any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience 29 sake: conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged 30 by another conscience? If I by grace partake, why am I evil spoken of for that for 31 which I give thanks? Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to 32 the glory of God. Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to 33 the church of God: even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved. 111 Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to 3 you. 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 4 God. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth 5 his head. But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoureth her head: for it is one and the same thing as if she 6 were shaven. For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled. For a man indeed ought not 7 to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of 8 the woman; but the woman of the man: for neither was 9 the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man: for this cause 10 ought the woman to 2have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels. How- 11 beit neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord. For as the woman 12 is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God. Judge 13 ye 3 in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled? Doth not 14 even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonour to him? But if a woman have 15 long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. But if any man 16 seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. But in giving you this 17 charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse. For 18 first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that 5 divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also here- 19 sies among you, that they which are approved may be 3 Or, 2 Or, have authority over 1 Or, If I partake with thankfulness among 4 Or, in congregation 5 Gr. schisms. 6 Or, factions made manifest among you. 20 When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord's 21 supper: for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is 22 drunken. What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the 1church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in 23 this? I praise you not. For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, how that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was 24 betrayed took bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of 25 me. In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new 5covenant in my blood: this do, as oft as ye drink it, in 26 remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he 27 come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the 28 Lord. But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the 29 cup. For he that eateth and 1 Or, congregation In this I praise you not. drinketh, eateth and drinketh Now concerning spiritual 1 12 gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know 2 that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led. Wherefore I3 give you to understand, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit. Now there are diversities of 4 gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are diversities of 5 ministrations, and the same Lord. And there are diver- 6 sities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all. But to each one 7 is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal. For 8 2 Or, have nothing 3 Or, shall I praise you? 4 Many ancient authorities read is broken for 6 Gr. discriminate. 7 Gr. discriminated. Or, when we are judged of the Lord, we are chastened you. 5 Or, testament to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same 9 Spirit: to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the 10 one Spirit; and to another workings of 1miracles and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one_body; 13 so also is Christ. For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made 14 to drink of one Spirit. For the body is not one member, 15 but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the 16 body. And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the 17 body. If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smell18 ing? But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it 19 pleased him. And if they were all one member, where 1 Gr. powers. 2 Or, put on 3 Or, glorified 4 Or, members each in his part 5 Or, wise counsels 13 1 31 But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And a still more excellent way shew I unto you. If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging 2 cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am no3 thing. And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body 1to be burned, but have not love, it 4 profiteth me nothing. Love suffereth long, and iş kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed 5 up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh 6 not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; 72 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, 8 endureth all things. Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, 9 it shall be done away. For we know in part, and we 10 prophesy in part: but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be 11 done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away child- Follow after love; yet de- 1 14 sire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh 2 in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophe- 3 sieth speaketh unto men edification, and comfort, and consolation. He that speak- 4 eth in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth 9 edifieth the church. Now I 5 would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. But now, brethren, 6 if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching? Even things without life, giv-7 ing a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is 3 Gr. 1 Many ancient authorities read that I may glory. 2 Or, covereth in a riddle. 4 Gr. know fully. 5 Gr. known fully. 6 Or, but greater than these 7 Gr. greater. 8 Gr. heareth. 9 Gr. buildeth up. 8 piped or harped? For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare him9 self for war? So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be 10 speaking into the air. There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and 1no kind is without significa11 tion. If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian 2 unto 12 me. So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the 13 church. Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my under15 standing 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 16 understanding also. Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth 17 not what thou sayest? For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not 'edified. 18 I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all: 19 howbeit in the church I had 1 Or, nothing is without voice 4 Or, him that is without gifts: and so 6 Gr. of full age. 7 Or, convicted rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue. Brethren, be not children 20 in mind: howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men. In the law it is writ- 21 ten, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord. Wherefore tongues are for a 22 sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe. If there- 23 fore the whole church be assembled together, and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad? But if all 24 prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is 7 reproved by all, he is judged by all; the secrets of 25 his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed. What is it then, brethren? 26 When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. If any 27 man speaketh in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most 3 Gr. spirits. 5 Gr. builded up. 2 Or, in my case |