy nor of teaching8 #jad3jjg ,even inanimate things--flutes or harps1 for instance-- when yielding a sound1 if they make no distinction in the notes1 how shall the tune which is played on the flute or the harp be known8 #jad3jjh ,if the bugle--to take another example--gives an uncertain sound1 who will prepare for battle8 #jad3jji ,and so with you2 if with the living voice you fail to utter intelligible words1 how will people know what you are saying8 ,you will be talking to the winds4 #jad3jaj ,there are1 we will suppose1 a great number of languages in the world1 and no creature is without a language4 #jad3jaa ,if1 however1 ,i do not know the meaning of the particular language1 ,i shall seem to the speaker of it1 and he to me1 to be merely talking some foreign tongue4 #jad3jab ,therefore1 seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts1 seek to excel in them so as to benefit the ,church4 #jad3jac ,therefore let a man who has the gift of tongues pray for the power of interpreting them4 #jad3jad ,for if ,i pray in an unknown tongue1 my spirit prays1 but my understanding is barren4 #jad3jae ,how then does the matter stand8 ,i will pray in spirit1 and ,i will pray with my understanding also4 ,i will praise ,god in spirit1 and ,i will praise ,him with my understanding also4 #jad3jaf ,otherwise1 if you bless ,god in spirit only1 how shall he who is in the position of an ungifted man say the ,amen' to your giving of thanks1 when he does not know what your words mean8 #jad3jag ,rightly enough you are giving thanks1 and yet your neighbor is not benefited4 #jad3jah ,i speak in a tongue1 thank ,god1 more than all of you2 #jad3jai but in the ,church ,i would rather speak five words with my understanding--so as to instruct others also--than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue4 #jad3jbj ,brethren1 do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds4 ,as regards evil1 indeed1 be utter babes1 but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years4 #jad3jba ,in the ,law it stands written1 ,by men of unknown tongues and by the lips of an unknown nation will ,i speak to this ,people1 but even then they will not listen to ,me'1 says the ,lord4 #jad3jbb ,this shows that the gift of tongues is intended as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers1 but prophecy is intended not for unbelievers but for those who believe4 #jad3jbc ,accordingly if the whole ,church has assembled and all are speaking in tongues1' and there come in ungifted men1 or unbelievers1 will they not say that you are all mad8 #jad3jbd ,if1 on the other hand1 every one is prophesying and an unbeliever or an ungifted man comes in1 he is convicted by all and closely examined by all1 #jad3jbe and the hidden evils of his heart are brought to light4 ,and1 as the result1 he will fall on his face and worship ,god1 and will report to others that of a truth ,god is among you4 #jad3jbf ,what then1 brethren8 ,whenever you assemble1 there is not one of you who is not ready either with a song of praise1 a sermon1 a revelation1 a tongue1' or an interpretation4 ,let everything be done with a view to the building up of faith and character4 #jad3jbg ,if there is speaking in an unknown tongue1 only two or at the most three should speak1 and they should do so one at a time1 and one should interpret2 #jad3jbh or if there is no interpreter1 let the man with the gift be silent in the ,church1 speaking to himself and to ,god4 #jad3jbi ,but if there are ,prophets1 let two or three speak and let the rest judge4 #jad3jcj ,and if anything is revealed to some one else who is seated there1 let the first be silent4 #jad3jca ,for you can all prophesy one by one1 so that all may learn and all be encouraged3 #jad3jcb and the spirits of ,prophets yield submission to ,prophets4 #jad3jcc ,for ,god is not a ,god of disorder1 but of peace1 as ,he is in all the ,churches of ,his people4 #jad3jcd ,let married women be silent in the ,churches1 for they are not permitted to speak4 ,they must be content with a subordinate place1 as the ,law also says2 #jad3jce and if they wish to ask questions1 they should ask their own husbands at home4 ,for it is disgraceful for a married woman to speak at a ,church assembly4 #jad3jcf ,was it from you that ,god's ,message first went forth1 or is it to you only that it has come8 #jad3jcg ,if any one deems himself to be a ,prophet or a man with spiritual gifts1 let him recognize as the ,lord's command all that ,i am now writing to you4 #jad3jch ,but if any one is ignorant1 let him be ignorant4 #jad3jci ,the conclusion1 my brethren1 is this4 ,be earnestly ambitious to prophesy1 and do not check speaking with tongues2 #jad3jdj only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner4 #jae3jja ,but let me recall to you1 brethren1 the ,good ,news which ,i brought you1 which you accepted1 and on which you are standing1 #jae3jjb through which also you are obtaining salvation1 if you bear in mind the words in which ,i proclaimed it--unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first4 #jae3jjc ,for ,i