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    <book number='46' name='1 Corinthians' abbreviation='1 Cor' testament='new'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs><strongs greek='2822'>called</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> an <strongs greek='652'>apostle</strongs>of <strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>through</strongs>the <strongs greek='2307'>will</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4988'>Sosthenes</strongs><em>our</em> <strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>which <strongs greek='5607'>is</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>at</strongs><strongs greek='2882'>Corinth</strongs>, to them that are <strongs greek='37'>sanctified</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>, <strongs greek='2822'>called</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='40'>saints</strongs>, <strongs greek='4862'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>that <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>every</strongs><strongs greek='5117'>place</strongs>call <strongs greek='1941'>upon</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3686'>name</strongs>of <strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='5037'>both</strongs><strongs greek='848'>theirs</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>ours</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='5485'>Grace</strongs><em>be</em> unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1515'>peace</strongs>, <strongs greek='575'>from</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='3962'>Father</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>from</em> the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>I <strongs greek='2168'>thank</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='3842'>always</strongs>on your <strongs greek='4012 5216'>behalf</strongs>, <strongs greek='1909'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>which is <strongs greek='1325'>given</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='3754'>That</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>every <strongs greek='3956'>thing</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='4148'>enriched</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>utterance</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Even <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3142'>testimony</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>was <strongs greek='950'>confirmed</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>So <strongs greek='5620'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5209 *3361'>ye</strongs>come <strongs greek='5302'>behind</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3367'>no</strongs><strongs greek='5486'>gift</strongs>; waiting <strongs greek='553'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='602'>coming</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='3739'>Who</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='950'>confirm</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='2193'>unto</strongs>the <strongs greek='5056'>end</strongs>, <em>that</em> <em>ye</em> <em>may</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='410'>blameless</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs>, <strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs>ye were <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs>the <strongs greek='2842'>fellowship</strongs>of <strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='5207'>Son</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>I <strongs greek='3870'>beseech</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3686'>name</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>same <strongs greek='846'>thing</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>that</em> there <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='4978'>divisions</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><em>that</em> ye <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs>perfectly joined <strongs greek='2675'>together</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='3563'>mind</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='1106'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>it hath been <strongs greek='1213'>declared</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>of</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='5259'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>them</strongs><em>which</em> <em>are</em> <em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>house</em> of <strongs greek='5514'>Chloe</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>there <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='2054'>contentions</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>I <strongs greek='3004'>say</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>every <strongs greek='1538'>one</strongs>of <strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>saith</strongs>, <strongs greek='1473 *3303'>I</strongs><strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs>of <strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>of <strongs greek='625'>Apollos</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>of <strongs greek='2786'>Cephas</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Is <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='3307'>divided</strongs>? <strongs greek='*3361'>was</strongs><strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs><strongs greek='4717'>crucified</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>? <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>were ye <strongs greek='907'>baptized</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3686'>name</strongs>of <strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I <strongs greek='2168'>thank</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>I <strongs greek='907'>baptized</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>none</strongs>of <strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='1508'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2921'>Crispus</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1050'>Gaius</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='3363'>Lest</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>any</strongs>should <strongs greek='2036'>say</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>I had <strongs greek='907'>baptized</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>in</strongs>mine <strongs greek='1699'>own</strongs><strongs greek='3686'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs>I <strongs greek='907'>baptized</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3624'>household</strongs>of <strongs greek='4734'>Stephanas</strongs>: <strongs greek='3063'>besides</strongs>, I <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>whether I baptized <strongs greek='1536 907'>any</strongs><strongs greek='243'>other</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='649'>sent</strongs><strongs greek='3165'>me</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='907'>baptize</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>to preach the <strongs greek='2097'>gospel</strongs>: <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs>, <strongs greek='3363'>lest</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4716'>cross</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>should be made of none <strongs greek='2758'>effect</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>preaching</strongs><strongs greek='*3588'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4716'>cross</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>to them that <strongs greek='622'>perish</strongs><strongs greek='3472'>foolishness</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>unto <strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs>are <strongs greek='4982'>saved</strongs>it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>it is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>, I will <strongs greek='622'>destroy</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>will bring to <strongs greek='114'>nothing</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4907'>understanding</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4908'>prudent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='4226'>Where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs>? <strongs greek='4226'>where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs greek='1122'>scribe</strongs>? <strongs greek='4226'>where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs greek='4804'>disputer</strongs>of <strongs greek='5127'>this</strongs><strongs greek='165'>world</strongs>? hath <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>made <strongs greek='3471'>foolish</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='5127'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>after <strongs greek='1894'>that</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs><strongs greek='1097'>knew</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, it <strongs greek='2106'>pleased</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3472'>foolishness</strongs>of <strongs greek='2782'>preaching</strongs>to <strongs greek='4982'>save</strongs>them that <strongs greek='4100'>believe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='1894'>For</strongs><strongs greek='*2532'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2453'>Jews</strongs><strongs greek='154'>require</strongs>a <strongs greek='4592'>sign</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='1672'>Greeks</strongs>seek <strongs greek='2212'>after</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='2784'>preach</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='4717'>crucified</strongs>, unto the <strongs greek='2453'>Jews</strongs><strongs greek='*3303'>a</strongs><strongs greek='4625'>stumblingblock</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>unto the <strongs greek='1672'>Greeks</strongs><strongs greek='3472'>foolishness</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>unto <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>which are <strongs greek='2822'>called</strongs>, <strongs greek='5037'>both</strongs><strongs greek='2453'>Jews</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1672'>Greeks</strongs>, <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>the <strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='3754'>Because</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3474'>foolishness</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='4680'>wiser</strongs>than <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='772'>weakness</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='2478'>stronger</strongs>than <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>ye <strongs greek='991'>see</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='2821'>calling</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, how <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs>wise <strongs greek='4680'>men</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>after</strongs>the <strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='1415'>mighty</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='2104'>noble</strongs>, <em>are</em> <em>called</em> : </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='1586'>chosen</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>foolish <strongs greek='3474'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2617'>confound</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='1586'>chosen</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>weak <strongs greek='772'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2617'>confound</strongs>the things which are <strongs greek='2478'>mighty</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>base <strongs greek='36'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>things which are <strongs greek='1848'>despised</strongs>, hath <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='1586'>chosen</strongs>, <em>yea,</em> <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>which <strongs greek='5607'>are</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>to</strongs>bring to <strongs greek='2673'>naught</strongs>things that <strongs greek='5607'>are</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs greek='3704'>That</strongs><strongs greek='3956 3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>should <strongs greek='2744'>glory</strongs>in his <strongs greek='1799 846'>presence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs><strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>who</strongs><strongs greek='575'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>is <strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs>unto <strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs greek='5037'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1343'>righteousness</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='38'>sanctification</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='629'>redemption</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs greek='2443'>That</strongs>, according <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>it is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>He</strongs>that <strongs greek='2744'>glorieth</strongs>, let him <strongs greek='2744'>glory</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs greek='2504'>I</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, when I <strongs greek='2064'>came</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>to</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2064'>came</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>with</strongs><strongs greek='5247'>excellency</strongs>of <strongs greek='3056'>speech</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>of <strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs greek='2605'>declaring</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3142'>testimony</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>I <strongs greek='2919'>determined</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>thing</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='1508'>save</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5126'>him</strongs><strongs greek='4717'>crucified</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>was</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>with</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='769'>weakness</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5401'>fear</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>much</strongs><strongs greek='5156'>trembling</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>speech</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='2782'>preaching</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3981'>enticing</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs>of <strongs greek='442'>man</strongs>'s <strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='585'>demonstration</strongs>of the <strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>of <strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='2443'>That</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>should <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5600'>stand</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1161'>Howbeit</strongs>we <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs>them that are <strongs greek='5046'>perfect</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='5127'>this</strongs><strongs greek='165'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='3761'>nor</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='758'>princes</strongs>of <strongs greek='5127'>this</strongs><strongs greek='165'>world</strongs>, that come to <strongs greek='2673'>naught</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs>we <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>the <strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>a <strongs greek='3466'>mystery</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='613'>hidden</strongs><em>wisdom,</em> <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='4309'>ordained</strongs><strongs greek='4253'>before</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='165'>world</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='3739'>Which</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>none</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='758'>princes</strongs>of <strongs greek='5127'>this</strongs><strongs greek='165'>world</strongs><strongs greek='1097'>knew</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>had <strongs greek='*1487'>they</strongs><strongs greek='1097'>known</strongs><em>it,</em> they would <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='*302'>have</strongs><strongs greek='4717'>crucified</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>of <strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>it is <strongs greek='1125 *3739'>written</strongs>, <strongs greek='3788'>Eye</strongs>hath <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>seen</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='3775'>ear</strongs><strongs greek='191'>heard</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532 3756'>neither</strongs>have <strongs greek='305'>entered</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>into</strongs>the <strongs greek='2588'>heart</strongs>of <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs>, the things <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='2090'>prepared</strongs>for them that <strongs greek='25'>love</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='601'>revealed</strongs><em>them</em> unto <strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs><strongs greek='2045'>searcheth</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>yea</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>deep <strongs greek='899'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>what</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>knoweth</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>of a <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='1508'>save</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs>is <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>? <strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>knoweth</strongs>no <strongs greek='3762'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='1508'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs>have <strongs greek='2983'>received</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs>is <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>; <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>we might <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>that are freely <strongs greek='5483'>given</strongs>to <strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Which <strongs greek='3739'>things</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>we <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs>which <strongs greek='442'>man</strongs>'s <strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs><strongs greek='1318'>teacheth</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>which</strongs>the <strongs greek='40'>Holy</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Ghost</strongs><strongs greek='1318'>teacheth</strongs>; <strongs greek='4793'>comparing</strongs>spiritual <strongs greek='4152'>things</strongs>with <strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>the <strongs greek='5591'>natural</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1209'>receiveth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>they <strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs><strongs greek='3472'>foolishness</strongs>unto <strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532 3756'>neither</strongs><strongs greek='1410'>can</strongs>he <strongs greek='1097'>know</strongs><em>them,</em> <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>they are <strongs greek='4153'>spiritually</strongs><strongs greek='350'>discerned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>he that is <strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs><strongs greek='350'>judgeth</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='846'>he</strongs>himself is <strongs greek='350'>judged</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs>no <strongs greek='3762'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>who</strongs>hath <strongs greek='1097'>known</strongs>the <strongs greek='3563'>mind</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs>he may <strongs greek='4822'>instruct</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>? <strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>the <strongs greek='3563'>mind</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='1410'>could</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>unto <strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>unto <strongs greek='4559'>carnal</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3516'>babes</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>I have <strongs greek='4222'>fed</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>with <strongs greek='1051'>milk</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>with <strongs greek='1033'>meat</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>hitherto ye were not <strongs greek='3768 1410'>able</strongs><em>to</em> <em>bear</em> <strongs greek='*235'>it</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>neither</strongs><strongs greek='2089'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='3568'>now</strongs>are ye <strongs greek='1410'>able</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='2089'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='4559'>carnal</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3699'>whereas</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='2205'>envying</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2054'>strife</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1370'>divisions</strongs>, <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4559'>carnal</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4043'>walk</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>as</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3752'>while</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>one</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>saith</strongs>, <strongs greek='1473 *3303'>I</strongs><strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs>of <strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2087'>another</strongs>, <strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><em>am</em> of <strongs greek='625'>Apollos</strongs>; <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4559'>carnal</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='5101'>Who</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='625'>Apollos</strongs>, <strongs greek='235 *2228'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1249'>ministers</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs>ye <strongs greek='4100'>believed</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='1325'>gave</strongs>to every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>have <strongs greek='5452'>planted</strongs>, <strongs greek='625'>Apollos</strongs><strongs greek='4222'>watered</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>gave the <strongs greek='837'>increase</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>So <strongs greek='5620'>then</strongs><strongs greek='3777'>neither</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>he that <strongs greek='5452'>planteth</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>thing</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>neither</strongs>he that <strongs greek='4222'>watereth</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>that giveth the <strongs greek='837'>increase</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>he that <strongs greek='5452'>planteth</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>he that <strongs greek='4222'>watereth</strongs><strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2983'>receive</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='3408'>reward</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>according</strongs>to his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='2873'>labor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>we <strongs greek='2070'>are</strongs>laborers together <strongs greek='4904'>with</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>: ye <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>'s <strongs greek='1091'>husbandry</strongs>, <em>ye</em> <em>are</em> <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>'s <strongs greek='3619'>building</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='2596'>According</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>which is <strongs greek='1325'>given</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs><strongs greek='753'>masterbuilder</strongs>, I have <strongs greek='5087'>laid</strongs>the <strongs greek='2310'>foundation</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs>buildeth <strongs greek='2026'>thereon</strongs>. <strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>let every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs>take <strongs greek='991'>heed</strongs><strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>he buildeth <strongs greek='2026'>thereupon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='243'>other</strongs><strongs greek='2310'>foundation</strongs><strongs greek='1410'>can</strongs>no <strongs greek='3762'>man</strongs><strongs greek='5087'>lay</strongs><strongs greek='3844'>than</strongs>that is <strongs greek='2749'>laid</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>if