1 Corinthians 13:1 — 1 Corinthians 14:11

1 If I speak in the ^atongues of men and of angels but do not have ^blove, I have become ¹sounding brass or a ¹clanging cymbal.

2 And if I have the gift of ^aprophecy and know all ^bmysteries and all ^cknowledge, and if I have all ^dfaith so as to ^eremove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

3 And if I ^adole out all my possessions to feed others, and if I ¹deliver up my ^bbody ²that I may boast, but do not have love, I profit nothing.

4 ^1aLove ^bsuffers long. Love is kind; it is not ^cjealous. Love does not ^dbrag and is not ^epuffed up;

5 It does not behave unbecomingly and does not ^aseek its own things; it is not provoked and does not take account of evil;

6 It does ^anot rejoice because of ¹unrighteousness, but ^brejoices with the ^1ctruth;

7 It ^1acovers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 ^aLove ¹never falls away. But whether ^bprophecies, they will be rendered useless; or ^ctongues, they will cease; or ^dknowledge, it will be rendered useless.

9 For we ^aknow in part, and we prophesy in part;

10 But ¹when that which is ²complete comes, ³that which is in part will be rendered useless.

11 ¹When I was a ^2achild, I spoke as a child, I thought as a ^bchild, I ³reasoned as a child; ⁴since I have become a man, I have done away with childish things.

12 For ¹now we see ²in a ^amirror ³obscurely, but at ⁴that time ^bface to face; ¹now I ^cknow in part, but at ⁴that time I will fully ^dknow even as also I was fully known.

13 Now there abide ^1afaith, ^bhope, ^clove, these three; and the greatest of these is ^dlove.

CHAPTER 14

1 ^1aPursue ^blove, and ^2cdesire earnestly ^dspiritual gifts, but especially that you may ^3eprophesy.

2 ¹For he who speaks in a ^atongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one hears, but in his ^bspirit he speaks ^cmysteries.

3 But he who prophesies speaks ^1abuilding up and encouragement and consolation to men.

4 He who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but he who prophesies ^1abuilds up the ^bchurch.

5 I desire that you all speak in tongues, but especially that you would ^aprophesy; and ^bgreater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he ^cinterprets, that the church may receive building up.

6 But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in ^atongues, what will I ^bprofit you, unless I speak to you either in ^crevelation or in ^dknowledge or in ^eprophecy or in ^fteaching?

7 Yet even ¹lifeless things, whether flute or harp, in giving a sound, if they give ²no distinction in the tones, how will what is played on the flute or on the harp be known?

8 For also if the ^atrumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for ^bbattle?

9 So also you, unless you give with the tongue a word easy to understand, how will what is being said be known? For you will be speaking into the ^aair.

10 There are perhaps many kinds of ¹voices in the world, and not one is ²without significance.

11 If then I do not know the ¹meaning of the voice, I will be to him who is speaking a ²barbarian, and he who is speaking a ^2abarbarian to me.

1 Corinthians 12:12 — 1 Corinthians 12:31

12 ¹For even as the body is ^aone and has many ^bmembers, yet all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is ²the Christ.

13 For also in ^1aone Spirit we were all ^bbaptized into ^2cone Body, whether ^3dJews or Greeks, whether ⁴slaves or free, and were all given to ^5edrink one ^fSpirit.

14 For the body is not one member but ^amany.

15 If the foot should say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, it is not that because of this it is not of the body.

16 And if the ear should say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, it is not that because of this it is not of the body.

17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were the hearing, where would the smelling be?

18 But now God has ^aplaced the members, each one of them, in the body, even as He ^bwilled.

19 And if all were one member, where would the body be?

20 But now the members are many, but the body ^aone.

21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

22 But much rather the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

23 And those members of the body which we consider to be less honorable, these we clothe with more abundant honor; and our uncomely members come to have more abundant comeliness,

24 But our comely members have no need. But God has ¹blended the body together, giving more abundant honor to the member that lacked,

25 That there would be no ^adivision in the body, but that the members would have the ¹same care for one another.

26 And whether one member ^asuffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member is glorified, all the members ^brejoice with it.