repeated to you the all-important fact which also ,i had been taught1 that ,christ died for our sins in accordance with the ,scriptures2 #jae3jjd that ,he was buried2 that ,he rose to life again on the third day in accordance with the ,scriptures1 #jae3jje and was seen by ,peter1 and then by the ,twelve4 #jae3jjf ,afterwards ,he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once1 most of whom are still alive1 although some of them have now fallen asleep4 #jae3jjg ,afterwards ,he was seen by ,james1 and then by all the ,apostles4 #jae3jjh ,and last of all1 as to one of untimely birth1 ,he appeared to me also4 #jae3jji ,for ,i am the least of the ,apostles1 and am not fit to be called an ,apostle--because ,i persecuted the ,church of ,god4 #jae3jaj ,but what ,i am ,i am by the grace of ,god1 and ,his grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual4 ,but ,i labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not ,i1 but ,god's grace working with me4 #jae3jaa ,but whether it is ,i or they1 this is the way we preach and the way that you came to believe4 #jae3jab ,but if ,christ is preached as having risen from the dead1 how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead8 #jae3jac ,if there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead1 then ,christ ,himself has not risen to life4 #jae3jad ,and if ,christ has not risen1 it follows that what we preach is a delusion1 and that your faith also is a delusion4 #jae3jae ,nay more1 we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about ,god1 because we have testified that ,god raised ,christ to life1 whom ,he did not raise1 if in reality none of the dead are raised4 #jae3jaf ,for if none of the dead are raised to life1 then ,christ has not risen2 #jae3jag and if ,christ has not risen1 your faith is a vain thing-- you are still in your sins4 #jae3jah ,it follows also that those who have fallen asleep in ,christ have perished4 #jae3jai ,if in this present life we have a 99hope99 resting on ,christ1 and nothing more1 we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world4 #jae3jbj ,but1 in reality1 ,christ 99has99 risen from among the dead1 being the first to do so of those who are asleep4 #jae3jba ,for seeing that death came through man1 through man comes also the resurrection of the dead4 #jae3jbb ,for just as through ,adam all die1 so also through ,christ all will be made alive again4 #jae3jbc ,but this will happen to each in the right order--,christ having been the first to rise1 and afterwards ,christ's people rising at ,his return4 #jae3jbd ,later on1 comes the ,end1 when ,he is to surrender the ,kingship to ,god1 the ,father1 when ,he shall have overthrown all other government and all other authority and power4 #jae3jbe ,for ,he must continue ,king until ,he shall have put all ,his enemies under ,his feet4 #jae3jbf ,the last enemy that is to be overthrown is ,death2 #jae3jbg for ,he will have put all things in subjection under ,his feet4 ,and when ,he shall have declared that ,all things are in subjection1 it will be with the manifest exception of ,him who has reduced them all to subjection to ,him4 #jae3jbh ,but when the whole universe has been made subject to ,him1 then the ,son ,himself will also become subject to ,him who has made the universe subject to ,him1 in order that ,,god may be all in all4 #jae3jbi ,otherwise what will become of those who got themselves baptized for the dead8 ,if the dead do not rise at all1 why are these baptized for them8 #jae3jcj ,why also do we ,apostles expose ourselves to danger every hour8 #jae3jca ,i protest1 brethren1 as surely as ,i glory over you-- which ,i may justly do in ,christ ,jesus our ,lord--that ,i die day by day4 #jae3jcb ,if from merely human motives ,i have fought with wild beasts in ,ephesus1 what profit is it to me8 ,if the dead do not rise1 let us eat and drink1 for tomorrow we are to die4 #jae3jcc ,do not deceive yourselves3 ,evil companionships corrupt good morals4 #jae3jcd ,wake from this drunken fit2 live righteous lives1 and cease to sin2 for some have no knowledge of ,god3 ,i speak thus in order to move you to shame4 #jae3jce ,but some one will say1 ,how can the dead rise8 ,and with what kind of body do they come back8 #jae3jcf ,foolish man6 the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies2 #jae3jcg and as for what you sow1 it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing1 but a bare grain1 of wheat 7it may be7 or of something else1 and ,god gives it a body as ,he has seen fit1 #jae3jch and to each kind of seed a body of its own4 #jae3jci ,all flesh is not the same3 there is human flesh1 and flesh of cattle1 of birds1 and of fishes4 #jae3jdj ,there are bodies which are celestial and there are bodies which are earthly1 but the glory of the celestial ones is one thing1 and that of the earthly ones is another4 #jae3jda ,there is one glory of the sun1 another of the moon1 and another of the stars2 for star differs from star in glory4 #jae3jdb ,it is the same with the resurrection of the dead4 ,the body is sown in a state of decay1 it is