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We are beginning one of the most important letters that Paul wrote to the
churches he had begun. The church at Corinth had been established on one of
Paul's missionary journeys.
The city of Corinth was believed to be a city of about 600,000 people when
this was written to them. One of the outskirts of Corinth was Cenchrea,
which was a seaport. This was a thriving city with much evil. They were
thought of as being one of the wealthiest cities of the area. There was a
mixture of nationalities here. Greeks and Romans made up most the people.
This city had many false gods and goddesses. The most prominent of the
false worship was of Aphrodite. There were over 1000 prostitutes working to
win converts to this very sensual religion. This was a very evil city. The
democratic way of life was foremost here, and debates were allowed on all
subjects. This perhaps, was the reason Paul had an easy time being heard at
first.
The most serious problem of the Corinthian church was worldliness, an
unwillingness to divorce the culture around them. Most of the believers
could not consistently separate themselves from their old, selfish,
immoral, and pagan ways.
We will find in this book, as we do in many of Paul's writings that he
deals with them within the confines of their customs. He does not try to
change their life style. He shows them that Christianity is for all people.
We will get into this a little more as we go along. One thing that we must
remember from the outset: There were no iron clad doctrines that were to be
used in all of these churches. We will see Paul trying to establish rules
and regulations for each church that they could live with in the light of
their customs.
In one way or another, wrong living always stems from wrong belief, such as
sexual sins including divorce, are inevitably related to lack of belief or
trust in God's plan for marriage and the family (7:1-40).
Before, Paul had written the church other correspondence (see 5:9), which
was also corrective in nature. Because a copy of that letter has never been
discovered, it has been referred to as "the lost epistle". There was
another non-canonical letter after 1 Corinthians, usually called "the
severe letter" (2 Cor. 2:4).
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1 Corinthians 1
1 Corinthians
Chapter 1
1 Corinthians 1:1
"Paul, called [to
be] an apostle of
Jesus Christ
through the will of
God, and Sosthenes
[our] brother,"
1 Corinthians 1:2
"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 theirs
and ours:"
1 Corinthians 1:3
"Grace [be] unto
you, and peace,
from God our
Father, and [from]
the Lord Jesus
Christ."
1 Corinthians 1:4
"I thank my God
always on your
behalf, for the
grace of God which
is given you by
Jesus Christ;"
1 Corinthians 1:5
"That in every
thing ye are
enriched by him, in
all utterance, and
[in] all
knowledge;"
1 Corinthians 1:6
"Even as the
testimony of Christ
was confirmed in
you:"
1 Corinthians 1:7
"So that ye come
behind in no gift;
waiting for the
coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ:"
1 Corinthians 1:8
"Who shall also
confirm you unto
the end, [that ye
may be] blameless
in the day of our
Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 1:9
"God [is] faithful,
by whom ye were
called unto the
fellowship of his
Son Jesus Christ
our Lord."
1 Corinthians 1:10
"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."
1 Corinthians 1:11
"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."
1 Corinthians 1:12
"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."
1 Corinthians 1:13
"Is Christ divided?
was Paul crucified
for you? or were ye
baptized in the
name of Paul?"
1 Corinthians
1:14-15 "I thank
God that I baptized
none of you, but
Crispus and Gaius;"
"Lest any should
say that I had
baptized in mine
own name."
1 Corinthians
1:16-17 "And I
baptized also the
household of
Stephanas: besides,
I know not whether
I baptized any
other." "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."
1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the preaching of
the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it
is the power of God."
1 Corinthians 1:19 "For it is written, I
will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and
will bring to nothing the understanding of
the prudent."
1 Corinthians 1:20 "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?"
1 Corinthians 1:21: "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."
1 Corinthians 1:22 "For the Jews require a
sign, and the Greeks seek after Wisdom:"
1 Corinthians 1:23 "But we preach Christ
crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block,
and unto the Greeks foolishness;"
1 Corinthians 1:24 "But unto them which are
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the
power of God, and the wisdom of God."
1 Corinthians 1:25 "Because the foolishness
of God is wiser than men; and the weakness
of God is stronger than men."
1 Corinthians 1:26 "For ye see your
calling, brethren, how that not many wise
men after the flesh, not many mighty, not
many noble, [are called]:"
1 Corinthians 1:27 "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;"
1 Corinthians 1:28 "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:"
1 Corinthians 1:29 "That no flesh should
glory in his presence."
1 Corinthians 1:30-31 "But of him are ye in
Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption:" "That,
according as it is written, He that
glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."
1 Corinthians Chapter
1 Corinthians 2
1 Corinthians Chapter 2
1 Corinthians 2:1 "And I, brethren, when I
came to you, came not with excellency of
speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the
testimony of God."
1 Corinthians 2:2 "For I determined not to
know any thing among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him crucified."
1 Corinthians 2:3 "And I was with you in
weakness, and in fear, and in much
trembling."
1 Corinthians 2:4 "And my speech and my
preaching [was] not with enticing words of
man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power:"
1 Corinthians 2:5 "That your faith should
not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the
power of God."