27 Now you are the Body of Christ, and ^amembers individually.

28 And God has ^aplaced some in the ^1bchurch: first ^2capostles, second ^3dprophets, third ^4eteachers; then ^5fworks of power, then ⁶gifts of ^ghealing, ⁷helps, ^8hadministrations, various kinds of ⁹ⁱtongues.

29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all have works of power?

30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all ¹speak in tongues? ²Do all ^1ainterpret tongues?

31 But ¹earnestly ^adesire the ^2bgreater gifts. And moreover I show to you a ³most excellent way.

1 Corinthians 11:17 — 1 Corinthians 12:11

17 ¹But I give you ²this charge and do not ^apraise you, because you ^bcome together not for the better but for the worse.

18 For first of all, when you come together ^1ain the church, I hear that ^bdivisions exist among you; and some part of it I believe.

19 For there must even be ¹parties among you, that those who are ²approved may become ³manifest among you.

20 When therefore you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the ¹Lord’s supper;

21 For in your eating, each one takes his own ¹supper first, and one is hungry and the other is drunk.

22 Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the ^achurch of God and ^bput those to shame who have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not ^cpraise you.

23 For I ^areceived from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus ^bin the night in which He was ^1cbetrayed ^dtook bread,

24 And having given thanks, He ¹broke it and said, This is My body, which is given for you; this do ²unto the ³remembrance of Me.

25 Similarly also the cup after they had dined, saying, This ¹cup is the ^anew covenant established in My blood; this do, as often as you ²drink it,unto the remembrance of Me.

26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you ¹declare the Lord’s death ²until He ^acomes.

27 So then whoever ^aeats the ^bbread or ^adrinks the ^bcup of the Lord in an ¹unworthy manner will ²be guilty of the body and of the ^cblood of the Lord.

28 But let a man ^1aprove himself, and in this way let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks ¹judgment to himself if he does not ²discern ³the body.

30 Because of ¹this many among you are ²weak and sick, and a number ^3asleep.

31 But if we ¹discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.

32 But being ¹judged by the Lord, we are ^adisciplined that we may not be ^2bcondemned with the world.

33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, ¹wait for one another.

34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at ^ahome, that you may not ^bcome together for judgment. And the ¹rest I will set in order when I come.

CHAPTER 12

1 Now concerning ^1aspiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ^bignorant.

2 You know that when you were ^aGentiles, you were always being led away to ^bdumb idols, whenever and however you were ¹led.

3 Therefore I make known to you that no one ¹speaking in the ^aSpirit of God says, Jesus is ²accursed; and ³no one can say, ^bJesus is Lord! except in the ^cHoly Spirit.

4 ¹But there are ²distinctions of ^3agifts, but the ^bsame Spirit;

5 And there are distinctions of ^1aministries, yet the ^bsame Lord;

6 And there are distinctions of ¹operations, but the ^asame ²God, who ^boperates all things in all.

7 But to ^aeach one is given the ¹manifestation of the Spirit ²for ^bwhat is profitable.

8 For to one through the Spirit a ¹word of ^awisdom is given, and to another a ¹word of ^bknowledge, according to the same Spirit;

9 To a different one ^1afaith in the same Spirit, and to another ²gifts of ^bhealing in the one Spirit,

10 And to another operations of ^1aworks of power, and to another ^2bprophecy, and to another ^3cdiscerning of spirits; to a different one variouskinds of ^4dtongues, and to another ^5einterpretation of tongues.

11 But the one and the same Spirit operates all these things, ^adistributing to each one respectively even as He ^bpurposes.

1 Corinthians 10:31 — 1 Corinthians 11:16

31 ¹Therefore ²whether you ^aeat or drink, or ^bwhatever you do, do all to the ^cglory of God.

32 ¹Do not become a ^astumbling block, both to ²Jews and to Greeks and to the ^bchurch of God;

33 Even as ¹I also ^aplease ^ball men in all things, not ^cseeking my own advantage but that of the many, that they may be ^dsaved.

CHAPTER 11

1 ¹Be ^aimitators of ²me, as I also am ^bof Christ.

2 But I ^apraise you because in all things you have ^bremembered me and hold fast the ^1cthings that I have handed down even as I handed ¹themdown to you.

