with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of 1the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what 17 thou sayest? For thou verily givest thanks 18 well, but the other is not edified. I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all: 19 howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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Brethren, be not children in mind: howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men. 21 In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus 22 will they hear me, saith the Lord. Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to them 23 that believe. If therefore 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 24 mad? But if all prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is reproved 'Or, convicted 25 by all, he is judged by all; the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.

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What is it then, brethren? 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 27 edifying. If any man speaketh in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most three, and that 28 in turn; and let one interpret: but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to

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God. And let the prophets speak by two or 29 three, and let the others 'discern. But if a 30 revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence. For ye all can prophesy 31 one by one, that all may learn, and all may be Or, exhorted 2 comforted; and the spirits of the prophets are 32 subject to the prophets; for God is not a God 33 of confusion, but of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.

Let the women keep silence in the churches: 34 for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. And if they would learn any thing, let them 35 ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church. What? was it from you that the word of God 36 went forth? or came it unto you alone?

If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, 37 or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the comMany ancient mandment of the Lord. But if any man is igno- 38 rant, let him be ignorant.

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Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to 39 prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. But let all things be done decently and in order. 40 Now I make known unto you, brethren, the 1 15 gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, by which 2 also ye are 'saved; I make known, I say, 'in what words I preached it unto you, if hold it fast, except ye believed in vain. For I 3 delivered unto you first of all that which also I received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was 4 buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures; and that 5 he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve; then he appeared to above five hundred 6

brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep; 7 then he appeared to James; then to all 8 the apostles; and last of all, as unto one born out of due time, he appeared to me also. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I perse10 cuted the church of God. But by the grace

of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found 1vain; 1Or, void but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with II me. Whether then it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

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Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you 13 that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither 14 hath Christ been raised: and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching 'vain, your 2 Some ancient 15 faith also is 1vain. Yea, and we are found false authorities witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised Gr. the not up, if so be that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, neither hath 17 Christ been raised: and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your 18 sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep 19 in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable.

20 But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by man came 22 also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be 23 made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at

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his 'coming. Then cometh the end, when he 24 shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. For he must 25 reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be abolished 26 is death. For, He put all things in subjection 27 under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him. And when all things have been subjected unto 28 him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

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Else what shall they do which are baptized 29 for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? why do 30 we also stand in jeopardy every hour? I protest 31 by that glorying in you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. If after 32 the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, 'what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. Be not deceived: Evil com- 33 • Awake up 34 pany doth corrupt good manners. righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.

But some one will say, How are the dead raised? 35 and with what manner of body do they come? Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest 36 is not quickened, except it die: and that which 37 thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind; but God giveth 38 it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. All flesh is not the 39 same flesh but there is one flesh of men, and

another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of 40 birds, and another of fishes. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of 41 the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth 42 from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in cor43 ruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown

in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown 44 in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual 45 body. So also it is written, The first man

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Adam became a living soul. The last Adam 46 became a life-giving spirit. Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is na47 tural; then that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man 48 is of heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy and as is the heavenly, 49 such are they also that are heavenly. as we have borne the image of the earthy, 'we 'Many ancient shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all 52 sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 54 and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying and.

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