1 Corinthians 2:6 "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:"
1 Corinthians 2:7 "But we speak the wisdom
of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden
[wisdom], which God ordained before the
world unto our glory:"
1 Corinthians 2:8 "Which none of the
princes of this world knew: for had they
known [it], they would not have crucified
the Lord of glory."
1 Corinthians 2:9 "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."
1 Corinthians 2:10 "But God hath revealed
[them] unto us by his Spirit: for the
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God."
1 Corinthians
2:11
"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."
1 Corinthians
2:12
"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."
1 Corinthians 2:13
"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."
1 Corinthians 2:14
"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."
1 Corinthians 2:15
"But he that is spiritual judgeth all
things, yet he himself is judged of no
man."
1 Corinthians
2:16
"For who hath known the mind of the Lord,
that he may instruct him? But we have the
mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 3
1 Corinthians Chapter 3
1 Corinthians 3:1 "And I, brethren, could
not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but
as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in
Christ."
1 Corinthians 3:2 "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."
1 Corinthians 3:3 "For ye are yet carnal:
for whereas [there is] among you envying,
and strife, and divisions, are ye not
carnal, and walk as men?"
1 Corinthians 3:4 "For while one saith, I
am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos;
are ye not carnal?"
1 Corinthians 3:5 "Who then is Paul, and
who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed, even as the Lord gave to every
man?"
1 Corinthians 3:6 "I have planted, Apollos
watered; but God gave the increase."
1 Corinthians 3:7 "So then neither is he
that planteth any thing, neither he that
watereth; but God that giveth the
increase."
1 Corinthians 3:8 "Now he that planteth and
he that watereth are one: and every man
shall receive his own reward according to
his own labor."
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are laborers
together with God: ye are God's husbandry,
[ye are] God's building."
1 Corinthians 3:10 "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."
1 Corinthians 3:11 "For other foundation
can no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 3:12 "Now if any man build
upon this foundation gold, silver, precious
stones, wood, hay, stubble;"
1 Corinthians 3:13 "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."
1 Corinthians 3:14 "If any man's work abide
which he hath built thereupon, he shall
receive a reward."
1 Corinthians 3:15 "If any man's work shall
be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he
himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."
1 Corinthians 3:16 "Know ye not that ye are
the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of
God dwelleth in you?"
1 Corinthians 3:17 "If any man defile the
temple of God, him shall God destroy; for
the temple of God is holy, which [temple]
ye are."
1 Corinthians 3:18 "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."
1 Corinthians 3:19-20 "For the wisdom of
this world is foolishness with God. For it
is written, He taketh the wise in their own
craftiness." "And again, The Lord knoweth
the thoughts of the wise, that they are
vain."
1 Corinthians 3:21 "Therefore let no man
glory in men. For all things are yours;"
1 Corinthians 3:22 "Whether Paul, or
Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life,
or death, or things present, or things to
come; all are yours;"
1 Corinthians 3:23 "And ye are Christ's;
and Christ [is] God's."
1 Corinthians Chapter 3
1 Corinthians 4
1 Corinthians
Chapter 4
1 Corinthians 4:1
"Let a man so
account of us, as
of the ministers of
Christ, and
stewards of the
mysteries of God."
1 Corinthians 4:2
"Moreover it is
required in
stewards, that a
man be found
faithful."
1 Corinthians 4:3
"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."
1 Corinthians 4:4
"For I know nothing
by myself; yet am I
not hereby
justified: but he
that judgeth me is
the Lord."
1 Corinthians 4:5
"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."
1 Corinthians 4:6
"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."
1 Corinthians 4:7
"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]?"
1 Corinthians 4:8
"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."
1 Corinthians 4:9
"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."
1 Corinthians 4:10
"We [are] fools for
Christ's sake, but
ye [are] wise in
Christ; we [are]
weak, but ye [are]
strong; ye [are]
honorable, but we
[are] despised."
1 Corinthians 4:11 "Even unto this present
hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are
naked, and are buffeted, and have no
certain dwelling place;"
1 Corinthians 4:12 "And labor, working with
our own hands: being reviled, we bless;
being persecuted, we suffer it:"
1 Corinthians 4:13 "Being defamed, we
entreat: we are made as the filth of the
world, [and are] the offscouring of all
things unto this day."
1 Corinthians 4:14 "I write not these
things to shame you, but as my beloved sons
I warn [you]."
1 Corinthians 4:15 "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."
1 Corinthians 4:16 "Wherefore I beseech
you, be ye followers of me."
1 Corinthians 4:17 "For this cause have I
sent unto you Timothy, 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."
1 Corinthians 4:18 "Now some are puffed up,
as though I would not come to you."
1 Corinthians 4:19 "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."
1 Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God
[is] not in word, but in power."
1 Corinthians 4:21 "What will ye? shall I
come unto you with a rod, or in love, and
[in] the spirit of meekness?"
1 Corinthians 5
1 Corinthians Chapter 5
1 Corinthians 5:1 "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."
1 Corinthians 5:2 "And ye are puffed up,
and have not rather mourned, that he that
hath done this deed might be taken away
from among you."