3 But I want you to know that ¹Christ is the ^ahead of every man, and the ²man is the ^bhead of the woman, and ³God is the ^chead of Christ.

4 Every man praying or ^1aprophesying with his head covered ²disgraces his head.

5 But every woman ^apraying or ^bprophesying with her head ¹uncovered disgraces her head; for it is one and the same as she who is ^2cshaved.

6 For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off; but if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, ¹let her be covered.

7 For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is ¹God’s ^aimage and glory; but the woman is the ^2bglory of the man.

8 For man is not out of woman, but ¹woman ^aout of man;

9 For also man was not ¹created for the sake of the woman, but ^2awoman for the sake of the man.

10 Therefore the woman ought to have a ¹sign of submission to ^aauthority on her head for the ²sake of the ^bangels.

11 However neither is woman without man, nor man without woman, ¹in the Lord.

12 For just as the woman is ¹out from the man, so also is the man ¹through the woman; but ^aall things are out from God.

13 ^aJudge this in your own selves: Is it fitting for a woman to pray uncovered to God?

14 Does not even ¹nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, because her long hair has been given to her for a covering.

16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we do not have ¹such a custom of being so, neither the ^2achurches of God.

1 Corinthians 10:5 — 1 Corinthians 10:30

5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were ^1astrewn along in the wilderness.

6 Now these things occurred as ^1aexamples to ²us, that we should not be ones who lust after evil things, even as they also ^blusted.

7 Neither become ^1aidolaters, as ^bsome of them did; as it is written, ^c“The people sat down to ¹eat and drink, and stood up to ^dplay.”

8 Neither let us commit ^1afornication, as some of them ^bcommitted fornication, and there ²fell in one day ^ctwenty-three thousand.

9 Neither let us ^1atest Christ, as some of them ^btested Him and were destroyed by the ^cserpents.

10 Neither ^1amurmur, just as some of them ^bmurmured and ^cperished by the ²destroyer.

11 Now these things ¹happened to them as an ^aexample, and they were ^bwritten for our admonition, unto whom the ²ends of the ages ³have come.

12 ¹So then let him who ^athinks he ^bstands take heed lest he ²fall.

13 ¹No ²temptation has taken you except ³that which is common to man; and God is ^afaithful, who will not allow that you be ^4btempted beyond what you are able, but will, with the ²temptation, also make the way out, that you may be able to ^cendure it.

14 ¹Therefore, my beloved, flee from ^2aidolatry.

15 I speak as to prudent men; you ^ajudge what I say.

16 The ^acup of blessing which we ^bbless, is it not the ¹fellowship of the ^cblood of Christ? The ^dbread which we break, is it not the ¹fellowship of the ^ebody of Christ?

17 Seeing that there is ¹one bread, we who are many are ^aone Body; for we all ²partake of the one bread.

18 Look at Israel ^aaccording to the flesh. Are not those who ^beat the sacrifices those who ¹have fellowship with the ^2caltar?

19 What then am I saying? That what is ^asacrificed to an idol is anything? Or that an idol is anything?

20 No, but that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to ^1ademons and not to God; and I do not want you to become ^2bthose who have fellowship with demons.

21 You cannot ¹drink the Lord’s ^acup and the demons’ cup; you cannot partake of the Lord’s ^btable and of the ^cdemons’ table.

22 Or do we ^1aprovoke the Lord to ^bjealousy? Are we ^cstronger than He?

23 ^1aAll things are ²lawful, but not all things are ³profitable; all things are ²lawful, but not all things ^4bbuild up.

24 Let no one ^aseek his own profit, but that of the other.

25 Everything sold in a ¹meat market ^aeat, asking no questions for ^bconscience’ sake;

26 For the ^aearth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.

27 If any of the unbelievers invites you and you wish to go, ^aeat everything that is set before you, asking no question for ^bconscience’ sake.

28 But if anyone says to you, This has been offered in sacrifice, do ^anot eat, for his sake who pointed it out and for ^bconscience’ sake.

29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s. For why is my ^afreedom judged by some other conscience?

30 If I ¹partake with ^athankfulness, why am I spoken ^bevil of concerning that for which I give thanks?