they will be brought to nought; whether there be tongues, they will cease; whether there be knowledge, it will be brought to nought. For we know in part, and we pro- 9 phesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, 10 that which is in part will be brought to nought. When 11 I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I reckoned as a child: now that I am become a man, I have brought to nought the things of the child. For we see 12 now through a mirror in obscure outline, but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully, even as also I was known fully. And now there abide faith, hope, 13 love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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PURSUE love, but desire earnestly the spiritual gifts, xiv. yet rather that ye may prophesy. For he that speaks 2 in a tongue speaks not unto men but unto God: for no one hears, and in spirit he speaks mysteries. But he that 3 prophesies speaks unto men edification, and exhortation, and comfort. He that speaks in a tongue edifies himself; 4 but he that prophesies edifies a church. And I would 5 have you all speak with tongues, yet rather that ye should prophesy greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edification. And now, brethren, if I come 6 unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in teaching? Nevertheless 7 things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the notes, how shall that be known which is piped or harped? For even if a trumpet 8. give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for war? So likewise ye, unless ye utter by the tongue a 9 distinct discourse, how shall that be known which is spoken? for ye will be speaking into air. There are, 10 it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none is voiceless. If therefore I know not the power 11 of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaks a stranger, and he that speaks a stranger in my estimation. So 12 also ye, forasmuch as ye are earnestly desirous of spirits,

seek that ye may abound to the edification of the church. 13 Wherefore let him that speaks in a tongue pray that he 14 may interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit 15 prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it

then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, but I will 16 sing with the understanding also. Else if thou bless in spirit, how shall he that fills the place of the private person say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since he 17 knows not what thou sayest? For thou givest thanks well, 18 but the other is not edified. I thank God I speak in a 19 tongue more than ye all; yet in a church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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Brethren, become not children in your minds: howbeit in viciousness be babes, but in your minds become perfect. 21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and with the lips of others will I speak unto this people; and yet for 22 all that they will not hearken to me, says the Lord. So that the tongues are a sign not for them that believe but for the unbelieving; but prophecy is not for the unbelieving 23 but for them that believe. If therefore the whole church come together into one place and all speak with tongues, and there come in private or unbelieving persons, will 24 they not say that ye are mad? But if all prophesy, and there come in one that is unbelieving or private, he is 25 convicted by all, he is examined by all; the secrets of his

heart become manifest, and so falling on his face he will worship God, reporting that God is indeed among you. 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, each has a psalm, has a doctrine, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation; let all things be done unto 27 edification. If any one speaks in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in turn, and let one inter28 pret; but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in a church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 29 And as to prophets, let two or three speak, and let the others 30 discern. But if a revelation be made to another sitting by,

let the first keep silence. For ye can all prophesy one by 31 one, that all may learn, and all be exhorted. And the 32 spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; for God is not 33 a God of tumult, but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep 34 silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be subject, even as also the law says. And if they wish to learn any thing, let them ask 35 their own husbands at home for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in a church.

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forth from you, or reached it unto you alone?

If any one thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, 37 let him know fully that the things which I write unto you are the Lord's. But if any does not know, he is 38 not known. Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to 39 prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. But let 40 all things be done seemly and in order.

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AND I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which xv. I preached unto you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand; by which also ye are being saved, if ye hold 2 fast the words in which I preached it unto you, unless ye believed in vain. For I delivered unto you among the first 3 that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and 4 that he has been raised the third day according to the scriptures; and that he appeared to Kephas, then to the twelve. 5 After that, he appeared to above five hundred brethren 6 at once; of whom the greater part abide unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he appeared to 7 James, then to all the apostles. And last of all he 8 appeared to me also, as the one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not fit to be 9 called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God; but by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace 10 which came to me was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I but the grace of God with me. Whether then it were I or they, so we preach 11 and so ye believed.

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But if Christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resur13 rection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the 14 dead, neither has Christ been raised: but if Christ has

not been raised, then vain is also our preaching, vain is 15 also your faith; and we are also found false witnesses of God, because we bare witness respecting God that he raised Christ; whom he raised not, if so be that the dead 16 are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, neither has 17 Christ been raised and if Christ has not been raised, your 18 faith is purposeless; ye are yet in your sins, and there19 fore they who fell asleep in Christ perished. If only in

this life we have had hope in Christ, we are more to be 20 pitied than all men. But now has Christ been raised

from the dead, the firstfruits of them who have fallen 21 asleep. For since by man is death, by man is also a 22 resurrection of the dead. For as in the Adam all die, 23 so also in the Christ will all be quickened. But each in

his own order: the firstfruits Christ, afterward they that 24 are Christ's at his coming, then the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to God and the Father; when he shall have brought to nought all rule and all authority 25 and power. For he must reign, Till he put all the enemies 26 under his feet. The last enemy that is to be brought to 27 nought is death. For he subjected all things under his feet. But when he says All things have been subjected, it is manifest that it is with the exception of him who did 28 subject the all things to him. And when the all things shall be subjected to him, then also will the Son himself be made subject unto him that subjected the all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

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Else what shall they do who get themselves baptized on behalf of the dead? if the dead are not raised at all, why do they then get themselves baptized on their behalf? 30, 31 Why are we also in peril every hour? Daily do I die; yea, by the glorying of you which I have in Christ Jesus our 32 Lord. If in the manner of men I fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me? if the dead are not

raised, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die. Be not 33 deceived; evil communications corrupt good manners. Be sober rightly, and sin not; for some have no knowledge 34 of God; I speak to your shame.

But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and 35 with what manner of body do they come? Thou fool, that 36 which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die; and 37 that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain it may be of wheat or some of the others but God gives it a body even as he pleased; and to 38 each of the seeds its own body. All flesh is not the same 39 flesh, but there is one of men, another flesh of beasts, another flesh of birds, and another of fishes. There are 40 both bodies heavenly, and bodies earthly; but the glory of the heavenly is different, and that of the earthly different. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory 41 of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for star differs from star in glory. So also is the resurrection of 42 the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it 43 is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown an 44 unspiritual body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is an unspiritual body, there is also a spiritual. So also it is 45 written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a life-giving spirit. Howbeit the spiritual is not first 46 but the unspiritual, afterward the spiritual. The first 47 man is of earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy and 48 as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly: and even as we bore the image of the earthy, let us also 49 bear the image of the heavenly.

And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot 50 inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery; we 51 shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a mo- 52 ment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for it will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on 53