1 Corinthians 5:3 "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,"
1 Corinthians 5:4 "In the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered
together, and my spirit, with the power of
our Lord Jesus Christ,"
1 Corinthians 5:5 "To deliver such a one
unto Satan for the destruction of the
flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the
day of the Lord Jesus."
1 Corinthians 5:6 "Your glorying [is] not
good. Know ye not that a little leaven
leaveneth the whole lump?"
1 Corinthians 5:7 "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:"
1 Corinthians 5:8 "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."
1 Corinthians 5:9 "I wrote unto you in an
epistle not to company with fornicators:"
1 Corinthians 5:10 "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."
1 Corinthians 5:11 "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
a one, no, not to eat."
1 Corinthians 5:12 "For what have I to do
to judge them also that are without? do not
ye judge them that are within?"
1 Corinthians 5:13 "But them that are
without God judgeth. Therefore put away
from among yourselves that wicked person."
1 Corinthians 6
1 Corinthians
Chapter 6
1 Corinthians 6:1
"Dare any of you,
having a matter
against another, go
to law before the
unjust, and not
before the saints?"
1 Corinthians 6:2
"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?"
1 Corinthians 6:3
"Know ye not that
we shall judge
angels? How much
more things that
pertain to this
life?"
1 Corinthians 6:4
"If then ye have
judgments of things
pertaining to this
life, set them to
judge who are least
esteemed in the
church."
1 Corinthians 6:5
"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?"
1 Corinthians 6:6
"But brother goeth
to law with
brother, and that
before the
unbelievers."
1 Corinthians 6:7
"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?"
1 Corinthians 6:8
"Nay, ye do wrong,
and defraud, and
that [your]
brethren."
1 Corinthians 6:9
"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,"
1 Corinthians 6:10
"Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor
drunkards, nor
revilers, nor
extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom
of God."
1 Corinthians 6:11
"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."
1 Corinthians 6:12 "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."
1 Corinthians 6:13 "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."
1 Corinthians 6:14 "And God hath both
raised up the Lord, and will also raise up
us by his own power."
1 Corinthians 6:15 "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 a harlot? God
forbid."
1 Corinthians 6:16 "What? know ye not that
he which is joined to a harlot is one body?
for two, saith he, shall be one flesh."
1 Corinthians 6:17 "But he that is joined
unto the Lord is one spirit."
1 Corinthians 6:18 "Flee fornication. Every
sin that a man doeth is without the body;
but he that committeth fornication sinneth
against his own body."
1 Corinthians 6:19 "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?"
1 Corinthians 6:20 "For ye are bought with
a price: therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
1 Corinthians 7
1 Corinthians
Chapter 7
1 Corinthians 7:1
"Now concerning the
things whereof ye
wrote unto me: [It
is] good for a man
not to touch a
woman."
1 Corinthians 7:2
"Nevertheless, [to
avoid] fornication,
let every man have
his own wife, and
let every woman
have her own
husband."
1 Corinthians 7:3
"Let the husband
render unto the
wife due
benevolence: and
likewise also the
wife unto the
husband."
1 Corinthians 7:4
"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."
1 Corinthians 7:5
"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."
1 Corinthians 7:6
"But I speak this
by permission,
[and] not of
commandment."
1 Corinthians 7:7
"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."
1 Corinthians 7:8
"I say therefore to
the unmarried and
widows, It is good
for them if they
abide even as I."
1 Corinthians 7:9
"But if they cannot
contain, let them
marry: for it is
better to marry
than to burn."
7:10 "And unto the
married I command,
[yet] not I, but
the Lord, Let not
the wife depart
from [her]
husband:"
1 Corinthians 7:11
"But and if she
depart, let her
remain unmarried,
or be reconciled to
[her] husband: and
let not the husband
put away [his]
wife."
1 Corinthians
7:12-13 "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." "And the
woman which hath a
husband that
believeth not, and
if he be pleased to
dwell with her, let
her not leave him."
1 Corinthians 7:14
"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."
1 Corinthians 7:15
"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."
1 Corinthians 7:16
"For what knowest
thou, O wife,
whether thou shalt
save [thy] husband?
or how knowest
thou, O man,
whether thou shalt
save [thy] wife?"
1 Corinthians
7:17
"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."
1 Corinthians 7:18 "Is any man called being
circumcised? let him not become
uncircumcised. Is any called in
uncircumcision? let him not be
circumcised."
1 Corinthians 7:19 "Circumcision is
nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but
the keeping of the commandments of God."
1 Corinthians 7:20 "Let every man abide in
the same calling wherein he was called."
1 Corinthians 7:21 "Art thou called [being]
a servant? care not for it: but if thou
mayest be made free, use [it] rather."
1 Corinthians 7:22 "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."
1 Corinthians 7:23 "Ye are bought with a
price; be not ye the servants of men."
1 Corinthians 7:24 "Brethren, let every
man, wherein he is called, therein abide
with God."
1 Corinthians 7:25 "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."
1 Corinthians 7:26 "I suppose therefore
that this is good for the present distress,
[I say], that [it is] good for a man so to
be."
1 Corinthians 7:27 "Art thou bound unto a
wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou
loosed from a wife? seek not a wife."