any <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2026'>build</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>upon</strongs><strongs greek='5126'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2310'>foundation</strongs><strongs greek='5557'>gold</strongs>, <strongs greek='696'>silver</strongs>, <strongs greek='5093'>precious</strongs><strongs greek='3037'>stones</strongs>, <strongs greek='3586'>wood</strongs>, <strongs greek='5528'>hay</strongs>, <strongs greek='2562'>stubble</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs>'s <strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs>shall be <strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs><strongs greek='5318'>manifest</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>shall <strongs greek='1213'>declare</strongs>it, <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>it shall be <strongs greek='601'>revealed</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='4442'>fire</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4442'>fire</strongs>shall <strongs greek='1381'>try</strongs>every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs>'s <strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs>of what <strongs greek='3697'>sort</strongs>it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>If any <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs>'s <strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs><strongs greek='3306'>abide</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>he hath built <strongs greek='2026'>thereupon</strongs>, he shall <strongs greek='2983'>receive</strongs>a <strongs greek='3408'>reward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>If any <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs>'s <strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs>shall be <strongs greek='2618'>burned</strongs>, he shall suffer <strongs greek='2210'>loss</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='848'>he</strongs>himself shall be <strongs greek='4982'>saved</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='4442'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1492'>Know</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs>the <strongs greek='3485'>temple</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='3611'>dwelleth</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='17'>If any <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs><strongs greek='5351'>defile</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3485'>temple</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='5126'>him</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='5351'>destroy</strongs>; <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3485'>temple</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs>, <strongs greek='3748'>which</strongs><em>temple</em> <strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Let no <strongs greek='3367'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1818'>deceive</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>himself</strongs>. If any <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1380'>seemeth</strongs>to <strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs><strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5129'>this</strongs><strongs greek='165'>world</strongs>, let him <strongs greek='1096'>become</strongs>a <strongs greek='3474'>fool</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>he may <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs><strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='5127'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3472'>foolishness</strongs><strongs greek='3844'>with</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. <strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>it is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>, He <strongs greek='1405'>taketh</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>their <strongs greek='848'>own</strongs><strongs greek='3834'>craftiness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3825'>again</strongs>, The <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='1097'>knoweth</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1261'>thoughts</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>they <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='3152'>vain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='5620'>Therefore</strongs>let no <strongs greek='3367'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2744'>glory</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>. <strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>yours</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='1535'>Whether</strongs><strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='625'>Apollos</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='2786'>Cephas</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs>the <strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='2222'>life</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='2288'>death</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs>things <strongs greek='1764'>present</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs>things to <strongs greek='3195'>come</strongs>; <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>yours</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs>are <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>'s; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>'s. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'>Let a <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='3049'>account</strongs>of <strongs greek='2248'>us</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>of the <strongs greek='5257'>ministers</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3623'>stewards</strongs>of the <strongs greek='3466'>mysteries</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs><strongs greek='3063 3739'>Moreover</strongs>it is <strongs greek='2212'>required</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3623'>stewards</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>a <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs>be <strongs greek='2147'>found</strongs><strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>with <strongs greek='1698'>me</strongs>it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='*1519'>a</strongs>very small <strongs greek='1646'>thing</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I should be <strongs greek='350'>judged</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='442'>man</strongs>'s <strongs greek='2250'>judgment</strongs>: <strongs greek='235'>yea</strongs>, I <strongs greek='350'>judge</strongs><strongs greek='3761'>not</strongs>mine own <strongs greek='1683'>self</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>I <strongs greek='4894'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs>by <strongs greek='1683'>myself</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>yet</strongs>am I <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1722 5129'>hereby</strongs><strongs greek='1344'>justified</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>he that <strongs greek='350'>judgeth</strongs><strongs greek='3165'>me</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='5620'>Therefore</strongs><strongs greek='2919'>judge</strongs><strongs greek='5100 3361'>nothing</strongs><strongs greek='4253'>before</strongs>the <strongs greek='2540'>time</strongs>, <strongs greek='2193 302'>until</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>who</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs>will bring to <strongs greek='5461'>light</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>hidden <strongs greek='2927'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='4655'>darkness</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>will make <strongs greek='5319'>manifest</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1012'>counsels</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2588'>hearts</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5119'>then</strongs>shall every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>have</strongs><strongs greek='1868'>praise</strongs><strongs greek='575'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, I have in a figure <strongs greek='3345'>transferred</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs><strongs greek='1683'>myself</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>to</em> <strongs greek='625'>Apollos</strongs>for your <strongs greek='1223 5209'>sakes</strongs>; <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye might <strongs greek='3129'>learn</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='5426'>think</strongs><em>of</em> <em>men</em> <strongs greek='5228'>above</strongs>that <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs>of you be puffed <strongs greek='5448'>up</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>against</strongs><strongs greek='2087'>another</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>who</strongs>maketh thee to <strongs greek='1252 4571'>differ</strongs><em>from</em> <em>another</em> ? <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>what</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>hast</strongs>thou <strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs>thou didst <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2983'>receive</strongs>? <strongs greek='1161'>now</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>thou <strongs greek='*2532'>didst</strongs><strongs greek='2983'>receive</strongs><em>it,</em> <strongs greek='5101'>why</strongs>dost thou <strongs greek='2744'>glory</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>thou hadst <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2983'>received</strongs><em>it?</em> </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='2235'>Now</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='2880'>full</strongs>, <strongs greek='2235'>now</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='4147'>rich</strongs>, ye have reigned as <strongs greek='936'>kings</strongs><strongs greek='5565'>without</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>us</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>I would to <strongs greek='3785 1065'>God</strongs>ye did <strongs greek='936'>reign</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>might reign <strongs greek='4821'>with</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>I <strongs greek='1380'>think</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath set <strongs greek='584'>forth</strongs><strongs greek='2248'>us</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='652'>apostles</strongs><strongs greek='2078'>last</strongs>, as it <strongs greek='5613'>were</strongs>appointed to <strongs greek='1935'>death</strongs>: <strongs greek='3754'>for</strongs>we are <strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs>a <strongs greek='2302'>spectacle</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='32'>angels</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='2249'>We</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs greek='3474'>fools</strongs>for Christ's <strongs greek='1223 5547'>sake</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs greek='5429'>wise</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>; <strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs greek='772'>weak</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs greek='2478'>strong</strongs>; <strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs greek='1741'>honorable</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs greek='820'>despised</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Even <strongs greek='891'>unto</strongs>this <strongs greek='737'>present</strongs><strongs greek='5610'>hour</strongs>we <strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs><strongs greek='3983'>hunger</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1372'>thirst</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>are <strongs greek='1130'>naked</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>are <strongs greek='2852'>buffeted</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>have no certain dwelling <strongs greek='790'>place</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='2872'>labor</strongs>, <strongs greek='2038'>working</strongs>with our <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='5495'>hands</strongs>: being <strongs greek='3058'>reviled</strongs>, we <strongs greek='2127'>bless</strongs>; being <strongs greek='1377'>persecuted</strongs>, we <strongs greek='430'>suffer</strongs>it: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Being <strongs greek='987'>defamed</strongs>, we <strongs greek='3870'>entreat</strongs>: we are <strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>the <strongs greek='4027'>filth</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>are</em> the <strongs greek='4067'>offscouring</strongs>of all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs><strongs greek='2193'>unto</strongs>this <strongs greek='737'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I <strongs greek='1125'>write</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>to <strongs greek='1788'>shame</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs><strongs greek='5043'>sons</strongs>I <strongs greek='3560'>warn</strongs><em>you.</em> </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>though</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>ten <strongs greek='3463'>thousand</strongs><strongs greek='3807'>instructors</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>yet</strongs><em>have</em> <em>ye</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='3962'>fathers</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>have <strongs greek='1080'>begotten</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>through</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2098'>gospel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='3767'>Wherefore</strongs>I <strongs greek='3870'>beseech</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3402'>followers</strongs>of <strongs greek='3450'>me</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>For this <strongs greek='1223 5124'>cause</strongs>have I <strongs greek='3992'>sent</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='5095'>Timothy</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>who</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs><strongs greek='5043'>son</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>who</strongs>shall bring you into <strongs greek='363 5209'>remembrance</strongs>of <strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='3598'>ways</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs>be <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>I <strongs greek='1321'>teach</strongs>every <strongs greek='3837'>where</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>every</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>are puffed <strongs greek='5448'>up</strongs>, as <strongs greek='5613'>though</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>I</strongs>would <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>to</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>I will <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>to</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='5030'>shortly</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2309'>will</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>will <strongs greek='1097'>know</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>speech</strongs>of them which are puffed <strongs greek='5448'>up</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='932'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='5101'>What</strongs><strongs greek='2309'>will</strongs>ye? shall I <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs>a <strongs greek='4464'>rod</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='26'>love</strongs>, <strongs greek='5037'>and</strongs><em>in</em> the <strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='4236'>meekness</strongs>? </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'>It is <strongs greek='191'>reported</strongs><strongs greek='3654'>commonly</strongs><em>that</em> <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='4202'>fornication</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs><strongs greek='4202'>fornication</strongs><strongs greek='3748'>as</strongs>is not so much <strongs greek='3761'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3687'>named</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1484'>Gentiles</strongs>, <strongs greek='5620'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>one</strongs>should <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>his <strongs greek='3962'>father</strongs>'s <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs>puffed <strongs greek='5448'>up</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>have <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs><strongs greek='3996'>mourned</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>he that hath <strongs greek='4160'>done</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>deed</strongs>might be taken <strongs greek='1808'>away</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>from</strongs><strongs greek='3319'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><strongs greek='3303'>verily</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='548'>absent</strongs>in <strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3918'>present</strongs>in <strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>, have <strongs greek='2919'>judged</strongs><strongs greek='2235'>already</strongs>, as <strongs greek='5613'>though</strongs>I were <strongs greek='3918'>present</strongs>, <em>concerning</em> him that hath so <strongs greek='2716 3779'>done</strongs>this <strongs greek='5124'>deed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1722'>In</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3686'>name</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, when <strongs greek='5216'>ye</strongs>are gathered <strongs greek='4863'>together</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1699'>my</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>, <strongs greek='4862'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'>To <strongs greek='3860'>deliver</strongs>such a <strongs greek='5108'>one</strongs>unto <strongs greek='4567'>Satan</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>for</strongs>the <strongs greek='3639'>destruction</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>may be <strongs greek='4982'>saved</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='5216'>Your</strongs><strongs greek='2745'>glorying</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs>. <strongs greek='1492'>Know</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>a <strongs greek='3398'>little</strongs><strongs greek='2219'>leaven</strongs><strongs greek='2220'>leaveneth</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3650'>whole</strongs><strongs greek='5445'>lump</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Purge <strongs greek='1571'>out</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3820'>old</strongs><strongs greek='2219'>leaven</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye may <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs>a <strongs greek='3501'>new</strongs><strongs greek='5445'>lump</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='106'>unleavened</strongs>. <strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='*3957'>passover</strongs>is <strongs greek='2380'>sacrificed</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>us</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='5620'>Therefore</strongs>let us keep the <strongs greek='1858'>feast</strongs>, <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3820'>old</strongs><strongs greek='2219'>leaven</strongs>, <strongs greek='3366'>neither</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs>the <strongs greek='2219'>leaven</strongs>of <strongs greek='2549'>malice</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4189'>wickedness</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs>the <strongs greek='106'>unleavened</strongs><em>bread</em> of <strongs greek='1505'>sincerity</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>I <strongs greek='1125'>wrote</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>an <strongs greek='1992'>epistle</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to company <strongs greek='4874'>with</strongs><strongs greek='4205'>fornicators</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='2532'>Yet</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3843'>altogether</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4205'>fornicators</strongs>of <strongs greek='5127'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>with <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4123'>covetous</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='727'>extortioners</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>with <strongs greek='1496'>idolaters</strongs>; <strongs greek='1893'>for</strongs><strongs greek='686'>then</strongs>must ye <strongs greek='3784'>needs</strongs><strongs greek='1831'>go</strongs>out <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3570'>now</strongs>I have <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to keep <strongs greek='4874'>company</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs>that is <strongs greek='3687'>called</strongs>a <strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs>be a <strongs greek='4205'>fornicator</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='4123'>covetous</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>an <strongs greek='1496'>idolater</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>a <strongs greek='3060'>railer</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>a <strongs greek='3183'>drunkard</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>an <strongs greek='727'>extortioner</strongs>; with such a <strongs greek='5108'>one</strongs>no <strongs greek='3366'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='4906'>eat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>what have I to <strongs greek='5101 3427'>do</strongs>to <strongs greek='2919'>judge</strongs>them also that are <strongs greek='1854 2532'>without</strongs>? do <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='2919'>judge</strongs>them that are <strongs greek='2080'>within</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>them that are <strongs greek='1854'>without</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2919'>judgeth</strongs>. <strongs greek='2532'>Therefore</strongs>put <strongs greek='1808'>away</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>from</strongs>among <strongs greek='5216 848'>yourselves</strongs>that wicked <strongs greek='4190'>person</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='5111'>Dare</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>any</strongs>of <strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>having</strongs>a <strongs greek='4229'>matter</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>against</strongs><strongs greek='2087'>another</strongs>, go to <strongs greek='2919'>law</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>before</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='94'>unjust</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>before</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>saints</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Do ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>saints</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2919'>judge</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>? <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>shall be <strongs greek='2919'>judged</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs>ye <strongs greek='370'>unworthy</strongs>to judge the smallest <strongs greek='2922 1646'>matters</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1492'>Know</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>we shall <strongs greek='2919'>judge</strongs><strongs greek='32'>angels</strongs>? how much <strongs greek='3386'>more</strongs>things that pertain to this <strongs greek='982'>life</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1437'>If</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs><strongs greek='*3303'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='2922'>judgments</strongs>of things pertaining to this <strongs greek='982'>life</strongs>, <strongs greek='2523'>set</strongs><strongs greek='5128'>them</strongs>to judge who are least <strongs greek='1848'>esteemed</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>I <strongs greek='3004'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>to</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>your</strongs><strongs greek='1791'>shame</strongs>. Is it <strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>, that there <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>a wise <strongs greek='4680'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>? no, <strongs greek='3761'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs>shall be <strongs greek='1410'>able</strongs>to <strongs greek='1252'>judge</strongs><strongs greek='303 3319'>between</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs>goeth to <strongs greek='2919'>law</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>that</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>before</strongs>the <strongs greek='571'>unbelievers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='2235'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs greek='3767'>there</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3654'>utterly</strongs>a <strongs greek='2275'>fault</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>ye go to <strongs greek='2192 2917'>law</strongs>one with <strongs greek='3326 1438'>another</strongs>. <strongs greek='1302'>Why</strongs>do ye <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs>take <strongs greek='91'>wrong</strongs>? <strongs greek='1302'>why</strongs>do ye <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs><em>suffer</em> <em>yourselves</em> to be <strongs greek='650'>defrauded</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='235'>Nay</strongs>, <strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs>do <strongs greek='91'>wrong</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='650'>defraud</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5023'>that</strongs><em>your</em> <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='*2228'></strongs><strongs greek='1492'>Know</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>the <strongs greek='94'>unrighteous</strongs>shall <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2816'>inherit</strongs>the <strongs greek='932'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>? Be <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4105'>deceived</strongs>: <strongs greek='3777'>neither</strongs><strongs greek='4205'>fornicators</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='1496'>idolaters</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='3432'>adulterers</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='3120'>effeminate</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>nor</strongs>abusers of themselves with <strongs greek='733'>mankind</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='3777'>Nor</strongs><strongs greek='2812'>thieves</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='4123'>covetous</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='3183'>drunkards</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='3060'>revilers</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='727'>extortioners</strongs>, <strongs greek='*3756'>shall</strongs><strongs greek='2816'>inherit</strongs>the <strongs greek='932'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='5023'>such</strongs><strongs greek='2258'>were</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>of you: <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='628'>washed</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='37'>sanctified</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='1344'>justified</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3686'>name</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>All <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>are <strongs greek='1832'>lawful</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>are not <strongs greek='4851 3756'>expedient</strongs>: all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>are <strongs greek='1832'>lawful</strongs>for <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>will <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>be brought under the <strongs greek='1850'>power</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>any</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1033'>Meats</strongs>for <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2836'>belly</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2836'>belly</strongs>for <strongs greek='1033'>meats</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2673'>destroy</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs><strongs greek='5026'>it</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5023'>them</strongs>. <strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>for <strongs greek='4202'>fornication</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>for <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>for <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs>raised <strongs greek='1453'>up</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>will also raise <strongs greek='1825'>up</strongs><strongs greek='2248'>us</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs>his <strongs greek='848'>own</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1492'>Know</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>bodies</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs>the <strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>? shall I <strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs><strongs greek='142'>take</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, and <strongs greek='4160'>make</strongs><em>them</em> the <strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>of a <strongs greek='4204'>harlot</strongs>? God <strongs greek='1096 3361'>forbid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='2228'>What</strongs>? <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he which is <strongs greek='2853'>joined</strongs>to a <strongs greek='4204'>harlot</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>? <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='1417'>two</strongs>, <strongs greek='5346'>saith</strongs>he, shall <strongs greek='2071'>be</strongs><strongs greek='*3391'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>he that is <strongs greek='2853'>joined</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='5343'>Flee</strongs><strongs greek='4202'>fornication</strongs>. <strongs greek='3956'>Every</strongs><strongs greek='265'>sin</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs>a <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='4160 1437'>doeth</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='1622'>without</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>he that committeth <strongs greek='4203'>fornication</strongs><strongs greek='264'>sinneth</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>against</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='2228'>What</strongs>? <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='3485'>temple</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>Holy</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Ghost</strongs><em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='575'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>your <strongs greek='1438'>own</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='59'>bought</strongs>with a <strongs greek='5092'>price</strongs>: <strongs greek='1211'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='1392'>glorify</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>, <strongs greek='3748'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>'s. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>concerning</strongs>the things <strongs greek='3739'>whereof</strongs>ye <strongs greek='1125'>wrote</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>: <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs>for a <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='680'>touch</strongs>a <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='1161'>Nevertheless</strongs>, <em>to avoid</em> <strongs greek='4202'>fornication</strongs>, let every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>his <strongs greek='1438'>own</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>let every <strongs greek='1538'>woman</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>her <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Let <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs><strongs greek='591'>render</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs><strongs greek='3784'>due</strongs><strongs greek='2133'>benevolence</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3668'>likewise</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>hath not <strongs greek='1850 3756'>power</strongs>of her <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3668'>likewise</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>hath not <strongs greek='1850 3756'>power</strongs>of his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='650'>Defraud</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>one the <strongs greek='240'>other</strongs>, <strongs greek='1509 302'>except</strongs><em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='1537'>with</strongs><strongs greek='4859'>consent</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>for</strongs>a <strongs greek='2540'>time</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye may give <strongs greek='4980'>yourselves</strongs>to <strongs greek='3521'>fasting</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4335'>prayer</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>come <strongs greek='4905'>together</strongs><strongs greek='3825'>again</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='4567'>Satan</strongs><strongs greek='3985'>tempt</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>for</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='192'>incontinency</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>I <strongs greek='3004'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>by</strongs><strongs greek='4774'>permission</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2003'>commandment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>I <strongs greek='2309'>would</strongs>that <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs><strongs greek='1511'>were</strongs>even <strongs greek='5613 2532'>as</strongs>I <strongs greek='1683'>myself</strongs>. <strongs greek='235'>But</strongs>every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>proper</strongs><strongs greek='5486'>gift</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739 3303'>one</strongs>after this <strongs greek='3779'>manner</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>another</strongs>after <strongs greek='3779'>that</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>I <strongs greek='3004'>say</strongs><strongs greek='1161'>therefore</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='22'>unmarried</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5503'>widows</strongs>, It <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs>for <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>they <strongs greek='3306'>abide</strongs>even as <strongs greek='2504 5613'>I</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>they cannot <strongs greek='1467 3756'>contain</strongs>, let them <strongs greek='1060'>marry</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='2909'>better</strongs>to <strongs greek='1060'>marry</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>than</strongs>to <strongs greek='4448'>burn</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1060'>married</strongs>I <strongs greek='3853'>command</strongs>, <em>yet</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, Let <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs><strongs greek='5563'>depart</strongs><strongs greek='575'>from</strongs><em>her</em> <strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>she <strongs greek='5563'>depart</strongs>, let her <strongs greek='3306'>remain</strongs><strongs greek='22'>unmarried</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>be <strongs greek='2644'>reconciled</strongs>to <em>her</em> <strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>let <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>put <strongs greek='863'>away</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3062'>rest</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>: If <strongs greek='1536'>any</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs>a <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>that believeth <strongs greek='571'>not</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='846'>she</strongs>be <strongs greek='4909'>pleased</strongs>to <strongs greek='3611'>dwell</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>, let him <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>put her <strongs greek='863 846'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><strongs greek='3748'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs>a <strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>that believeth <strongs greek='571'>not</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>if <strongs greek='846'>he</strongs>be <strongs greek='4909'>pleased</strongs>to <strongs greek='3611'>dwell</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='846'>her</strongs>, let her <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='863'>leave</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='571'>unbelieving</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>is <strongs greek='37'>sanctified</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='571'>unbelieving</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>is <strongs greek='37'>sanctified</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>: <strongs greek='1893 *686'>else</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>were</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='5043'>children</strongs><strongs greek='169'>unclean</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3568'>now</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs>they <strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='571'>unbelieving</strongs><strongs greek='5563'>depart</strongs>, let him <strongs greek='5563'>depart</strongs>. A <strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>a <strongs greek='79'>sister</strongs>is <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>under <strongs greek='1402'>bondage</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs><em>cases</em> : <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs><strongs greek='2248'>us</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='1515'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>what</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>knowest</strongs>thou, O <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>whether</strongs>thou shalt <strongs greek='4982'>save</strongs><em>thy</em> <strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>? <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>how</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>knowest</strongs>thou, O <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>whether</strongs>thou shalt <strongs greek='4982'>save</strongs><em>thy</em> <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1508'>But</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='3307'>distributed</strongs>to every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>hath <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs>every <strongs greek='1538'>one</strongs>, <strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>let him <strongs greek='4043'>walk</strongs>. <strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='1299'>ordain</strongs>I <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>churches</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Is any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs>being <strongs greek='4059'>circumcised</strongs>? let him <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>become <strongs greek='1986'>uncircumcised</strongs>. Is <strongs greek='5100'>any</strongs><strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='203'>uncircumcision</strongs>? let him <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>be <strongs greek='4059'>circumcised</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='4061'>Circumcision</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='203'>uncircumcision</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>the <strongs greek='5084'>keeping</strongs>of the <strongs greek='1785'>commandments</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Let every <strongs greek='1538 *1722 5026'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3306'>abide</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>same</strongs><strongs greek='2821'>calling</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>wherein</strongs>he was <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Art thou <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs><em>being</em> a <strongs greek='1401'>servant</strongs>? <strongs greek='3199'>care</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='*4671'>for</strongs>it: <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>thou <strongs greek='1410'>mayest</strongs>be <strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs><strongs greek='1658'>free</strongs>, <strongs greek='5530'>use</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>he that is <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <em>being</em> a <strongs greek='1401'>servant</strongs>, <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>'s <strongs greek='558'>freeman</strongs>: <strongs greek='3668'>likewise</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>he that is <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs>, <em>being</em> <strongs greek='1658'>free</strongs>, <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>'s <strongs greek='1401'>servant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Ye are <strongs greek='59'>bought</strongs>with a <strongs greek='5092'>price</strongs>; <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>ye the <strongs greek='1401'>servants</strongs>of <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='80'>Brethren</strongs>, let every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722 3739'>wherein</strongs>he is <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722 5129'>therein</strongs><strongs greek='3306'>abide</strongs><strongs greek='3844'>with</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>concerning</strongs><strongs greek='3933'>virgins</strongs>I <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='2003'>commandment</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>yet</strongs>I <strongs greek='1325'>give</strongs>my <strongs greek='1106'>judgment</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>one that hath obtained <strongs greek='1653'>mercy</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>to <strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs><strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>I <strongs greek='3543'>suppose</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs>that <strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='5225'>is</strongs><strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1764'>present</strongs><strongs greek='318'>distress</strongs>, <em>I</em> <em>say</em> , <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs>for a <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>to <strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Art thou <strongs greek='1210'>bound</strongs>unto a <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>? <strongs greek='2212'>seek</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to be <strongs greek='3080'>loosed</strongs>. Art thou <strongs greek='3089'>loosed</strongs><strongs greek='575'>from</strongs>a <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>? <strongs greek='2212'>seek</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>a <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>thou <strongs greek='1060'>marry</strongs>, thou hast <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='264'>sinned</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>a <strongs greek='3933'>virgin</strongs><strongs greek='1060'>marry</strongs>, she hath <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='264'>sinned</strongs>. <strongs greek='1161'>Nevertheless</strongs><strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='2347'>trouble</strongs>in <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><strongs greek='5339'>spare</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>I <strongs greek='5346'>say</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2540'>time</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='4958'>short</strongs>: it <strongs greek='2076 3063'>remaineth</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs>they that <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wives</strongs><strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs>as <strongs greek='5613'>though</strongs>they <strongs greek='2192'>had</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>none</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>they that <strongs greek='2799'>weep</strongs>, as <strongs greek='5613'>though</strongs>they <strongs greek='2799'>wept</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>they that <strongs greek='5463'>rejoice</strongs>, as <strongs greek='5613'>though</strongs>they <strongs greek='5463'>rejoiced</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>they that <strongs greek='59'>buy</strongs>, as <strongs greek='5613'>though</strongs>they <strongs greek='2722'>possessed</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>they that <strongs greek='5530'>use</strongs><strongs greek='5129'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2710'>abusing</strongs><em>it:</em> <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4976'>fashion</strongs>of <strongs greek='5127'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>passeth <strongs greek='3855'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>I <strongs greek='2309'>would</strongs><strongs greek='1511'>have</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>without <strongs greek='275'>carefulness</strongs>. He that is <strongs greek='22'>unmarried</strongs>careth <strongs greek='3309'>for</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>that belong to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>he may <strongs greek='700'>please</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>he that is <strongs greek='1060'>married</strongs>careth <strongs greek='3309'>for</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>that are of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>he may <strongs greek='700'>please</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>There is difference <em>also</em> <strongs greek='3307'>between</strongs>a <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>a <strongs greek='3933'>virgin</strongs>. <strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs>unmarried <strongs greek='22'>woman</strongs>careth <strongs greek='3309'>for</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>she may <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs><strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs>in <strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>in <strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>she that is <strongs greek='1060'>married</strongs>careth <strongs greek='3309'>for</strongs>the <strongs greek='3588'>things</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>she may <strongs greek='700'>please</strongs><em>her</em> <strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>I <strongs greek='3004'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>for</strongs>your <strongs greek='5216 846'>own</strongs><strongs greek='4851'>profit</strongs>; <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I may <strongs greek='1911'>cast</strongs>a <strongs greek='1029'>snare</strongs>upon <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>for</strongs>that which is <strongs greek='2158'>comely</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>that ye may attend <strongs greek='2145'>upon</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>without <strongs greek='563'>distraction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3543'>think</strongs>that he behaveth himself <strongs greek='807'>uncomely</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>toward</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='3933'>virgin</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>she pass the flower of <em>her</em> <strongs greek='5600 5230'>age</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3784'>need</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>require</strongs>, let him <strongs greek='4160'>do</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>what</strongs>he <strongs greek='2309'>will</strongs>, he <strongs greek='264'>sinneth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>: let them <strongs greek='1060'>marry</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs greek='1161'>Nevertheless</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>he</strongs>that <strongs greek='2476'>standeth</strongs><strongs greek='1476'>steadfast</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>his <strongs greek='2588'>heart</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>having</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='318'>necessity</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs><strongs greek='1849'>power</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>over</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='2307'>will</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>hath <strongs greek='5124'>so</strongs><strongs greek='2919'>decreed</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='2588'>heart</strongs>that he will <strongs greek='5083'>keep</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>his</strongs><strongs greek='3933'>virgin</strongs>, <strongs greek='4160'>doeth</strongs><strongs greek='2573'>well</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>So <strongs greek='5620 *2532'>then</strongs>he that giveth <em>her</em> in <strongs greek='1547'>marriage</strongs><strongs greek='4160'>doeth</strongs><strongs greek='2573'>well</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>he that giveth <em>her</em> not in <strongs greek='1547 3361'>marriage</strongs><strongs greek='4160'>doeth</strongs><strongs greek='2908'>better</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>The <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>is <strongs greek='1210'>bound</strongs>by the <strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>as