the same concern one for an- 26 so that, if one member 27 And so, ye are the body of Christ, and are severally his members; 28 and those whom God hath ordained in the church are, Eph. iv. 11. first, apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers; next miracles, then gifts of healings, assistants, governings, different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of miracles? 30 have all gifts of healings? do all speak with other tongues? do all interpret? 31 But, desire ye earnestly the best gifts; and I will yet shew you a more excellent way. CHAPTER XIII. F I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal : 2 and if I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing: my goods to feed others, and 4 Love, suffereth long, and 5 doth not behave itself unseemly; seeketh not that which is not its own; is not easily provoked; noteth not injury; 6 rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Love, never faileth; but, if there be prophecy, it will fail; if there be tongues, they will cease; if there be knowledge, it will be done away; 9 for we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; 10 but, when that which is perfect is come, that which is but in part will be done away: 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: 12 for, we now see only as through a glass, darkly, but then we shall see face to face; Num. xii. 8. now I know only in part, but then I shall know, even as I also am known. 13 And now remaineth faith, hope, love, these three; but 3 and if I should bestow all the greatest of these is love. 4 He who speaketh in another tongue, edifieth himself; but he who prophesieth, edifieth the church. 5 Though I would that ye all spake with other tongues, I would rather that ye prophesied; for, he that prophesieth is greater than he who speaketh with other tongues, unless he interpret, so that the church may receive edification: 6 for, brethren, if I should now come to you speaking with other tongues, in what should I benefit you, unless I should speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 7 As when things without life give sound, whether pipe or harp; unless they give a distinction of sound, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 for, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle? 9 So likewise ye, unless ye utter by the tongue intelligible speech, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking only to the air. 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of speech in the world, and none without a meaning; 11 if, therefore, I know not the meaning of the speech, I shall be to him who speaketh as a foreigner, and he who speaketh will be as a foreigner to me. 12 And so ye, since ye are desirous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound in them to the edification of the church : 13 let him, therefore, that speaketh in another tongue, pray that he may also interpret: 14 for, if I pray in another tongue, my spirit indeed prayeth, but my mind is unfruitful to others. 15 What is it then that I would? I would pray with the spirit, but I would pray with the understanding also; I would sing with the spirit, and I would sing with the understanding also. 16 Else, when thou blessest with the spirit, how shall he who filleth the place of the unlearned say Amen, to thy thanksgiving, since he knoweth not what thou sayest? 17 for, though thou givest thanks well, yet the other is not edified. 18 I thank God, I speak with tongues more than ye all; 19 yet I would rather speak five words in the church with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another tongue. 20 Brethren, be not children in your minds in malice indeed be ye infants, but in your minds be ye full-grown. Acts, ii. 14. 66 people; yet, even thus they "will not hearken to me," saith the Lord: 22 so that tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophecy is given, not for them that believe not, but for them that believe.. 23 If, therefore, the whole church come together, and all speak with other tongues; and if any who are unlearned come in, will they not say that ye are mad? 24 but, if all prophesy, and some unbeliever, or unlearned person, come in, he is convinced by all, he is judged by all; 25 the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and thus, falling on his face, he will worship God, and declare, that God is really in you. 26 What mean I, then, brethren? That when ye come together, each hath a psalm, or a doctrine, or a tongue, or a revelation, or an interpretation: let all things be done for edification: 27 and if any one speak in another tongue, let it be only two, or at the most three, and that by turn; and let some one interpret: 28 but, if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church, and speak only to himself, and to God. 29 And let prophets also speak by two or three, and let the other prophets judge what they speak: 30 and if any thing be revealed to another who sitteth by, let the first be silent: 31 for ye can all prophesy, one by one; that all may learn, and all be comforted: 32 and the spirits of prophets, are in subjection to the prophets; 33 for, they are not spirits of disorder, but of peace; as in all the churches of the saints. 34 Let women keep silence in the churches; for it is not committed to them to speak, 1 Tim. ii. but let them be in subjection; as also saith the law: 35 and if they wish to learn any thing, let them ask their 11, 12. Num. xxx. 13. husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church. 36 Did the word of God come out from you? or did it go only to you? 37 If any one account himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know, that what I write to you is a commandment of the Lord; 38 but if any one know not this, let him be ignorant. 39 So then, brethren, be ye desirous to prophesy, yet forbid not to speak with other tongues : 40 and let all things be done decently, and in order. CHAPTER XV. MOREOVER, brethren, I recall to your knowledge the gospel which I declared to you; which also ye received, and in which ye stand; 2 by which also ye are saved, if ye hold it fast in the word in which I declared it to you; unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you, at first, (that which I also received ;) That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures; 4 and that he was buried; and that on the third day he rose again, according to the scriptures: 5 and that he appeared to Kephas, and then to the ten: 6 that, after that, he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep: 7 after that, he appeared to James; then to all the apostles: 8 and, last of all, he appeared to me also, as to the infant not yet formed: 9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God; 10 but, by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace which was bestowed upon me, hath not been in vain, but I have laboured more than they all: yet not I alone, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Whether, therefore, it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 12 But, if Christ be preached, that he is risen from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 for, if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen; 14 and if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is vain, and your faith is vain: 15 and we are found to be false witnesses of God; because we testified of God that he hath raised the Christ, whom F's. viii. 6. he hath not raised, if indeed the dead rise not: 16 for, if the dead rise not, neither is Christ raised: 17 and if Christ is not raised, your faith is vain; ye are still in your sins: 18 then, they also who are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished: 19 if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men. 20 But now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of them that have slept : 21 for, since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead: 22 for, as in Adam all die, even so, in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But, each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit; afterward, at his coming, they that are Christ's: 24 then cometh the end, when he delivereth up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule, and all authority, and power: 25 for he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed, is death; for, he hath put all things under his feet: 27 but when it saith, "All things are put under him," it is manifest that he is excepted, who did put all things under him : 28 and when all things shall be subjected to him, then will the Son himself be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Else, what will they gain who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? 30 why, then, are they baptized for them? and why stand we in peril, every hour? 31 I protest, brethren, by the joy I have in you, in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily: 32 when (to speak according to the manner of men) I fought with wild-beasts at Ephesus, Acts, xix. 29. what profit was it to me, if the dead rise not? "Let us Is. xxii. 13. "eat and drink; for to-mor row we die :" 33 be not deceived: "evil conversations corrupt good "manners:" 34 awake duly, and sin not; for some of you are in ignorance of God: I speak this to your reproach. 35 But, some one will ask, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come? 36 Senseless! that which thou sowest is not made to live, unless it die: 37 and, as to that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that will be, but bare |