1 Corinthians 7:28 "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."
1 Corinthians 7:29 "But this I say,
brethren, the time [is] short: it
remaineth, that both they that have wives
be as though they had none;"
1 Corinthians 7:30 "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;"
1 Corinthians 7:31 "And they that use this
world, as not abusing [it]: for the fashion
of this world passeth away."
1 Corinthians 7:32-33 "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:" "But he
that is married careth for the things that
are of the world, how he may please [his]
wife."
1 Corinthians 7:34 "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."
1 Corinthians 7:35 "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."
1 Corinthians 7:36 "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."
1 Corinthians 7:37 "Nevertheless he that
standeth steadfast 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."
1 Corinthians 7:38 "So then he that giveth
[her] in marriage doeth well; but he that
giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better."
1 Corinthians 7:39 "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."
1 Corinthians 7:40 "But she is happier if
she so abide, after my judgment: and I
think also that I have the Spirit of God."
1 Corinthians 8
1 Corinthians Chapter 8
1 Corinthians 8:1 "Now as touching things
offered unto idols, we know that we all
have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but
charity edifieth."
1 Corinthians 8:2 "And if any man think
that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth
nothing yet as he ought to know."
1 Corinthians 8:3 "But if any man love God,
the same is known of him."
1 Corinthians 8:4 "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."
1 Corinthians 8:5 "For though there be that
are called gods, whether in heaven or in
earth, (as there be gods many, and lords
many,)"
1 Corinthians 8:6 "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."
1 Corinthians 8:7 "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."
1 Corinthians 8:8 "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."
1 Corinthians 8:9 "But take heed lest by
any means this liberty of yours become a
stumbling block to them that are weak."
1 Corinthians 8:10 "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;"
1 Corinthians 8:11 "And through thy
knowledge shall the weak brother perish,
for whom Christ died?"
1 Corinthians 8:12 "But when ye sin so
against the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ."
1 Corinthians 8:13 "Wherefore, if meat make
my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh
while the world standeth, lest I make my
brother to offend."
1 Corinthians 9
1 Corinthians
Chapter 9
1 Corinthians 9:1
"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?"
1 Corinthians 9:2
"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."
1 Corinthians 9:3
"Mine answer to
them that do
examine me is
this,"
1 Corinthians 9:4
"Have we not power
to eat and to
drink?"
1 Corinthians 9:5
"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?"
1 Corinthians 9:6
"Or I only and
Barnabas, have not
we power to forbear
working?"
1 Corinthians 9:7
"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?"
1 Corinthians 9:8
"Say I these things
as a man? or saith
not the law the
same also?"
1 Corinthians 9:9
"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?"
1 Corinthians 9:10
"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."
1 Corinthians 9:11
"If we have sown
unto you spiritual
things, [is it] a
great thing if we
shall reap your
carnal things?"
1 Corinthians 9:12
"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."
1 Corinthians 9:13
"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?"
1 Corinthians 9:14 "Even so hath the Lord
ordained that they which preach the gospel
should live of the gospel."
1 Corinthians
9:15
"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."
1 Corinthians
9:17
"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."
1 Corinthians
9:18
"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."
1 Corinthians
9:19
"For though I be free from all [men], yet
have I made myself servant unto all, that I
might gain the more."
1 Corinthians
9:20
"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;"
1 Corinthians
9:21
"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."
1 Corinthians
9:22
"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."
1 Corinthians
9:23
"And this I do for the gospel's sake, that
I might be partaker thereof with [you]."
1 Corinthians
9:24
"Know ye not that they which run in a race
run all, but one receiveth the prize? So
run, that ye may obtain."
1 Corinthians
9:25
"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."
1 Corinthians
9:26
"I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so
fight I, not as one that beateth the air:"
1 Corinthians
9:27
"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."
1 Corinthians 10
1 Corinthians Chapter 10
1 Corinthians 10:1 "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;"
1 Corinthians 10:2 "And were all baptized
unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;"
1 Corinthians 10:3-4 "And did all eat the
same spiritual meat;" "And did all drink
the same spiritual drink: for they drank of
that spiritual Rock that followed them: and
that Rock was Christ."
1 Corinthians 10:5 "But with many of them
God was not well pleased: for they were
overthrown in the wilderness."
1 Corinthians 10:6 "Now these things were
our examples, to the intent we should not
lust after evil things, as they also
lusted."
1 Corinthians 10:7 "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."
1 Corinthians 10:8 "Neither let us commit
fornication, as some of them committed, and
fell in one day three and twenty thousand."
1 Corinthians 10:9 "Neither let us tempt
Christ, as some of them also tempted, and
were destroyed of serpents."
1 Corinthians 10:10 "Neither murmur ye, as
some of them also murmured, and were
destroyed of the destroyer."
1 Corinthians 10:11 "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."
1 Corinthians 10:12 "Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take heed lest he
fall."
1 Corinthians 10:13 "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]."
1 Corinthians 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly
beloved, flee from idolatry."
1 Corinthians 10:15 "I speak as to wise
men; judge ye what I say."