long <strongs greek='1909 3745 5550'>as</strongs><strongs greek='848'>her</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs><strongs greek='2198'>liveth</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs><strongs greek='848'>her</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>be <strongs greek='2837'>dead</strongs>, she <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>at <strongs greek='1658'>liberty</strongs>to be <strongs greek='1060'>married</strongs>to <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs>she <strongs greek='2309'>will</strongs>; <strongs greek='3440'>only</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>she <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3107'>happier</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>she <strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='3306'>abide</strongs>, <strongs greek='2596'>after</strongs><strongs greek='1699'>my</strongs><strongs greek='1106'>judgment</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>I <strongs greek='1380'>think</strongs>also that <strongs greek='2504'>I</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>the <strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>as <strongs greek='4012'>touching</strongs>things offered unto <strongs greek='1494'>idols</strongs>, we <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>we <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>. <strongs greek='1108'>Knowledge</strongs>puffeth <strongs greek='5448'>up</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs><strongs greek='3618'>edifieth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1380'>think</strongs>that he <strongs greek='1492'>knoweth</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>thing</strongs>, he <strongs greek='1097'>knoweth</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs><strongs greek='3764'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>he <strongs greek='1163'>ought</strongs>to <strongs greek='1097'>know</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='25'>love</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, the <strongs greek='3778'>same</strongs>is <strongs greek='1097'>known</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>As <strongs greek='4012'>concerning</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1035'>eating</strongs>of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto <strongs greek='1494'>idols</strongs>, we <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>an <strongs greek='1497'>idol</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='3762'>none</strongs><strongs greek='2087'>other</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='1508'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='2532 1512'>though</strongs>there <strongs greek='1526'>be</strongs>that are <strongs greek='3004'>called</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>gods</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3772'>heaven</strongs><strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1093'>earth</strongs>, ( <strongs greek='5618'>as</strongs>there <strongs greek='1526'>be</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>gods</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>lords</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs>,) </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs>to <strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <em>but</em> <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3962'>Father</strongs>, <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><em>are</em> all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>in</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><em>are</em> all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='235'>Howbeit</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>every <strongs greek='3956'>man</strongs>that <strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>for</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>with <strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1497'>idol</strongs><strongs greek='2193'>unto</strongs>this <strongs greek='737'>hour</strongs><strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a thing offered unto an <strongs greek='1494'>idol</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='848'>their</strongs><strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs><strongs greek='5607'>being</strongs><strongs greek='772'>weak</strongs>is <strongs greek='3435'>defiled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1033'>meat</strongs><strongs greek='3936'>commendeth</strongs><strongs greek='2248'>us</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3777'>neither</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>we <strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs>, are we the <strongs greek='4052'>better</strongs>; <strongs greek='3777'>neither</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>we <strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>, are we the <strongs greek='5302'>worse</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>take <strongs greek='991'>heed</strongs>lest by any <strongs greek='3381'>means</strongs><strongs greek='3778'>this</strongs><strongs greek='1849'>liberty</strongs>of <strongs greek='5216'>yours</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>become</strongs>a <strongs greek='4348'>stumblingblock</strongs>to them that are <strongs greek='770'>weak</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>see</strongs><strongs greek='4571'>thee</strongs>which <strongs greek='2192'>hast</strongs><strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>sit at <strongs greek='2621'>meat</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the idol's <strongs greek='1493'>temple</strongs>, shall <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>which <strongs greek='5607'>is</strongs><strongs greek='772'>weak</strongs>be <strongs greek='3618'>emboldened</strongs>to <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs>those things which are offered to <strongs greek='1494'>idols</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>through</strongs><strongs greek='4674'>thy</strongs><strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>shall <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='770'>weak</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs><strongs greek='622'>perish</strongs>, <strongs greek='1223'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='599'>died</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>when ye <strongs greek='264'>sin</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>against</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5180'>wound</strongs><strongs greek='848'>their</strongs><strongs greek='770'>weak</strongs><strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>, ye <strongs greek='264'>sin</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>against</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1355'>Wherefore</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='1033'>meat</strongs>make my brother to <strongs greek='4624 3450 80'>offend</strongs>, I will <strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='3364'>no</strongs><strongs greek='2907'>flesh</strongs>while the world <strongs greek='1519 3588 165'>standeth</strongs>, <strongs greek='3363'>lest</strongs>I make my brother to <strongs greek='4624 3450 80'>offend</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1510'>Am</strongs>I <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>an <strongs greek='652'>apostle</strongs>? <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs>I <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1658'>free</strongs>? have I <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3708'>seen</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>? <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='1487'>If</strongs>I <strongs greek='1510'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>an <strongs greek='652'>apostle</strongs>unto <strongs greek='243'>others</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='1065'>doubtless</strongs>I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs>to <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4973'>seal</strongs>of <strongs greek='1699'>mine</strongs><strongs greek='651'>apostleship</strongs><strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1699'>Mine</strongs><strongs greek='627'>answer</strongs>to them that do <strongs greek='350'>examine</strongs><strongs greek='1691'>me</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3778'>this</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='2192'>Have</strongs>we <strongs greek='3378'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1849'>power</strongs>to <strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='2192'>Have</strongs>we <strongs greek='3378'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1849'>power</strongs>to lead <strongs greek='4013'>about</strongs>a <strongs greek='79'>sister</strongs>, a <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>, as well <strongs greek='5613 2532'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3062'>other</strongs><strongs greek='652'>apostles</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>as</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2786'>Cephas</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='2228'>Or</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><strongs greek='3441'>only</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='921'>Barnabas</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>we <strongs greek='1849'>power</strongs>to forbear <strongs greek='2038 3361'>working</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='5101'>Who</strongs>goeth a <strongs greek='4754'>warfare</strongs>any <strongs greek='4218'>time</strongs>at his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='3800'>charges</strongs>? <strongs greek='5101'>who</strongs><strongs greek='5452'>planteth</strongs>a <strongs greek='290'>vineyard</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2068'>eateth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2590'>fruit</strongs><strongs greek='848'>thereof</strongs>? <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>who</strongs><strongs greek='4165'>feedeth</strongs>a <strongs greek='4167'>flock</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2068'>eateth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1051'>milk</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4167'>flock</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='2980'>Say</strongs>I these <strongs greek='5023 *3361'>things</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs>? <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>saith</strongs><strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>the <strongs greek='5023'>same</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>it is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>of <strongs greek='3475'>Moses</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5392'>muzzle</strongs>the mouth of the <strongs greek='1016'>ox</strongs>that treadeth out the <strongs greek='248'>corn</strongs>. <strongs greek='*3361'>Doth</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>take <strongs greek='3199'>care</strongs>for <strongs greek='1016'>oxen</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='2228'>Or</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>saith</strongs>he <em>it</em> <strongs greek='3843'>altogether</strongs>for our <strongs greek='1223 2248'>sakes</strongs>? For our <strongs greek='1223 2248'>sakes</strongs>, no <strongs greek='1063'>doubt</strongs>, <em>this</em> is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>: <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he that <strongs greek='722'>ploweth</strongs><strongs greek='3784'>should</strongs><strongs greek='722'>plow</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1680'>hope</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>that he that <strongs greek='248'>thresheth</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1680'>hope</strongs>should be <strongs greek='3348'>partaker</strongs>of <strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='1680'>hope</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1487'>If</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs>have <strongs greek='4687'>sown</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>spiritual <strongs greek='4152'>things</strongs>, <em>is</em> <em>it</em> a great <strongs greek='3173'>thing</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2325'>reap</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs>carnal <strongs greek='4559'>things</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1487'>If</strongs><strongs greek='243'>others</strongs>be <strongs greek='3348'>partakers</strongs>of <em>this</em> <strongs greek='1849'>power</strongs>over <strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs>? <strongs greek='235'>Nevertheless</strongs>we have <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5530'>used</strongs><strongs greek='5026'>this</strongs><strongs greek='1849'>power</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='4722'>suffer</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='3363'>lest</strongs>we should <strongs greek='1325 5100 1464'>hinder</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2098'>gospel</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Do ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>they which <strongs greek='2038'>minister</strongs>about holy <strongs greek='2413'>things</strongs><strongs greek='2068'>live</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>things</em> <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2411'>temple</strongs>? and they which <strongs greek='4332'>wait</strongs>at <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2379'>altar</strongs>are partakers <strongs greek='4829'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2379'>altar</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='2532'>Even</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>hath <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='1299'>ordained</strongs>that they which <strongs greek='2605'>preach</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2098'>gospel</strongs>should <strongs greek='2198'>live</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2098'>gospel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>have <strongs greek='5530'>used</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>none</strongs>of these <strongs greek='5130'>things</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161 3756'>neither</strongs>have I <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>it should be <strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>done</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='1698'>me</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><em>it</em> <em>were</em> <strongs greek='2570'>better</strongs>for <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs><strongs greek='*3123'>to</strongs><strongs greek='599'>die</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>than</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs>should make my glorying <strongs greek='2758 3450 2745'>void</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>though</strongs>I preach the <strongs greek='2097'>gospel</strongs>, <strongs greek='3427'>I</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>nothing</strongs>to glory <strongs greek='2745'>of</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='318'>necessity</strongs>is laid <strongs greek='1945'>upon</strongs><strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>yea</strongs>, <strongs greek='3759'>woe</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>I preach not the <strongs greek='2097 3361'>gospel</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>I <strongs greek='4238'>do</strongs>this <strongs greek='5124'>thing</strongs><strongs greek='1635'>willingly</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>a <strongs greek='3408'>reward</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>against my <strongs greek='210'>will</strongs>, a <strongs greek='3622'>dispensation</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>gospel</em> is <strongs greek='4100'>committed</strongs>unto me. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='5101'>What</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3427'>my</strongs><strongs greek='3408'>reward</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs>? <em>Verily</em> <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>, when I preach the <strongs greek='2097'>gospel</strongs>, I may <strongs greek='5087'>make</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2098'>gospel</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>without <strongs greek='77'>charge</strongs>, that I <strongs greek='2710'>abuse</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='1849'>power</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2098'>gospel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>though I <strongs greek='5607'>be</strongs><strongs greek='1658'>free</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>from</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><em>men,</em> yet have I made myself <strongs greek='1402 1683'>servant</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I might <strongs greek='2770'>gain</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4119'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2453'>Jews</strongs>I <strongs greek='1096'>became</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='2453'>Jew</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I might <strongs greek='2770'>gain</strongs>the <strongs greek='2453'>Jews</strongs>; to <strongs greek='3588'>them</strongs>that are <strongs greek='5259'>under</strongs>the <strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>under</strongs>the <strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I might <strongs greek='2770'>gain</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>them</strongs>that are <strongs greek='5259'>under</strongs>the <strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='21'>To them that are without <strongs greek='459'>law</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>without <strongs greek='459'>law</strongs>, ( <strongs greek='5607'>being</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>without <strongs greek='459'>law</strongs>to <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>under the <strongs greek='1772'>law</strongs>to <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>,) <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I might <strongs greek='2770'>gain</strongs>them that are without <strongs greek='459'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>To <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='772'>weak</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>became</strongs>I <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='772'>weak</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I might <strongs greek='2770'>gain</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='772'>weak</strongs>: I am <strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>to <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><em>men,</em> <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I might by all <strongs greek='3843'>means</strongs><strongs greek='4982'>save</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>I <strongs greek='4160'>do</strongs>for the gospel's <strongs greek='1223 3588 2098'>sake</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>I might <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs>partaker thereof <strongs greek='4791 846'>with</strongs><em>you.</em> </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='1492'>Know</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>they which <strongs greek='5143'>run</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>a <strongs greek='4712'>race</strongs><strongs greek='5143'>run</strongs><strongs greek='3956 *3303'>all</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2983'>receiveth</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1017'>prize</strongs>? <strongs greek='3779'>So</strongs><strongs greek='5143'>run</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye may <strongs greek='2638'>obtain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs>every <strongs greek='3956'>man</strongs>that striveth for the <strongs greek='75'>mastery</strongs>is <strongs greek='1467'>temperate</strongs>in all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>. <strongs greek='3767'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='1565'>they</strongs><em>do it</em> <strongs greek='2443'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2983'>obtain</strongs>a <strongs greek='5349'>corruptible</strongs><strongs greek='4735'>crown</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs>an <strongs greek='862'>incorruptible</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><strongs greek='5106'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='5143'>run</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='84'>uncertainly</strongs>; <strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='4438'>fight</strongs>I, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>one that <strongs greek='1194'>beateth</strongs>the <strongs greek='109'>air</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs>I <strongs greek='5299'>keepunder</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>bring <em>it</em> into <strongs greek='1396'>subjection</strongs>: lest that by any <strongs greek='3381'>means</strongs>, when I have <strongs greek='2784'>preached</strongs>to <strongs greek='243'>others</strongs>, I <strongs greek='848'>myself</strongs>should <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs>a <strongs greek='96'>castaway</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1161'>Moreover</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2309'>would</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>that <strongs greek='5209'>ye</strongs>should be <strongs greek='50'>ignorant</strongs>, how <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='3962'>fathers</strongs><strongs greek='2258'>were</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>under</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3507'>cloud</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1330'>passed</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>through</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2281'>sea</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>were <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='907'>baptized</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='3475'>Moses</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3507'>cloud</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2281'>sea</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>did <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs><strongs greek='1033'>meat</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>did <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs><strongs greek='4188'>drink</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>they <strongs greek='4095'>drank</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs>that <strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs><strongs greek='4073'>Rock</strongs>that <strongs greek='190'>followed</strongs>them: <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>that <strongs greek='4073'>Rock</strongs><strongs greek='2258'>was</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs><strongs greek='4119'>many</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>was not well <strongs greek='2106 3756'>pleased</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>they were <strongs greek='2693'>overthrown</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2048'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>were</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='5179'>examples</strongs>, to the intent <strongs greek='2248'>we</strongs>should not lust <strongs greek='1511 3361 1938'>after</strongs>evil <strongs greek='2556'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>they <strongs greek='2548'>also</strongs><strongs greek='1937'>lusted</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='3366'>Neither</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs>ye <strongs greek='1496'>idolaters</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>; <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>it is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='2992'>people</strongs>sat <strongs greek='2523'>down</strongs>to <strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>rose <strongs greek='450'>up</strongs>to <strongs greek='3815'>play</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='3366'>Neither</strongs>let us commit <strongs greek='4203'>fornication</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='4203'>committed</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4098'>fell</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3391'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>three and twenty <strongs greek='5140 1501 5505'>thousand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='3366'>Neither</strongs>let us <strongs greek='1598'>tempt</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='3985'>tempted</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>were <strongs greek='622'>destroyed</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3789'>serpents</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='3366'>Neither</strongs><strongs greek='1111'>murmur</strongs>ye, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='1111'>murmured</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>were <strongs greek='622'>destroyed</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3644'>destroyer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs><strongs greek='4819'>happened</strongs>unto <strongs greek='1565'>them</strongs>for <strongs greek='5179'>examples</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>they are <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>for</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='3559'>admonition</strongs>, <strongs greek='1519'>upon</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5056'>ends</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='165'>world</strongs>are <strongs greek='2658'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='5620'>Wherefore</strongs>let him that <strongs greek='1380'>thinketh</strongs>he <strongs greek='2476'>standeth</strongs>take <strongs greek='991'>heed</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>lest</strongs>he <strongs greek='4098'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>There hath <strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='3986'>temptation</strongs><strongs greek='2983'>taken</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1508'>but</strongs>such as is common to <strongs greek='442'>man</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>who</strongs>will <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1439'>suffer</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>to be <strongs greek='3985'>tempted</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>above</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='1410'>able</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>will <strongs greek='4862'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3986'>temptation</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='4160'>make</strongs>a way to <strongs greek='1545'>escape</strongs>, that <strongs greek='5209'>ye</strongs>may be <strongs greek='1410'>able</strongs>to <strongs greek='5297'>bear</strongs><em>it.