raised free from decay2 #jae3jdc it is sown in dishonor1 it is raised in glory2 it is sown in weakness1 it is raised in power2 #jae3jdd an animal body is sown1 a spiritual body is raised4 ,as surely as there is an animal body1 so there is also a spiritual body4 #jae3jde ,in the same way also it is written1 ,the first man ,adam became a living animal2 the last ,adam is a life-giving ,spirit4 #jae3jdf ,nevertheless1 it is not what is spiritual that came first1 but what is animal2 what is spiritual came afterwards4 #jae3jdg ,the first man is a man of earth1 earthy2 the second man is from ,heaven4 #jae3jdh ,what the earthy one is1 that also are those who are earthy2 and what the heavenly ,one is1 that also are those who are heavenly4 #jae3jdi ,and as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one1 let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly ,one4 #jae3jej ,but this ,i tell you1 brethren3 our mortal bodies cannot inherit the ,kingdom of ,god1 nor will what is perishable inherit what is imperishable4 #jae3jea ,i tell you a truth hitherto kept secret3 we shall not all sleep1 but we shall all be changed1 #jae3jeb in a moment1 in the twinkling of an eye1 at the sounding of the last trumpet2 for the trumpet will sound1 and the dead will be raised incapable of decay1 and 99we99 shall be changed4 #jae3jec ,for so it must be3 this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable1 and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality4 #jae3jed ,but when this perishable nature has put on what is imperishable1 and this mortality has put on immortality1 then will the words of ,scripture be fulfilled1 ,death has been swallowed up in victory4 #jae3jee ,where1 ,o death1 is thy victory8 ,where1 ,o death1 is thy sting8 #jae3jef ,now sin is the sting of death1 and sin derives its power from the ,law2 #jae3jeg but ,god be thanked who gives us the victory through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ6 #jae3jeh ,therefore1 my dear brethren1 be firm1 unmovable1 busily occupied at all times in the ,lord's work1 knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the ,lord4 #jaf3jja ,as to the collection for ,god's people1 what ,i have directed the ,churches of ,galatia to do1 you must do also4 #jaf3jjb ,on the first day of every week let each of you put on one side and store up at his home whatever gain has been granted to him2 so that whenever ,i come1 there may then be no collections going on4 #jaf3jjc ,and when ,i am with you1 whatever brethren you accredit by letter ,i will send to carry your kind gift to ,jerusalem4 #jaf3jjd ,and if it is worth while for me also to make the journey1 they shall go as my companions4 #jaf3jje ,i shall come to you after passing through ,macedonia2 for my plan will be to pass through ,macedonia2 #jaf3jjf and ,i shall make some stay with you perhaps1 or even spend the winter with you1 in order that you may help me forward1 whichever way ,i travel4 #jaf3jjg ,for ,i do not wish to see you on this occasion merely in passing2 but if the ,lord permits1 ,i hope to remain some time with you4 #jaf3jjh ,i shall remain in ,ephesus1 however1 until the time of the ,harvest ,festival1 #jaf3jji for a wide door stands open before me which demands great efforts1 and we have many opponents4 #jaf3jaj ,if ,timothy pays you a visit1 see that he is free from fear in his relations with you2 for he is engaged in the ,master's work just as ,i am4 #jaf3jaa ,therefore let no one slight him1 but all of you should help him forward in peace to join me2 for ,i am waiting for him and others of the brethren4 #jaf3jab ,as for our brother ,apollos1 ,i have repeatedly urged him to accompany the brethren who are coming to you3 but he is quite resolved not to do so at present4 ,he will come1 however1 when he has a good opportunity4 #jaf3jac ,be on the alert2 stand firm in the faith2 acquit yourselves like men2 be strong4 #jaf3jad ,let all that you do be done from motives of love4 #jaf3jae ,and ,i beseech you1 brethren--you know the household of ,stephanas1 how they were the earliest ,greek converts to ,christ1 and have devoted themselves to the service of ,god's people-- #jaf3jaf ,i beseech you1 on your part1 to show deference to such men1 and to every one who participates in their work and toils hard4 #jaf3jag ,it is a joy to me that ,stephanas1 ,fortunatus and ,achaicus have now arrived1 because what was wanting so far as you are concerned they have supplied4 #jaf3jah ,they have refreshed my spirit1 and yours4 ,acknowledge such men as these4 #jaf3jai ,the ,churches in the province of ,asia send you greetings2 and ,aquila and ,prisca1 in hearty ,christian love1 do the same1 together with the ,church which meets at their house4 #jaf3jbj ,the brethren all send greetings to you4 ,greet one another with a holy kiss4 #jaf3jba ,the final greeting of me--,paul--with my own hand4 #jaf3jbb ,if any one is destitute of love to the ,lord1 let him be accursed4 ,,our ,,lord ,,is ,,coming4 #jaf3jbc ,the grace of the ,lord ,jesus be with you4 #jaf3jbd ,my love in ,christ ,jesus be with you all4