1 Corinthians 10:16 "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?"
1 Corinthians 10:17 "For we [being] many
are one bread, [and] one body: for we are
all partakers of that one bread."
1 Corinthians 10:18 "Behold Israel after
the flesh: are not they which eat of the
sacrifices partakers of the altar?"
1 Corinthians 10:19 "What say I then? that
the idol is any thing, or that which is
offered in sacrifice to idols is any
thing?"
1 Corinthians 10:20 "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."
1 Corinthians 10:21 "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."
1 Corinthians 10:22 "Do we provoke the Lord
to jealousy? are we stronger than he?"
1 Corinthians 10:23 "All things are lawful
for me, but all things are not expedient:
all things are lawful for me, but all
things edify not."
1 Corinthians 10:24 "Let no man seek his
own, but every man another's [wealth]."
1 Corinthians 10:25-26 "Whatsoever is sold
in the shambles, [that] eat, asking no
question for conscience sake:" "For the
earth [is] the Lord's, and the fullness
thereof."
1 Corinthians 10:27 "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."
1 Corinthians 10:28-29 "But if any man say
unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto
idols, eat not for his sake that showed it,
and for conscience sake: for the earth [is]
the Lord's, and the fullness thereof:"
"Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of
the other: for why is my liberty judged of
another [man's] conscience?"
1 Corinthians 10:30 "For if I by grace be a
partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that
for which I give thanks?"
1 Corinthians 10:31 "Whether therefore ye
eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all
to the glory of God."
1 Corinthians 10:32 "Give none offence,
neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles,
nor to the church of God:"
1 Corinthians 10:33 "Even as I please all
[men] in all [things], not seeking mine own
profit, but the [profit] of many, that they
may be saved."
1 Corinthians 10:16
"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?"
1 Corinthians 10:17
"For we [being] many
are one bread, [and]
one body: for we are
all partakers of that
one bread."
1 Corinthians 10:18
"Behold Israel after
the flesh: are not they
which eat of the
sacrifices partakers of
the altar?"
1 Corinthians 10:19
"What say I then? that
the idol is any thing,
or that which is
offered in sacrifice to
idols is any thing?"
1 Corinthians 10:20
"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."
1 Corinthians 10:21 "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."
1 Corinthians 10:22 "Do
we provoke the Lord to
jealousy? are we
stronger than he?"
1 Corinthians 10:23
"All things are lawful
for me, but all things
are not expedient: all
things are lawful for
me, but all things
edify not."
1 Corinthians 10:24
"Let no man seek his
own, but every man
another's [wealth]."
1 Corinthians 10:25-26
"Whatsoever is sold in
the shambles, [that]
eat, asking no question
for conscience sake:"
"For the earth [is] the
Lord's, and the
fullness thereof."
1 Corinthians 10:27 "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."
1 Corinthians 10:28-29
"But if any man say
unto you, This is
offered in sacrifice
unto idols, eat not for
his sake that showed
it, and for conscience
sake: for the earth
[is] the Lord's, and
the fullness thereof:"
"Conscience, I say, not
thine own, but of the
other: for why is my
liberty judged of
another [man's]
conscience?"
1 Corinthians 10:30
"For if I by grace be a
partaker, why am I evil
spoken of for that for
which I give thanks?"
1 Corinthians 10:31
"Whether therefore ye
eat, or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do
all to the glory of
God."
1 Corinthians 10:32
"Give none offence,
neither to the Jews,
nor to the Gentiles,
nor to the church of
God:"
1 Corinthians 10:33
"Even as I please all
[men] in all [things],
not seeking mine own
profit, but the
[profit] of many, that
they may be saved."
1 Corinthians 11
1 Corinthians
Chapter 11
1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be ye followers of
me, even as I also
[am] of Christ."
1 Corinthians 11:2
"Now I praise you,
brethren, that ye
remember me in all
things, and keep
the ordinances, as
I delivered [them]
to you."
1 Corinthians 11:3
"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."
1 Corinthians 11:4
"Every man praying
or prophesying,
having [his] head
covered,
dishonoreth his
head."
1 Corinthians 11:5
"But every woman
that prayeth or
prophesieth with
[her] head
uncovered
dishonoreth her
head: for that is
even all one as if
she were shaven."
1 Corinthians 11:6
"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."
1 Corinthians 11:7
"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."
1 Corinthians
11:8-9 "For the man
is not of the
woman; but the
woman of the man."
"Neither was the
man created for the
woman; but the
woman for the man."
1 Corinthians 11:10
"For this cause
ought the woman to
have power on [her]
head because of the
angels."
1 Corinthians
11:11
"Nevertheless
neither is the man
without the woman,
neither the woman
without the man, in
the Lord."
1 Corinthians
11:12
"For as the woman
[is] of the man,
even so [is] the
man also by the
woman; but all
things of God."
1 Corinthians
11:13
"Judge in
yourselves: is it
comely that a woman
pray unto God
uncovered?"
1 Corinthians
11:14-15 "Doth not
even nature itself
teach you, that, if
a man have long
hair, it is a shame
unto him?" "But if
a woman have long
hair, it is a glory
to her: for [her]
hair is given her
for a covering."