</em> </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1355'>Wherefore</strongs>, <strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs>dearly <strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs>, <strongs greek='5343'>flee</strongs><strongs greek='575'>from</strongs><strongs greek='1495'>idolatry</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>I <strongs greek='3004'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>to wise <strongs greek='5429'>men</strongs>; <strongs greek='2919'>judge</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>what</strongs>I <strongs greek='5346'>say</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='4221'>cup</strongs>of <strongs greek='2129'>blessing</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>we <strongs greek='2127'>bless</strongs>, <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>it <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='2842'>communion</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='129'>blood</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>? <strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='740'>bread</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>we <strongs greek='2806'>break</strongs>, <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>it <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='2842'>communion</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='3754'>For</strongs>we <em>being</em> <strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='2070'>are</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='740'>bread</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>we are all <strongs greek='3348 3956'>partakers</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs>that <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='740'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='991'>Behold</strongs><strongs greek='2474'>Israel</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>after</strongs>the <strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>: <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs>they which <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2378'>sacrifices</strongs><strongs greek='2844'>partakers</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2379'>altar</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='5101'>What</strongs><strongs greek='5346'>say</strongs>I <strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs>? <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>the <strongs greek='1497'>idol</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>thing</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>that which is offered in sacrifice to <strongs greek='1494'>idols</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>thing</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs><em>I</em> <em>say,</em> <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>the things <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1484'>Gentiles</strongs><strongs greek='2380'>sacrifice</strongs>, they <strongs greek='2380'>sacrifice</strongs>to <strongs greek='1140'>devils</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>I <strongs greek='2309'>would</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>that <strongs greek='5209'>ye</strongs>should <strongs greek='1096'>have</strongs><strongs greek='2844'>fellowship</strongs>with <strongs greek='1140'>devils</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Ye <strongs greek='1410 3756'>cannot</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs>the <strongs greek='4221'>cup</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='4221'>cup</strongs>of <strongs greek='1140'>devils</strongs>: ye <strongs greek='1410 3756'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs greek='3348'>partakers</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>'s <strongs greek='5132'>table</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>of the <strongs greek='5132'>table</strongs>of <strongs greek='1140'>devils</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Do <strongs greek='*2228'>we</strongs>provoke the Lord to <strongs greek='3863 3588 2962'>jealousy</strongs>? <strongs greek='2070'>are</strongs><strongs greek='*3361'>we</strongs><strongs greek='2478'>stronger</strongs>than <strongs greek='846'>he</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='23'>All <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>are <strongs greek='1832'>lawful</strongs>for <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>are not <strongs greek='4851 3756'>expedient</strongs>: all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>are <strongs greek='1832'>lawful</strongs>for <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs><strongs greek='3618'>edify</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Let no <strongs greek='3367'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2212'>seek</strongs>his <strongs greek='1438'>own</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs><strongs greek='*2087'>another</strongs>'s <em>wealth.</em> </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='3956'>Whatsoever</strongs>is <strongs greek='4453'>sold</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the meat <strongs greek='3111'>market</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs>, asking no <strongs greek='350 3367'>question</strongs>for conscience <strongs greek='1223 4893'>sake</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1093'>earth</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>'s, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4138'>fullness</strongs><strongs greek='848'>thereof</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs><strongs greek='1487'>If</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>any</strongs>of them that believe <strongs greek='571'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2564'>bid</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><em>to</em> <em>a</em> <em>feast,</em> <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>ye be <strongs greek='2309'>disposed</strongs>to <strongs greek='4198'>go</strongs>; <strongs greek='3956'>whatsoever</strongs>is set <strongs greek='3908'>before</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs>, asking no <strongs greek='350 3367'>question</strongs>for conscience <strongs greek='1223 4893'>sake</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2036'>say</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='5124'>This</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>offered in sacrifice unto <strongs greek='1494'>idols</strongs>, <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>for his <strongs greek='1223 1565'>sake</strongs>that <strongs greek='3377'>showed</strongs>it, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>for <strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>sake: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1093'>earth</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>'s, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4138'>fullness</strongs><strongs greek='848'>thereof</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs><strongs greek='4893'>Conscience</strongs>, I <strongs greek='3004'>say</strongs>, <strongs greek='3780'>not</strongs>thine <strongs greek='1438'>own</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='*3588'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2087'>other</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='2444'>why</strongs>is <strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='1657'>liberty</strongs><strongs greek='2919'>judged</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs><em>man's</em> <strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs greek='1161'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>by <strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs>be a <strongs greek='3348'>partaker</strongs>, <strongs greek='5101'>why</strongs>am I evil spoken <strongs greek='987'>of</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs>for which <strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>give <strongs greek='2168'>thanks</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs greek='1535'>Whether</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>whatsoever</strongs>ye <strongs greek='4160'>do</strongs>, <strongs greek='4160'>do</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>to <strongs greek='1519'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>Give none <strongs greek='1096 677'>offense</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>neither</strongs>to the <strongs greek='2453'>Jews</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>nor</strongs>to the <strongs greek='1672'>Gentiles</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>nor</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='33'>Even as <strongs greek='2504 2531'>I</strongs><strongs greek='700'>please</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><em>men</em> in <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><em>things,</em> <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2212'>seeking</strongs>mine <strongs greek='1683'>own</strongs><strongs greek='4851'>profit</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><em>profit</em> of <strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>they may be <strongs greek='4982'>saved</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1096'>Be</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3402'>followers</strongs>of <strongs greek='3450'>me</strongs>, even <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>I <strongs greek='2504'>also</strongs><em>am</em> of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>I <strongs greek='1867'>praise</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3415'>remember</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>me</strongs>in all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2722'>keep</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3862'>ordinances</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>I <strongs greek='3860'>delivered</strongs><em>them</em> to <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>I <strongs greek='2309'>would</strongs>have <strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>every</strongs><strongs greek='435'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs>of the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='3956'>Every</strongs><strongs greek='435'>man</strongs><strongs greek='4336'>praying</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='4395'>prophesying</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>having</strongs><em>his</em> head <strongs greek='2596 2776'>covered</strongs>, <strongs greek='2617'>dishonoreth</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>every</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>that <strongs greek='4336'>prayeth</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='4395'>prophesieth</strongs>with <em>her</em> <strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs><strongs greek='177'>uncovered</strongs><strongs greek='2617'>dishonoreth</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>her</strongs><strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>that <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>even all <strongs greek='1520 2532 848'>one</strongs>as if she were <strongs greek='3587'>shaven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>be <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2619'>covered</strongs>, let her <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>be <strongs greek='2751'>shorn</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>it be a <strongs greek='149'>shame</strongs>for a <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>to be <strongs greek='2751'>shorn</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='3587'>shaven</strongs>, let her be <strongs greek='2619'>covered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>a <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3303'>indeed</strongs><strongs greek='3784'>ought</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='2619'>cover</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs>, forasmuch as he <strongs greek='5225'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='1504'>image</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>of the <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>the <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs>the <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='*1063'></strongs><strongs greek='2532 3756'>Neither</strongs>was the <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2936'>created</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>For this <strongs greek='1223 5124'>cause</strongs><strongs greek='3784'>ought</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>to <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='1849'>power</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>on</strongs><em>her</em> <strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>because</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='32'>angels</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='4133'>Nevertheless</strongs><strongs greek='3777'>neither</strongs>is the <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs><strongs greek='5565'>without</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>, <strongs greek='3777'>neither</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><strongs greek='5565'>without</strongs>the <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5618'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>, even <strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='435'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='2919'>Judge</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5213 846'>yourselves</strongs>: <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>it <strongs greek='4241'>comely</strongs>that a <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><strongs greek='4336'>pray</strongs>unto <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='177'>uncovered</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='*2228'>Doth</strongs>not <strongs greek='3761'>even</strongs><strongs greek='5449'>nature</strongs><strongs greek='846'>itself</strongs><strongs greek='1321'>teach</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>a <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>have long <strongs greek='*2863'>hair</strongs>, it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>a <strongs greek='819'>shame</strongs>unto <strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>a <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>have long <strongs greek='2863'>hair</strongs>, it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>a <strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>to <strongs greek='846'>her</strongs>: <strongs greek='3754'>for</strongs><em>her</em> <strongs greek='2864'>hair</strongs>is <strongs greek='1325'>given</strongs><strongs greek='846'>her</strongs><strongs greek='473'>for</strongs>a <strongs greek='4018'>covering</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1380'>seem</strongs>to <strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs><strongs greek='5380'>contentious</strongs>, <strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs><strongs greek='4914'>custom</strongs>, <strongs greek='3761'>neither</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>churches</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>in <strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>that I <strongs greek='3853'>declare</strongs><em>unto</em> <em>you</em> I <strongs greek='1867'>praise</strongs><em>you</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>ye come <strongs greek='4905'>together</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2909'>better</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2276'>worse</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>first of <strongs greek='4412'>all</strongs>, <strongs greek='*3303'>when</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>ye</strongs>come <strongs greek='4905'>together</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>, I <strongs greek='191'>hear</strongs>that there <strongs greek='5225'>be</strongs><strongs greek='4978'>divisions</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>I <strongs greek='3313 5100'>partly</strongs><strongs greek='4100'>believe</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>there <strongs greek='1163'>must</strongs><strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='139'>heresies</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>they which are <strongs greek='1384'>approved</strongs>may be <strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs><strongs greek='5318'>manifest</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>When <strongs greek='5216'>ye</strongs>come <strongs greek='4905'>together</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>into</strongs>one <strongs greek='846'>place</strongs>, <em>this</em> <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs>the <strongs greek='2960'>Lord</strongs>'s <strongs greek='1173'>supper</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5315'>eating</strongs>every <strongs greek='1538'>one</strongs>taketh <strongs greek='4301'>before</strongs><em>other</em> his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='1173'>supper</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3739 3303'>one</strongs>is <strongs greek='3983'>hungry</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>another</strongs>is <strongs greek='3184'>drunken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='*1063 3361'>What</strongs>? <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3614'>houses</strongs>to <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs>in? <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='2706'>despise</strongs>ye <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2617'>shame</strongs>them that <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>? <strongs greek='5101'>What</strongs>shall I <strongs greek='2036'>say</strongs>to <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>? shall I <strongs greek='1867'>praise</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5129'>this</strongs>? I <strongs greek='1867'>praise</strongs><em>you</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>have <strongs greek='3880'>received</strongs><strongs greek='575'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>that <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>I <strongs greek='3860'>delivered</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>That</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><em>same</em> <strongs greek='3571'>night</strongs>in <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>he was <strongs greek='3860'>betrayed</strongs><strongs greek='2983'>took</strongs><strongs greek='740'>bread</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>when he had given <strongs greek='2168'>thanks</strongs>, he <strongs greek='2806'>broke</strongs><em>it,</em> <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>said, <em>Take,</em> <em>eat:</em> <em>this</em> <em>is</em> <em>my</em> <em>body,</em> <em>which is broken</em> <em>for</em> <em>you:</em> <em>this</em> <em>do</em> <em>in</em> <em>remembrance</em> <em>of</em> <em>me.</em> </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='3326'>After</strongs>the same <strongs greek='5615'>manner</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><em>he</em> <em>took</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4221'>cup</strongs>, when he had <strongs greek='1172'>supped</strongs>, <strongs greek='3004'>saying</strongs>, <em>This</em> <em>cup</em> <em>is</em> <em>the</em> <em>new</em> <em>testament</em> <em>in</em> <em>my</em> <em>blood:</em> <em>this</em> <em>do</em> <em>ye,</em> <em>as oft as</em> <em>ye</em> <em>drink</em> <em>it,</em> <em>in</em> <em>remembrance</em> <em>of</em> <em>me.</em> </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>as often <strongs greek='3740'>as</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2068 302'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='5126'>this</strongs><strongs greek='740'>bread</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4095 302'>drink</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='4221'>cup</strongs>, ye do <strongs greek='2605'>show</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>'s <strongs greek='2288'>death</strongs><strongs greek='891 3757'>till</strongs>he <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs greek='5620'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs greek='3739 302'>whosoever</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='5126'>this</strongs><strongs greek='740'>bread</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs><em>this</em> <strongs greek='4221'>cup</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='371'>unworthily</strongs>, shall <strongs greek='2071'>be</strongs><strongs greek='1777'>guilty</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='129'>blood</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>let a <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1381'>examine</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>himself</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>let him <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs greek='740'>bread</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs greek='4221'>cup</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>he that <strongs greek='2068'>eateth</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drinketh</strongs><strongs greek='371'>unworthily</strongs>, <strongs greek='2068'>eateth</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drinketh</strongs><strongs greek='2917'>damnation</strongs>to <strongs greek='1438'>himself</strongs>, <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1252'>discerning</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>'s <strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>For this <strongs greek='1223 5124'>cause</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs greek='772'>weak</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='732'>sickly</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2425'>many</strongs><strongs greek='2837'>sleep</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>we would <strongs greek='1252'>judge</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>ourselves</strongs>, we should <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>be <strongs greek='2919'>judged</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>when we are <strongs greek='2919'>judged</strongs>, we are <strongs greek='3811'>chastened</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>we should <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>be <strongs greek='2632'>condemned</strongs><strongs greek='4862'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs greek='5620'>Wherefore</strongs>, <strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, when ye come <strongs greek='4905'>together</strongs>to <strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs>, <strongs greek='1551'>tarry</strongs>one for <strongs greek='240'>another</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3983'>hunger</strongs>, let him <strongs greek='2068'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>at</strongs><strongs greek='3624'>home</strongs>; <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye come not <strongs greek='4905 3361'>together</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='2917'>condemnation</strongs>. <strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3062'>rest</strongs>will I set in <strongs greek='1299'>order</strongs><strongs greek='5613 302'>when</strongs>I <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>concerning</strongs><strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs><em>gifts,</em> <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2309'>would</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>have <strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='50'>ignorant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Ye <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2258'>were</strongs><strongs greek='1484'>Gentiles</strongs>, carried <strongs greek='520'>away</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs>these <strongs greek='880'>dumb</strongs><strongs greek='1497'>idols</strongs>, even <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>ye were <strongs greek='71 302'>led</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1352'>Wherefore</strongs>I give you to <strongs greek='1107 5213'>understand</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>no <strongs greek='3762'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speaking</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs>the <strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>calleth</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='331'>accursed</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>that</em> no <strongs greek='3762'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1410'>can</strongs><strongs greek='2036'>say</strongs>that <strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>is the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='1508'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs>the <strongs greek='40'>Holy</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Ghost</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>there <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='1243'>diversities</strongs>of <strongs greek='5486'>gifts</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>there <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='1243'>differences</strongs>of <strongs greek='1248'>administrations</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>there <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='1243'>diversities</strongs>of <strongs greek='1755'>operations</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>which <strongs greek='1754'>worketh</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5321'>manifestation</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>is <strongs greek='1325'>given</strongs>to every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>to</strongs><strongs greek='4851'>profit</strongs>withal. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>to <strongs greek='3739 3303'>one</strongs>is <strongs greek='1325'>given</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>the <strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs>of <strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs>; <strongs greek='*1161'>to</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs>the <strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs>of <strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='*1161'>To</strongs><strongs greek='2087'>another</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>; <strongs greek='*1161'>to</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs>the <strongs greek='5486'>gifts</strongs>of <strongs greek='2386'>healing</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='*1161'>To</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs>the <strongs greek='1755'>working</strongs>of <strongs greek='1411'>miracles</strongs>; <strongs greek='*1161'>to</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs><strongs greek='4394'>prophecy</strongs>; <strongs greek='*1161'>to</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs><strongs greek='1253'>discerning</strongs>of <strongs greek='4151'>spirits</strongs>; <strongs greek='*1161'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2087'>another</strongs><em>divers</em> <strongs greek='1085'>kinds</strongs>of <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>; <strongs greek='*1161'>to</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs>the <strongs greek='2058'>interpretation</strongs>of <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='5023'>these</strongs><strongs greek='1754'>worketh</strongs>that <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>selfsame</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>, <strongs greek='1244'>dividing</strongs>to every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2398'>severally</strongs><strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>he <strongs greek='1014'>will</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='2509'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>of that <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='5607'>being</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs>, <strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>: <strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>are <strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='907'>baptized</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><em>we</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='2453'>Jews</strongs><strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1672'>Gentiles</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><em>we</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='1401'>bond</strongs><strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1658'>free</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>have been <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>made to <strongs greek='4222'>drink</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='*2532 3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>member</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1437'>If</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4228'>foot</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2036'>say</strongs>, Because I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='5495'>hand</strongs>, I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>; <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='*3756'>it</strongs><strongs greek='3844 5124'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3775'>ear</strongs>shall <strongs greek='2036'>say</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>Because</strongs>I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='3788'>eye</strongs>, I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>; <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='*3756'>it</strongs><strongs greek='3844 5124'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1487'>If</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3650'>whole</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><em>were</em> an <strongs greek='3788'>eye</strongs>, <strongs greek='4226'>where</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='189'>hearing</strongs>? <strongs greek='1487'>If</strongs>the <strongs greek='3650'>whole</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs greek='189'>hearing</strongs>, <strongs greek='4226'>where</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3750'>smelling</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3570'>now</strongs>hath <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='5087'>set</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs><strongs greek='1538'>every</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>it hath <strongs greek='2309'>pleased</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>they <strongs greek='2258'>were</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>member</strongs>, <strongs greek='4226'>where</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3568'>now</strongs><em>are</em> <em>they</em> <strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>yet</strongs>but <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs>the <strongs greek='3788'>eye</strongs><strongs greek='1410 3756'>cannot</strongs><strongs greek='2036'>say</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5495'>hand</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='5532'>need</strongs>of <strongs greek='4675'>thee</strongs>: <strongs greek='2228'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='3825'>again</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2776'>head</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4228'>feet</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='5532'>need</strongs>of <strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='235'>Nay</strongs>, <strongs greek='4183'>much</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>more</strongs>those <strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, which <strongs greek='1380'>seem</strongs>to <strongs greek='5225'>be</strongs>more <strongs greek='772'>feeble</strongs>, <strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs><strongs greek='316'>necessary</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>those <em>members</em> of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>we <strongs greek='1380'>think</strongs>to <strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs>less <strongs greek='820'>honorable</strongs>, upon <strongs greek='5125'>these</strongs>we <strongs greek='4060'>bestow</strongs>more <strongs greek='4055'>abundant</strongs><strongs greek='5092'>honor</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='809'>uncomely</strongs><em>parts</em> <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>more <strongs greek='4055'>abundant</strongs><strongs greek='2157'>comeliness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='1161'>For</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2158'>comely</strongs><em>parts</em> <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='5532'>need</strongs>: <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath tempered the body <strongs greek='4786 3588 4983'>together</strongs>, having <strongs greek='1325'>given</strongs>more <strongs greek='4055'>abundant</strongs><strongs greek='5092'>honor</strongs>to that <em>part</em> which <strongs greek='5302'>lacked</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='2443'>That</strongs>there should <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='4978'>schism</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>should have the same <strongs greek='3309 3588 846'>care</strongs>one for <strongs greek='240 5228'>another</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>member</strongs><strongs greek='3958'>suffer</strongs>, <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>suffer <strongs greek='4841'>with</strongs>it; <strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>member</strongs>be <strongs greek='1392'>honored</strongs>, <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs>rejoice <strongs greek='4796'>with</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs>the <strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>of <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3196'>members</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3313'>particular</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='5087'>set</strongs><strongs greek='3739 3303'>some</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>, <strongs greek='4412'>first</strongs><strongs greek='652'>apostles</strongs>, <strongs greek='1208'>secondarily</strongs><strongs greek='4396'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs greek='5154'>thirdly</strongs><strongs greek='1320'>teachers</strongs>, after <strongs greek='1899'>that</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>miracles</strongs>, <strongs greek='1534'>then</strongs><strongs greek='5486'>gifts</strongs>of <strongs greek='2386'>healings</strongs>, <strongs greek='484'>helps</strongs>, <strongs greek='2941'>governments</strongs>, <strongs greek='1085'>diversities</strongs>of <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><em>Are</em> <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='652'>apostles</strongs>? <em>are</em> <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='4396'>prophets</strongs>? <em>are</em> <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1320'>teachers</strongs>? <em>are</em> <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>workers of <strongs greek='1411'>miracles</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs greek='*3361'></strongs><strongs greek='2192'>Have</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>the <strongs greek='5486'>gifts</strongs>of <strongs greek='2386'>healing</strongs>? <strongs greek='*3361'>do</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>with <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>? <strongs greek='*3361'>do</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1329'>interpret</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>covet <strongs greek='2206'>earnestly</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2909'>best</strongs><strongs greek='5486'>gifts</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2089'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='1166'>show</strongs>I unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>a more <strongs greek='2596 5236'>excellent</strongs><strongs greek='3598'>way</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='13'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1437'>Though</strongs>I <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>with <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>of <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>of <strongs greek='32'>angels</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>, I am <strongs greek='1096'>become</strongs><em>as</em> <strongs greek='2278'>sounding</strongs><strongs greek='5475'>brass</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>a <strongs greek='214'>tinkling</strongs><strongs greek='2950'>cymbal</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>though</strongs>I <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><em>the</em> <em>gift</em> <em>of</em> <strongs greek='4394'>prophecy</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>understand</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='3466'>mysteries</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>though</strongs>I <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, so <strongs greek='5620'>that</strongs>I could <strongs greek='3179'>remove</strongs><strongs greek='3735'>mountains</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>, I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>though</strongs>I bestow all my goods to <strongs greek='5595 3956 3450 5224'>feed</strongs><em>the</em> <em>poor,</em> <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>though</strongs>I <strongs greek='3860'>give</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>to</strongs>be <strongs greek='2545'>burned</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>, it <strongs greek='5623'>profiteth</strongs>me <strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='26'>Charity</strongs>suffereth <strongs greek='3114'>long</strongs>, <em>and</em> is <strongs greek='5541'>kind</strongs>; <strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs><strongs greek='2206'>envieth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>; <strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>vaunteth not <strongs greek='4068 3756'>itself</strongs>, is <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>puffed <strongs greek='5448'>up</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Doth <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>behave itself <strongs greek='807'>unseemly</strongs>, <strongs greek='2212'>seeketh</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>her <strongs greek='1438'>own</strongs>, is <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>easily <strongs greek='3947'>provoked</strongs>, <strongs greek='3049'>thinketh</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='2556'>evil</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='5463'>Rejoiceth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>in</strongs><strongs greek='93'>iniquity</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='4796'>rejoiceth</strongs>in <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='4722'>Beareth</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='4100'>believeth</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='1679'>hopeth</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='5278'>endureth</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='26'>Charity</strongs><strongs greek='3763'>never</strongs><strongs greek='1601'>faileth</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><em>there</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='4394'>prophecies</strongs>, they shall <strongs greek='2673'>fail</strongs>; <strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><em>there</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>, they shall <strongs greek='3973'>cease</strongs>; <strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><em>there</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>, it shall vanish <strongs greek='2673'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>we <strongs greek='1097'>know</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3313'>part</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>we <strongs greek='4395'>prophesy</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3313'>part</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>that which is <strongs greek='5046'>perfect</strongs>is <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>, <strongs greek='5119'>then</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>that</strongs>which is <strongs greek='1537'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3313'>part</strongs>shall be done <strongs greek='2673'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='3753'>When</strongs>I <strongs greek='2252'>was</strongs>a <strongs greek='3516'>child</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2980'>spake</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='3516'>child</strongs>, I <strongs greek='5426'>understood</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='3516'>child</strongs>, I <strongs greek='3049'>thought</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='3516'>child</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3753'>when</strongs>I <strongs greek='1096'>became</strongs>a <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>, I put <strongs greek='2673'>away</strongs>childish <strongs greek='3588 3516'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='737'>now</strongs>we <strongs greek='991'>see</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>through</strongs>a <strongs greek='2072'>glass</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722 135'>darkly</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5119'>then</strongs><strongs greek='4383'>face</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>to</strongs><strongs greek='4383'>face</strongs>: <strongs greek='737'>now</strongs>I <strongs greek='1097'>know</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3313'>part</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5119'>then</strongs>shall I <strongs greek='1921'>know</strongs>even <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>I am <strongs greek='1921'>known</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3570'>now</strongs><strongs greek='3306'>abideth</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, <strongs greek='1680'>hope</strongs>, <strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>, <strongs greek='5023'>these</strongs><strongs greek='5140'>three</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>the <strongs greek='3187'>greatest</strongs>of <strongs greek='5130'>these</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='14'>
            <verse number='1'>Follow <strongs greek='1377'>after</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2206'>desire</strongs><strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs><em>gifts,</em> <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye may <strongs greek='4395'>prophesy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>he that <strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs>in an <em>unknown</em> <strongs greek='1100'>tongue</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>unto <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>unto <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>no <strongs greek='3762'>man</strongs><strongs greek='191'>understandeth</strongs><em>him</em> ; <strongs greek='1161'>howbeit</strongs>in the <strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>he <strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs><strongs greek='3466'>mysteries</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>he that <strongs greek='4395'>prophesieth</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs>unto <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs><em>to</em> <strongs greek='3619'>edification</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3874'>exhortation</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3889'>comfort</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>He that <strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs>in an <em>unknown</em> <strongs greek='1100'>tongue</strongs><strongs greek='3618'>edifieth</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>himself</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>he that <strongs greek='4395'>prophesieth</strongs><strongs greek='3618'>edifieth</strongs>the <strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='*1161'>I</strongs><strongs greek='2309'>would</strongs>that <strongs greek='5209'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>spake</strongs>with <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye <strongs greek='4395'>prophesied</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3187'>greater</strongs><em>is</em> he that <strongs greek='4395'>prophesieth</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>than</strongs>he that <strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs>, with <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>, <strongs greek='1622 1508'>except</strongs>he <strongs greek='1329'>interpret</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>may <strongs greek='2983'>receive</strongs><strongs greek='3619'>edifying</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs><strongs greek='3570'>Now</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>I <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speaking</strongs>with <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>, <strongs greek='5101'>what</strongs>shall I <strongs greek='5623'>profit</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3362'>except</strongs>I shall <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>to <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>either</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='602'>revelation</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='4394'>prophesying</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='1322'>doctrine</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs greek='3676'>even</strongs>things without <strongs greek='895'>life</strongs><strongs greek='1325'>giving</strongs><strongs greek='5456'>sound</strongs>, <strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><strongs greek='836'>pipe</strongs><strongs greek='1535'>or</strongs><strongs greek='2788'>harp</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>except</strongs>they <strongs greek='1325'>give</strongs><strongs greek='*3361'>a</strongs><strongs greek='1293'>distinction</strongs>in <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5353'>sounds</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>shall it be <strongs greek='1097'>known</strongs>what is <strongs greek='832'>piped</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='2789'>harped</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1063 *2532'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>the <strongs greek='4536'>trumpet</strongs><strongs greek='1325'>give</strongs>an <strongs greek='82'>uncertain</strongs><strongs greek='5456'>sound</strongs>, <strongs greek='5101'>who</strongs>shall <strongs greek='3903'>prepare</strongs>himself <strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs>the <strongs greek='4171'>battle</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='3779'>So</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>likewise</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs>, <strongs greek='3362'>except</strongs>ye <strongs greek='1325'>utter</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1100'>tongue</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs>easy to be <strongs greek='2154'>understood</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>shall it be <strongs greek='1097'>known</strongs>what is <strongs greek='2980'>spoken</strongs>? <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>ye shall <strongs greek='2071 2980'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs>the <strongs greek='109'>air</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>There <strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs>, it may <strongs greek='1487 5177'>be</strongs>, so <strongs greek='5118'>many</strongs><strongs greek='1085'>kinds</strongs>of <strongs greek='5456'>voices</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>none</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><em>is</em> without <strongs greek='880'>signification</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='3767'>Therefore</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>I <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>meaning</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5456'>voice</strongs>, I shall <strongs greek='2071'>be</strongs>unto him that <strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs>a <strongs greek='915'>barbarian</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>he