1 Corinthians
11:16
"But if any man
seem to be
contentious, we
have no such
custom, neither the
churches of God."
1 Corinthians 11:17: "Now in this that I
declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that
ye come together not for the better, but
for the worse."
1 Corinthians 11:18 "For first of all, when
ye come together in the church, I hear that
there be divisions among you; and I partly
believe it."
1 Corinthians 11:19 "For there must be also
heresies among you, that they which are
approved may be made manifest among you."
1 Corinthians 11:20 "When ye come together
therefore into one place, [this] is not to
eat the Lord's supper."
1 Corinthians 11:21 "For in eating every
one taketh before [other] his own supper:
and one is hungry, and another is drunken."
1 Corinthians 11:22 "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."
1 Corinthians 11:23 "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:"
1 Corinthians 11:24 "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."
1 Corinthians 11:25 "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."
1 Corinthians 11:26 "For as often as ye eat
this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew
the Lord's death till he come."
1 Corinthians 11:27 "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."
1 Corinthians 11:28-29 "But let a man
examine himself, and so let him eat of
[that] bread, and drink of [that] cup."
"For he that eateth and drinketh
unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation
to himself, not discerning the Lord's
body."
1 Corinthians 11:30 "For this cause many
[are] weak and sickly among you, and many
sleep."
1 Corinthians 11:31 "For if we would judge
ourselves, we should not be judged."
1 Corinthians 11:32 "But when we are
judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that
we should not be condemned with the world."
1 Corinthians 11:33 "Wherefore, my
brethren, when ye come together to eat,
tarry one for another."
1 Corinthians 11:34 "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."
1 Corinthians 12
1 Corinthians
Chapter 12
1 Corinthians 12:1
"Now concerning
spiritual [gifts],
brethren, I would
not have you
ignorant."
1 Corinthians 12:2
"Ye know that ye
were Gentiles,
carried away unto
these dumb idols,
even as ye were
led."
1 Corinthians 12:3
"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."
1 Corinthians 12:4
"Now there are
diversities of
gifts, but the same
Spirit."
1 Corinthians 12:5
"And there are
differences of
administrations,
but the same Lord."
1 Corinthians 12:6
"And there are
diversities of
operations, but it
is the same God
which worketh all
in all."
1 Corinthians 12:7
"But the
manifestation of
the Spirit is given
to every man to
profit withal."
1 Corinthians 12:8
"For to one is
given by the Spirit
the word of wisdom;
to another the word
of knowledge by the
same Spirit;"
1 Corinthians 12:9
"To another faith
by the same Spirit;
to another the
gifts of healing by
the same Spirit;"
1 Corinthians 12:10
"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:"
1 Corinthians 12:11
"But all these
worketh that one
and the selfsame
Spirit, dividing to
every man severally
as he will."
1 Corinthians 12:12 "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."
1 Corinthians 12:13 "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."
1 Corinthians 12:14: "For the body is not
one member, but many."
1 Corinthians 12:15 "If the foot shall say,
Because I am not the hand, I am not of the
body; is it therefore not of the body?"
1 Corinthians 12:16 "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?"
1 Corinthians 12:17 "If the whole body
[were] an eye, where [were] the hearing? If
the whole [were] hearing, where [were] the
smelling?"
1 Corinthians 12:18 "But now hath God set
the members every one of them in the body,
as it hath pleased him."
1 Corinthians 12:19 "And if they were all
one member, where [were] the body?"
1 Corinthians 12:20 "But now [are they]
many members, yet but one body."
1 Corinthians 12:21 "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."
1 Corinthians 12:22″Nay, much more those
members of the body, which seem to be more
feeble, are necessary:"
1 Corinthians 12:23-24 "And those [members]
of the body, which we think to be less
honorable, upon these we bestow more
abundant honor; and our uncomely [parts]
have more abundant comeliness." "For our
comely [parts] have no need: but God hath
tempered the body together, having given
more abundant honor to that [part] which
lacked:"
1 Corinthians 12:25 "That there should be
no schism in the body; but [that] the
members should have the same care one for
another."
1 Corinthians 12:26-27 "And whether one
member suffer, all the members suffer with
it; or one member be honored, all the
members rejoice with it." "Now ye are the
body of Christ, and members in particular."
1 Corinthians 12:28 "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."
1 Corinthians 12:29-31 "[Are] all apostles?
[are] all prophets? [are] all teachers?
[are] all workers of miracles?" "Have all
the gifts of healing? do all speak with
tongues? Do all interpret?" "But covet
earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I
unto you a more excellent way."
1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians Chapter 13
1 Corinthians 13:1 "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."
1 Corinthians 13:2 "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."
1 Corinthians 13:3 "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."
1 Corinthians 13:4 "Charity suffereth long,
[and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:5 "Doth not behave itself
unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not
easily provoked, thinketh no evil;"
1 Corinthians 13:6 "Rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;"
1 Corinthians 13:7 "Beareth all things,
believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things."
1 Corinthians 13:8-10 "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." "For
we know in part, and we prophesy in part."
"But when that which is perfect is come,
then that which is in part shall be done
away."
1 Corinthians 13:11 "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."
1 Corinthians 13:12 "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."
1 Corinthians 13:13 "And now abideth faith,
hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these [is] charity."
1 Corinthians 14
1 Corinthians Chapter 14
14:1 "Follow after charity, and desire
spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may
prophesy."
1 Corinthians 14:2 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:3 "But he that prophesieth
speaketh unto men [to] edification, and
exhortation, and comfort."
1 Corinthians 14:4 "He that speaketh in an
[unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he
that prophesieth edifieth the church."
1 Corinthians 14:5 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:6 "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?"
1 Corinthians 14:7 "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?"
1 Corinthians 14:8 "For if the trumpet give
an uncertain sound, who shall prepare
himself to the battle?"
1 Corinthians 14:9 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:10-11 "There are, it may
be, so many kinds of voices in the world,
and none of them [is] without
signification." "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."
1 Corinthians 14:12 "Even so ye, forasmuch
as ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts],
seek that ye may excel to the edifying of
the church."
1 Corinthians 14:13 "Wherefore let him that
speaketh in an [unknown] tongue pray that
he may interpret."
1 Corinthians 14:14-17 "For if I pray in an
[unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is unfruitful." "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." "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?" "For
thou verily givest thanks well, but the
other is not edified."
1 Corinthians 14:18 "I thank my God, I
speak with tongues more than ye all:"
1 Corinthians 14:19 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:20 "Brethren, be not
children in understanding: howbeit in
malice be ye children, but in understanding
be men."
1 Corinthians 14:21 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:22 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:23 "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?"
1 Corinthians 14:24-25 "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:"
"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 for a truth."
1 Corinthians 14:26 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:27 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:28 "But if there be no
interpreter, let him keep silence in the
church; and let him speak to himself, and
to God."
1 Corinthians 14:29 "Let the prophets speak
two or three, and let the other judge."
1 Corinthians 14:30 "If [any thing] be
revealed to another that sitteth by, let
the first hold his peace."
1 Corinthians 14:31 "For ye may all
prophesy one by one, that all may learn,
and all may be comforted."
1 Corinthians 14:32 "And the spirits of the
prophets are subject to the prophets."
1 Corinthians 14:33 "For God is not [the
author] of confusion, but of peace, as in
all churches of the saints."
1 Corinthians 14:34 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:35 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:36 "What? came the word of
God out from you? Or came it unto you
only?"
1 Corinthians 14:37 "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."
1 Corinthians 14:38 "But if any man be
ignorant, let him be ignorant."
1 Corinthians 14:39 "Wherefore, brethren,
covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak
with tongues."
1 Corinthians 14:40 "Let all things be done
decently and in order."
1 Corinthians 15
1 Corinthians
Chapter 15
1 Corinthians 15:1
"Moreover,
brethren, I declare
unto you the gospel
which I preached
unto you, which
also ye have
received, and
wherein ye stand;"
1 Corinthians 15:2:
"By which also ye
are saved, if ye
keep in memory what
I preached unto
you, unless ye have
believed in vain."
1 Corinthians 15:3
"For I delivered
unto you first of
all that which I
also received, how
that Christ died
for our sins
according to the
scriptures;"
1 Corinthians 15:4
"And that he was
buried, and that he
rose again the
third day according
to the scriptures:"
1 Corinthians 15:5
"And that he was
seen of Cephas,
then of the
twelve:"
1 Corinthians 15:6
"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."
1 Corinthians 15:7
"After that, he was
seen of James; then
of all the
apostles."
1 Corinthians 15:8
"And last of all he
was seen of me
also, as of one
born out of due
time."
1 Corinthians 15:9
"For I am the least
of the apostles,
that am not meet to
be called an
apostle, because I
persecuted the
church of God."
1 Corinthians 15:10
"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 labored more
abundantly than
they all: yet not
I, but the grace of
God which was with
me."
1 Corinthians
15:11: "Therefore
whether [it were] I
or they, so we
preach, and so ye
believed."
1 Corinthians 15:12
"Now if Christ be
preached that he
rose from the dead,
how say some among
you that there is
no resurrection of
the dead?"
1 Corinthians 15:13
"But if there be no
resurrection of the
dead, then is
Christ not risen:"
1 Corinthians 15:14
"And if Christ be
not risen, then
[is] our preaching
vain, and your
faith [is] also
vain."
1 Corinthians 15:15
"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."
1 Corinthians 15:16
"For if the dead
rise not, then is
not Christ raised:"
1 Corinthians
15:17-18 "And if
Christ be not
raised, your faith
[is] vain; ye are
yet in your sins."
"Then they also
which are fallen
asleep in Christ
are perished."
1 Corinthians 15:19
"If in this life
only we have hope
in Christ, we are
of all men most
miserable."
1 Corinthians 15:20
"But now is Christ
risen from the
dead, [and] become
the firstfruits of
them that slept."
1 Corinthians 15:21
"For since by man
[came] death, by
man [came] also the
resurrection of the
dead."