that <strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs greek='915'>barbarian</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='1698'>me</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='2532'>Even</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs>, forasmuch <strongs greek='1893'>as</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='2207'>zealous</strongs>of <strongs greek='4151'>spiritual</strongs><em>gifts,</em> <strongs greek='2212'>seek</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>ye may <strongs greek='4052'>excel</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>to</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3619'>edifying</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1355'>Wherefore</strongs>let him that <strongs greek='2980'>speaketh</strongs>in an <em>unknown</em> <strongs greek='1100'>tongue</strongs><strongs greek='4336'>pray</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>he may <strongs greek='1329'>interpret</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>I <strongs greek='4336'>pray</strongs>in an <em>unknown</em> <strongs greek='1100'>tongue</strongs>, <strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs><strongs greek='4336'>prayeth</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='3563'>understanding</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='175'>unfruitful</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='5101'>What</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>it <strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs>? I will <strongs greek='4336'>pray</strongs>with <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>I will <strongs greek='4336'>pray</strongs>with <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3563'>understanding</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>: I will <strongs greek='5567'>sing</strongs>with <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>I will <strongs greek='5567'>sing</strongs>with <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3563'>understanding</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1893'>Else</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>when</strongs>thou shalt <strongs greek='2127'>bless</strongs>with <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>shall he that <strongs greek='378'>occupieth</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5117'>room</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2399'>unlearned</strongs><strongs greek='2046'>say</strongs><strongs greek='281'>Amen</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>at</strongs><strongs greek='4674'>thy</strongs>giving of <strongs greek='2169'>thanks</strongs>, <strongs greek='1894'>seeing</strongs>he <strongs greek='1492'>understandeth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>what</strongs>thou <strongs greek='3004'>sayest</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='4771'>thou</strongs><strongs greek='3303'>verily</strongs>givest <strongs greek='2168'>thanks</strongs><strongs greek='2573'>well</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2087'>other</strongs>is <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3618'>edified</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>I <strongs greek='2168'>thank</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>with <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>more</strongs>than <strongs greek='5216'>ye</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='235'>Yet</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>I <strongs greek='2309'>had</strongs>rather <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='4002'>five</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='3563'>understanding</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><em>by</em> <em>my</em> <em>voice</em> I might <strongs greek='2727'>teach</strongs><strongs greek='243'>others</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>than</strongs>ten <strongs greek='3463'>thousand</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>an <em>unknown</em> <strongs greek='1100'>tongue</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='80'>Brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3813'>children</strongs>in <strongs greek='5424'>understanding</strongs>: <strongs greek='235'>howbeit</strongs>in <strongs greek='2549'>malice</strongs>be ye <strongs greek='3515'>children</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>in <strongs greek='5424'>understanding</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs><strongs greek='5046'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='1722'>In</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>it is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>With</strongs><em>men</em> <em>of</em> other <strongs greek='2084'>tongues</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='*1722 2087'>other</strongs><strongs greek='5491'>lips</strongs>will I <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5129'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2992'>people</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>yet for all <strongs greek='3779'>that</strongs>will they <strongs greek='3761'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1522'>hear</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='3004'>saith</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='5620'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs><strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>for</strongs>a <strongs greek='4592'>sign</strongs>, <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>to them that <strongs greek='4100'>believe</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>to them that believe <strongs greek='571'>not</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='4394'>prophesying</strongs><em>serveth</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>for them that believe <strongs greek='571'>not</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>for them which <strongs greek='4100'>believe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs greek='1437'>If</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3650'>whole</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>be come <strongs greek='4905'>together</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>into</strongs>one <strongs greek='846'>place</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>with <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>there come <strongs greek='1525'>in</strongs><em>those</em> <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs greek='2399'>unlearned</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='571'>unbelievers</strongs>, will they <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2046'>say</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='3105'>mad</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='4395'>prophesy</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>there come <strongs greek='1525'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>one</strongs>that believeth <strongs greek='571'>not</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><em>one</em> <strongs greek='2399'>unlearned</strongs>, he is <strongs greek='1651'>convinced</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>, he is <strongs greek='350'>judged</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>thus</strongs>are <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2927'>secrets</strongs>of <strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='2588'>heart</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs><strongs greek='5318'>manifest</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>falling <strongs greek='4098'>down</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>on</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs greek='4383'>face</strongs>he will <strongs greek='4352'>worship</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, and <strongs greek='518'>report</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>of a <strongs greek='3689'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs greek='5101'>How</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>it <strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>? <strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>ye come <strongs greek='4905'>together</strongs>, every <strongs greek='1538'>one</strongs>of <strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs>a <strongs greek='5568'>psalm</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs>a <strongs greek='1322'>doctrine</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs>a <strongs greek='1100'>tongue</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs>a <strongs greek='602'>revelation</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs>an <strongs greek='2058'>interpretation</strongs>. Let all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>be <strongs greek='1096'>done</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='3619'>edifying</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs greek='1535'>If</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>in an <em>unknown</em> <strongs greek='1100'>tongue</strongs>, <em>let</em> <em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='2596'>by</strongs><strongs greek='1417'>two</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>at <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4118'>most</strongs><em>by</em> <strongs greek='5140'>three</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs greek='303'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3313'>course</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>let <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='1329'>interpret</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>there <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='1328'>interpreter</strongs>, let him keep <strongs greek='4601'>silence</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>let him <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>to <strongs greek='1438'>himself</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs greek='*1161'>Let</strongs>the <strongs greek='4396'>prophets</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='1417'>two</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='5140'>three</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>let <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='243'>other</strongs><strongs greek='1252'>judge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs><strongs greek='1437'>If</strongs><em>any</em> <em>thing</em> be <strongs greek='601'>revealed</strongs>to <strongs greek='243'>another</strongs>that sitteth <strongs greek='2521'>by</strongs>, let <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4413'>first</strongs>hold his <strongs greek='4601'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>ye <strongs greek='1410'>may</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='4395'>prophesy</strongs>one by <strongs greek='2596 1520'>one</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>may <strongs greek='3129'>learn</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>may be <strongs greek='3870'>comforted</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>the <strongs greek='4151'>spirits</strongs>of the <strongs greek='4396'>prophets</strongs>are <strongs greek='5293'>subject</strongs>to the <strongs greek='4396'>prophets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><em>the</em> <em>author</em> of <strongs greek='181'>confusion</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>of <strongs greek='1515'>peace</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>churches</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>saints</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Let <strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>women</strongs>keep <strongs greek='4601'>silence</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>churches</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>it is <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2010'>permitted</strongs>unto <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>to <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><em>they</em> <em>are</em> <em>commanded</em> to be under <strongs greek='5293'>obedience</strongs>, <strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>saith</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>they <strongs greek='2309'>will</strongs><strongs greek='3129'>learn</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>thing</strongs>, let them <strongs greek='1905'>ask</strongs><strongs greek='2398'>their</strongs><strongs greek='435'>husbands</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>at</strongs><strongs greek='3624'>home</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>a <strongs greek='149'>shame</strongs>for <strongs greek='1135'>women</strongs>to <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs greek='2228'>What</strongs>? <strongs greek='1831'>came</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>out <strongs greek='575'>from</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>? <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='2658'>came</strongs>it <strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3441'>only</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='37'>If any <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs>think <strongs greek='1380'>himself</strongs>to <strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs>a <strongs greek='4396'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs>, let him <strongs greek='1921'>acknowledge</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>the things <strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs>I <strongs greek='1125'>write</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs>the <strongs greek='1785'>commandments</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>any <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs>be <strongs greek='50'>ignorant</strongs>, let him be <strongs greek='50'>ignorant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'><strongs greek='5620'>Wherefore</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='2206'>covet</strongs>to <strongs greek='4395'>prophesy</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2967'>forbid</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='2980'>speak</strongs>with <strongs greek='1100'>tongues</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>Let all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>be <strongs greek='1096'>done</strongs><strongs greek='2156'>decently</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5010'>order</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='15'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1161'>Moreover</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, I <strongs greek='1107'>declare</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2098'>gospel</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>I <strongs greek='2097'>preached</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>ye have <strongs greek='3880'>received</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722 3739'>wherein</strongs>ye <strongs greek='2476'>stand</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='1223'>By</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>ye are <strongs greek='4982'>saved</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>ye keep in <strongs greek='2722'>memory</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>what</strongs><strongs greek='*3056'>I</strongs><strongs greek='2097'>preached</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='1622 1508'>unless</strongs>ye have <strongs greek='4100'>believed</strongs>in <strongs greek='1500'>vain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>I <strongs greek='3860'>delivered</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>first of <strongs greek='1722 4413'>all</strongs>that <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>I <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='3880'>received</strongs>, how <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='599'>died</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='266'>sins</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>according</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1124'>Scriptures</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he was <strongs greek='2290'>buried</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he rose <strongs greek='1453'>again</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5154'>third</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>according</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1124'>Scriptures</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he was <strongs greek='3700'>seen</strongs>of <strongs greek='2786'>Cephas</strongs>, <strongs greek='1534'>then</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1427'>twelve</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>After <strongs greek='1899'>that</strongs>, he was <strongs greek='3700'>seen</strongs>of <strongs greek='1883'>above</strongs>five <strongs greek='4001'>hundred</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>at <strongs greek='2178'>once</strongs>; <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>greater <strongs greek='4119'>part</strongs><strongs greek='3306'>remain</strongs><strongs greek='2193'>unto</strongs>this <strongs greek='737'>present</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs><strongs greek='*2532'>are</strongs>fallen <strongs greek='2837'>asleep</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>After <strongs greek='1899'>that</strongs>, he was <strongs greek='3700'>seen</strongs>of <strongs greek='2385'>James</strongs>; <strongs greek='1534'>then</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='652'>apostles</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='2078'>last</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>he was <strongs greek='3700'>seen</strongs>of me <strongs greek='2504'>also</strongs>, <strongs greek='5619'>as</strongs>of one born out of due <strongs greek='1626'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1646'>least</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='652'>apostles</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs><strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2425'>meet</strongs>to be <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs>an <strongs greek='652'>apostle</strongs>, <strongs greek='1360'>because</strongs>I <strongs greek='1377'>persecuted</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>by the <strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>what</strongs>I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <em>bestowed</em> <strongs greek='1519'>upon</strongs><strongs greek='1691'>me</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>was</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>in <strongs greek='2756'>vain</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>I <strongs greek='2872'>labored</strongs>more <strongs greek='4054'>abundantly</strongs>than <strongs greek='846'>they</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs>was <strongs greek='4862'>with</strongs><strongs greek='1698'>me</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='3767'>Therefore</strongs><strongs greek='1535'>whether</strongs><em>it</em> <em>were</em> <strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>or <strongs greek='1565'>they</strongs>, <strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>we <strongs greek='2784'>preach</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>ye <strongs greek='4100'>believed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>be <strongs greek='2784'>preached</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he <strongs greek='1453'>rose</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>from</strongs>the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>say</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>there <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='386'>resurrection</strongs>of the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>there <strongs greek='2076'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='386'>resurrection</strongs>of the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>, then is <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='3761'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>risen</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>be <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>risen</strongs>, <strongs greek='686'>then</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2782'>preaching</strongs><strongs greek='2756'>vain</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='2756'>vain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1161'>Yea</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>we are <strongs greek='2147'>found</strongs>false <strongs greek='5575'>witnesses</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>; <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>we have <strongs greek='3140'>testified</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>of</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he raised <strongs greek='1453'>up</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>: <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs>he raised not <strongs greek='1453 3756'>up</strongs>, if so be <strongs greek='1512 686'>that</strongs>the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>rise</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>rise</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>, then is <strongs greek='3761'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>raised</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>be <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>raised</strongs>, <strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3152'>vain</strongs>; ye <strongs greek='2075'>are</strongs><strongs greek='2089'>yet</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='266'>sins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='686'>Then</strongs>they also which are fallen <strongs greek='2837 2532'>asleep</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>are <strongs greek='622'>perished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='1487'>If</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5026'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2222'>life</strongs><strongs greek='3440'>only</strongs>we <strongs greek='2070'>have</strongs><strongs greek='1679'>hope</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, we <strongs greek='2070'>are</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>most <strongs greek='1652'>miserable</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3570'>now</strongs>is <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>risen</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>from</strongs>the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs greek='1096'>become</strongs>the <strongs greek='536'>firstfruits</strongs>of them that <strongs greek='2837'>slept</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1894'>since</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><em>came</em> <strongs greek='2288'>death</strongs>, <strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><em>came</em> <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>the <strongs greek='386'>resurrection</strongs>of the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5618'>as</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='76'>Adam</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='599'>die</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>shall <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>be made <strongs greek='2227'>alive</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>every <strongs greek='1538'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='5001'>order</strongs>: <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>the <strongs greek='536'>firstfruits</strongs>; <strongs greek='1899'>afterward</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>they</strongs>that are <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>'s <strongs greek='1722'>at</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='3952'>coming</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='1534'>Then</strongs><em>cometh</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5056'>end</strongs>, <strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>he shall have delivered <strongs greek='3860'>up</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='932'>kingdom</strongs>to <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs>the <strongs greek='3962'>Father</strongs>; <strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>he shall have put <strongs greek='2673'>down</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='746'>rule</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1849'>authority</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='846'>he</strongs><strongs greek='1163'>must</strongs><strongs greek='936'>reign</strongs>, <strongs greek='891 3757'>till</strongs>he hath <strongs greek='5087'>put</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2190'>enemies</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>under</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='4228'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs greek='2078'>last</strongs><strongs greek='2190'>enemy</strongs><em>that</em> shall be <strongs greek='2673'>destroyed</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2288'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>he hath <strongs greek='5293'>put</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>under</strongs><strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='4228'>feet</strongs>. <strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>he <strongs greek='2036 *3754'>saith</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>are put <strongs greek='5293'>under</strongs><em>him,</em> <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='1212'>manifest</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he is <strongs greek='1622'>excepted</strongs>, which did put all things <strongs greek='5293 3956'>under</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>shall be subdued <strongs greek='5293'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>, <strongs greek='5119'>then</strongs>shall <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5207'>Son</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='848'>himself</strongs>be <strongs greek='5293'>subject</strongs>unto him that put all things <strongs greek='5293 3956'>under</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>may <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs greek='1893'>Else</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>what</strongs>shall they <strongs greek='4160'>do</strongs>which are <strongs greek='907'>baptized</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>rise</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>at <strongs greek='3654'>all</strongs>? <strongs greek='5101'>why</strongs>are they <strongs greek='2532'>then</strongs><strongs greek='907'>baptized</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='5101'>why</strongs>stand we in <strongs greek='2793 2249'>jeopardy</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>every</strongs><strongs greek='5610'>hour</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='31'>I <strongs greek='3513'>protest</strongs>by <strongs greek='2251'>your</strongs><strongs greek='2746'>rejoicing</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>I <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, I <strongs greek='599'>die</strongs><strongs greek='2596 2250'>daily</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs greek='1487'>If</strongs>after the <strongs greek='2596'>manner</strongs>of <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>I have fought with <strongs greek='2341'>beasts</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>at</strongs><strongs greek='2181'>Ephesus</strongs>, <strongs greek='5101'>what</strongs><strongs greek='3786'>advantageth</strongs>it <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>the <strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs><strongs greek='1453'>rise</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>? let us <strongs greek='5315'>eat</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4095'>drink</strongs>; <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='839'>tomorrow</strongs>we <strongs greek='599'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>Be <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4105'>deceived</strongs>: <strongs greek='2556'>evil</strongs><strongs greek='3657'>communications</strongs><strongs greek='5351'>corrupt</strongs><strongs greek='5543'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2239'>manners</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs greek='1594'>Awake</strongs>to <strongs greek='1346'>righteousness</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='264'>sin</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>; <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>have not the <strongs greek='2192 56'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>: I <strongs greek='3004'>speak</strongs><em>this</em> <strongs greek='4314'>to</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>your</strongs><strongs greek='1791'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs><em>man</em> will <strongs greek='2046'>say</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>How</strongs>are <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>raised <strongs greek='1453'>up</strongs>? <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>with <strongs greek='4169'>what</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>do they <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='36'><em>Thou</em> <strongs greek='878'>fool</strongs>, that <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='4771'>thou</strongs><strongs greek='4687'>sowest</strongs>is <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2227'>quickened</strongs>, <strongs greek='3362'>except</strongs>it <strongs greek='599'>die</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>that <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>thou <strongs greek='4687'>sowest</strongs>, thou <strongs greek='4687'>sowest</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>that <strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>that shall <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1131'>bare</strongs><strongs greek='2848'>grain</strongs>, it may <strongs greek='5177'>chance</strongs>of <strongs greek='4621'>wheat</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>of <strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs><strongs greek='3062'>other</strongs><em>grain</em> : </verse>
            <verse number='38'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='1325'>giveth</strongs><strongs greek='846'>it</strongs>a <strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs><strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>it hath <strongs greek='2309'>pleased</strongs>him, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='1538'>every</strongs><strongs greek='4690'>seed</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'><strongs greek='3956'>All</strongs><strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>: <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='243'>one</strongs><em>kind</em> <em>of</em> <strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>of <strongs greek='444 *1161'>men</strongs>, <strongs greek='243'>another</strongs><strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>of <strongs greek='2934 *1161'>beasts</strongs>, <strongs greek='243'>another</strongs>of <strongs greek='2486'>fishes</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs greek='243'>another</strongs>of <strongs greek='4421'>birds</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'><em>There are</em> <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='2032'>celestial</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>bodies</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>bodies</strongs><strongs greek='1919'>terrestrial</strongs>: <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2032'>celestial</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2087'>one</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><em>glory</em> of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1919'>terrestrial</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2087'>another</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'><em>There is</em> <strongs greek='243'>one</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2246'>sun</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>of the <strongs greek='4582'>moon</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='243'>another</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>of the <strongs greek='792'>stars</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><em>one</em> <strongs greek='792'>star</strongs>differeth <strongs greek='1308'>from</strongs><em>another</em> <strongs greek='792'>star</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'><strongs greek='3779'>So</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='386'>resurrection</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>. It is <strongs greek='4687'>sown</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5356'>corruption</strongs>; it is <strongs greek='1453'>raised</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='861'>incorruption</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='43'>It is <strongs greek='4687'>sown</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='819'>dishonor</strongs>; it is <strongs greek='1453'>raised</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>: it is <strongs greek='4687'>sown</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='769'>weakness</strongs>; it is <strongs greek='1453'>raised</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='44'>It is <strongs greek='4687'>sown</strongs>a <strongs greek='5591'>natural</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>; it is <strongs greek='1453'>raised</strongs>a <strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>. There <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>a <strongs greek='5591'>natural</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>there <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>a <strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs><strongs greek='4983'>body</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>it is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='4413'>first</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='76'>Adam</strongs>was <strongs greek='1096'>made</strongs><strongs greek='*1519'>a</strongs><strongs greek='2198'>living</strongs><strongs greek='5590'>soul</strongs>; <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2078'>last</strongs><strongs greek='76'>Adam</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs greek='*1519'>made</strongs>a <strongs greek='2227'>quickening</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'><strongs greek='235'>Howbeit</strongs>that <em>was</em> <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4412'>first</strongs>which is <strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>that which is <strongs greek='5591'>natural</strongs>; and <strongs greek='1899'>afterward</strongs>that which is <strongs greek='4152'>spiritual</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='47'><strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='4413'>first</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs>the <strongs greek='1093'>earth</strongs>, <strongs greek='5517'>earthy</strongs>: <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1208'>second</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>from</strongs><strongs greek='3772'>heaven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='48'><strongs greek='3634'>As</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5517'>earthy</strongs>, <strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs><em>are</em> they also that are <strongs greek='5517 2532'>earthy</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3634'>as</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2032'>heavenly</strongs>, <strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs><em>are</em> they also that are <strongs greek='2032 2532'>heavenly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='49'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs>we have <strongs greek='5409'>borne</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1504'>image</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5517'>earthy</strongs>, we shall <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='5409'>bear</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1504'>image</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2032'>heavenly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='50'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>I <strongs greek='5346'>say</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='129'>blood</strongs><strongs greek='1410 3756'>cannot</strongs><strongs greek='2816'>inherit</strongs>the <strongs greek='932'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>; <strongs greek='3761'>neither</strongs>doth <strongs greek='5356'>corruption</strongs><strongs greek='2816'>inherit</strongs><strongs greek='861'>incorruption</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='51'><strongs greek='2400'>Behold</strongs>, I <strongs greek='3004'>show</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>a <strongs greek='3466'>mystery</strongs>; We shall <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='*2837'>sleep</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>we shall <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>be <strongs greek='236'>changed</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='52'><strongs greek='1722'>In</strongs>a <strongs greek='823'>moment</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='4493'>twinkling</strongs>of an <strongs greek='3788'>eye</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>at</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2078'>last</strongs><strongs greek='4536'>trump</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>the trumpet shall <strongs greek='4537'>sound</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3498'>dead</strongs>shall be <strongs greek='1453'>raised</strongs><strongs greek='862'>incorruptible</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs>shall be <strongs greek='236'>changed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='53'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='5349'>corruptible</strongs><strongs greek='1163'>must</strongs>put <strongs greek='1746'>on</strongs><strongs greek='861'>incorruption</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2349'>mortal</strongs><em>must</em> put <strongs greek='1746'>on</strongs><strongs greek='110'>immortality</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='54'><strongs greek='1161'>So</strongs><strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='5349'>corruptible</strongs>shall have put <strongs greek='1746'>on</strongs><strongs greek='861'>incorruption</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='2349'>mortal</strongs>shall have put <strongs greek='1746'>on</strongs><strongs greek='110'>immortality</strongs>, <strongs greek='5119'>then</strongs>shall be brought to <strongs greek='1096'>pass</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>saying</strongs>that is <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>, <strongs greek='2288'>Death</strongs>is swallowed <strongs greek='2666'>up</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3534'>victory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='55'>O <strongs greek='2288'>death</strongs>, <strongs greek='4226'>where</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='4675'>thy</strongs><strongs greek='2759'>sting</strongs>? O <strongs greek='86'>grave</strongs>, <strongs greek='4226'>where</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='4675'>thy</strongs><strongs greek='3534'>victory</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='56'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs><strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='2759'>sting</strongs>of <strongs greek='2288'>death</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='266'>sin</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>strength</strongs>of <strongs greek='266'>sin</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='57'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>thanks</strongs><em>be</em> to <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, which <strongs greek='1325'>giveth</strongs><strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3534'>victory</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>through</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='58'><strongs greek='5620'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs>ye <strongs greek='1476'>steadfast</strongs>, <strongs greek='277'>unmovable</strongs>, <strongs greek='3842'>always</strongs><strongs greek='4052'>abounding</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, forasmuch as ye <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='2873'>labor</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>in <strongs greek='2756'>vain</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='16'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>concerning</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3048'>collection</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>saints</strongs>, <strongs greek='5618'>as</strongs>I have given <strongs greek='1299'>order</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>churches</strongs>of <strongs greek='1053'>Galatia</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs><strongs greek='4160'>do</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Upon the <strongs greek='2596 3391'>first</strongs><em>day</em> of the <strongs greek='4521'>week</strongs>let every <strongs greek='1538'>one</strongs>of <strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs><strongs greek='5087'>lay</strongs><strongs greek='3844'>by</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>him</strongs>in <strongs greek='2343'>store</strongs>, <strongs greek='3748 302'>as</strongs><em>God</em> hath <strongs greek='2137'>prospered</strongs>him, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>there <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='3048'>gatherings</strongs><strongs greek='*3752'>when</strongs>I <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>I <strongs greek='3854'>come</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739 1437'>whomsoever</strongs>ye shall <strongs greek='1381'>approve</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><em>your</em> <strongs greek='1992'>letters</strongs>, <strongs greek='5128'>them</strongs>will I <strongs greek='3992'>send</strongs>to <strongs greek='667'>bring</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>liberality</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='2419'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>it <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs><strongs greek='514'>meet</strongs>that I go <strongs greek='2504 4198'>also</strongs>, they shall <strongs greek='4198'>go</strongs><strongs greek='4862'>with</strongs><strongs greek='1698'>me</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>I will <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>I shall pass <strongs greek='1330'>through</strongs><strongs greek='3109'>Macedonia</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>I do pass <strongs greek='1330'>through</strongs><strongs greek='3109'>Macedonia</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs>it may <strongs greek='5177'>be</strongs>that I will <strongs greek='3887'>abide</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>yea</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3914'>winter</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>with</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs>may bring me on my <strongs greek='4311 3165'>journey</strongs><strongs greek='3757 1437'>whithersoever</strongs>I <strongs greek='4198'>go</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>I <strongs greek='2309'>will</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>see</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='737'>now</strongs>by the <strongs greek='1722 3938'>way</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>I <strongs greek='1679'>trust</strongs>to <strongs greek='1961'>tarry</strongs>a <strongs greek='5100 5550'>while</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>with</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2010'>permit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>I will <strongs greek='1961'>tarry</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>at</strongs><strongs greek='2181'>Ephesus</strongs><strongs greek='2193'>until</strongs><strongs greek='4005'>Pentecost</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>a <strongs greek='3173'>great</strongs><strongs greek='2374'>door</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1756'>effectual</strongs>is <strongs greek='455'>opened</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>there</em> <em>are</em> <strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='480'>adversaries</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs><strongs greek='5095'>Timothy</strongs><strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>, <strongs greek='991'>see</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>he may <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>with</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>without <strongs greek='870'>fear</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>he <strongs greek='2038'>worketh</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><em>do.</em> </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Let <strongs greek='3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='1848'>despise</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>conduct him <strongs greek='4311 846'>forth</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1515'>peace</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>he may <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='3165'>me</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>I look <strongs greek='1551'>for</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs>As <strongs greek='4012'>touching</strongs><em>our</em> <strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs><strongs greek='625'>Apollos</strongs>, I <strongs greek='4183'>greatly</strongs><strongs greek='3870'>desired</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>: <strongs greek='2532'>but</strongs>his <strongs greek='2307'>will</strongs><strongs greek='2258'>was</strongs>not at <strongs greek='3843 3756'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2443'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>at this <strongs greek='3568'>time</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>he will <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>he shall have convenient <strongs greek='2119'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1127'>Watch</strongs>ye, stand <strongs greek='4739'>fast</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, quit you like <strongs greek='407'>men</strongs>, be <strongs greek='2901'>strong</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Let all your <strongs greek='3956 5216'>things</strongs>be <strongs greek='1096'>done</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs>I <strongs greek='3870'>beseech</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, ye <strongs greek='1492'></strongs>(know <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3614'>house</strongs>of <strongs greek='4734'>Stephanas</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>it <strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='536'>firstfruits</strongs>of <strongs greek='882'>Achaia</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>that</em> they have <strongs greek='5021'>addicted</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>themselves</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs>the <strongs greek='1248'>ministry</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>saints</strongs>,) </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='2443 *2532'>That</strongs><strongs greek='5210'>ye</strongs>submit yourselves <strongs greek='5293'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to every <strongs greek='3956'>one</strongs>that helpeth <strongs greek='4903'>with</strongs><em>us,</em> <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2872'>laboreth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='*1161'></strongs>I am <strongs greek='5463'>glad</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3952'>coming</strongs>of <strongs greek='4734'>Stephanas</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5415'>Fortunatus</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='883'>Achaicus</strongs>: <strongs greek='3754'>for</strongs>that which was <strongs greek='5303'>lacking</strongs>on your <strongs greek='5216'>part</strongs><strongs greek='3778'>they</strongs>have <strongs greek='378'>supplied</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>they have <strongs greek='373'>refreshed</strongs><strongs greek='1699'>my</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>yours</strongs>: <strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs><strongs greek='1921'>acknowledge</strongs>ye them that are <strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>churches</strongs>of <strongs greek='773'>Asia</strongs><strongs greek='782'>salute</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>. <strongs greek='207'>Aquila</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4252'>Priscilla</strongs><strongs greek='782'>salute</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>much</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs greek='4862'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>that is <strongs greek='2596'>in</strongs><strongs greek='848'>their</strongs><strongs greek='3624'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='3956'>All</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs><strongs greek='782'>greet</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>. <strongs greek='782'>Greet</strongs>ye one <strongs greek='240'>another</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs>a <strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs><strongs greek='5370'>kiss</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='783'>salutation</strongs>of <em>me</em> <strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs>with mine <strongs greek='1699'>own</strongs><strongs greek='5495'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>If any <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs><strongs greek='5368'>love</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, let him <strongs greek='2277'>be</strongs><strongs greek='331'>Anathema</strongs><strongs greek='3134'>Maranatha</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs>of our <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='3450'>My</strongs><strongs greek='26'>love</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>. <strongs greek='281'>Amen</strongs>. </verse>
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