1 Corinthians 15:22
"For as in Adam all
die, even so in
Christ shall all be
made alive."
1 Corinthians 15:23
"But every man in
his own order:
Christ the
firstfruits;
afterward they that
are Christ's at his
coming."
1 Corinthians 15:24
"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."
1 Corinthians 15:25
"For he must reign,
till he hath put
all enemies under
his feet."
1 Corinthians 15:26
"The last enemy
[that] shall be
destroyed [is]
death."
1 Corinthians 15:27
"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."
1 Corinthians 15:28
"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."
1 Corinthians 15:29
" 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?"
1 Corinthians 15:30
"And why stand we
in jeopardy every
hour?"
1 Corinthians 15:31
"I protest by your
rejoicing which I
have in Christ
Jesus our Lord, I
die daily."
1 Corinthians 15:32
"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
tomorrow we die."
1 Corinthians 15:33
"Be not deceived:
evil communications
corrupt good
manners."
1 Corinthians 15:34
"Awake to
righteousness, and
sin not; for some
have not the
knowledge of God: I
speak [this] to
your shame."
1 Corinthians 15:35 "But some [man] will
say, How are the dead raised up? and with
what body do they come?"
1 Corinthians 15:36 "[Thou] fool, that
which thou sowest is not quickened, except
it die:"
1 Corinthians 15:37 "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]:"
1 Corinthians 15:38 "But God giveth it a
body as it hath pleased him, and to every
seed his own body."
1 Corinthians 15:39 "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."
1 Corinthians 15:40 "[There are] also
celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial:
but the glory of the celestial [is] one,
and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is]
another."
1 Corinthians 15:41 "[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."
1 Corinthians 15:42 "So also [is] the
resurrection of the dead. It is sown in
corruption; it is raised in incorruption:"
1 Corinthians 15:43 "It is sown in
dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown
in weakness; it is raised in power:"
1 Corinthians 15:44 "It is sown a natural
body; it is raised a spiritual body. There
is a natural body, and there is a spiritual
body."
1 Corinthians 15:45 "And so it is written,
The first man Adam was made a living soul;
the last Adam [was made] a quickening
spirit."
1 Corinthians 15:46 "Howbeit that [was] not
first which is spiritual, but that which is
natural; and afterward that which is
spiritual."
1 Corinthians 15:47 "The first man [is] of
the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the
Lord from heaven."
1 Corinthians 15:48 " As [is] the earthy,
such [are] they also that are earthy: and
as [is] the heavenly, such [are] they also
that are heavenly."
1 Corinthians 15:49 "And as we have borne
the image of the earthy, we shall also bear
the image of the heavenly."
1 Corinthians 15:50 "Now this I say,
brethren, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth
corruption inherit incorruption."
1 Corinthians 15:51 "Behold, I show you a
mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed,"
1 Corinthians 15:52 "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."
1 Corinthians 15:53 "For this corruptible
must put on incorruption, and this mortal
[must] put on immortality."
1 Corinthians 15:54 "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."
1 Corinthians 15:55 "O death, where [is]
thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy
victory?"
1 Corinthians 15:56 "The sting of death
[is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the
law."
1 Corinthians 15:57 "But thanks [be] to
God, which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not
in vain in the Lord."
1 Corinthians 16
1 Corinthians Chapter 16
1 Corinthians 16:1 "Now concerning the collection for the
saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even
so do ye."
1 Corinthians 16:2 "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."
1 Corinthians 16:3 "And when I come, whomsoever ye shall
approve by [your] letters, them will I send to bring your
liberality unto Jerusalem."
1 Corinthians 16:4 "And if it be meet that I go also, they
shall go with me."
1 Corinthians 16:5 "Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass
through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia."
1 Corinthians 16:6 "And it may be that I will abide, yea, and
winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey
whithersoever I go."
1 Corinthians 16:7 "For I will not see you now by the way; but
I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit."
1 Corinthians 16:8 "But I will tarry at Ephesus until
Pentecost."
1 Corinthians 16:9 "For a great door and effectual is opened
unto me, and [there are] many adversaries."
1 Corinthians 16:10 "Now if Timothy come, see that he may be
with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as
I also [do]."
1 Corinthians 16:11 "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."
1 Corinthians 16:12 "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."
1 Corinthians 16:13 "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit
you like men, be strong."
1 Corinthians 16:14 "Let all your things be done with charity."
1 Corinthians 16:15 "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,)"
1 Corinthians 16:16 "That ye submit yourselves unto such, and
to every one that helpeth with [us], and laboreth."
1 Corinthians 16:17 "I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and
Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your
part they have supplied."
1 Corinthians 16:18 "For they have refreshed my spirit and
yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such."
1 Corinthians 16:19 "The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila
and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that
is in their house."
1 Corinthians 16:20 "All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one
another with a holy kiss."
1 Corinthians 16:21 "The salutation of [me] Paul with mine own
hand."
1 Corinthians 16:22 "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,
let him be Anathema Maranatha."
1 Corinthians 16:23 "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be]
with you."
1 Corinthians 16:24 "My love [be] with you all in Christ Jesus.
Amen."
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