It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,

does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth,

For he who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men, but to God, for no man hears, but in spirit he speaks mysteries.

If therefore I know not the force of the voice, I will be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.

Otherwise if thou would bless with the spirit, how will the man who fills the place of the unlearned, say the Truly at thy thanksgiving, since he knows not what thou say?

For thou indeed express thanks well, but the other man is not edified.

Brothers, become not children in your thoughts. Instead be childlike in wickedness, but in your thoughts become mature.

In the law it is written, In other tongues and in other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear me, says Lord.

Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving. But prophesying is not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

If therefore the whole congregation comes together in the same place, and all speak in tongues, and unlearned or unbelieving men come in, will they not say that ye are mad?

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.

As in all the churches of the sanctified, let the women keep silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak, but to be subordinate, as the law also says.

Therefore brothers, be zealous for prophesying, and do not forbid to speak in tongues.

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace for me did not become empty, but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty.

And also we are found FALSE witnesses of God, because we witnessed according to God that he raised up the Christ, whom he did not raise up, if therefore the dead are really not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain. Ye are still in your sins.

Otherwise what will they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why then are they immersed for the dead?

If in respect to men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me if the dead are not raised? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits.

Sober up rightly, and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak shame about you.

Thou foolish man, what thou sow is not made alive unless it dies.

And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind.

All flesh is not the same flesh, but one of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds,

Nevertheless the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed,

Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.

For I do not want to see you now in passing, but I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows.

Let not any man therefore disparage him, but send him forth in peace, so that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brothers.

And about Apollos the brother, I urged him much that he would come to you with the brothers, and it was not at all his will that he should come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.

If any man does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive.

But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.

For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

But God is faithful, because our word toward you became not, yes and no.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ who was proclaimed among you by us (by me and Silvanus and Timothy) became not, yes and no, but in him has become, yes.

But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that I did not yet come to Corinth, sparing you.

Not because we lord over your faith, but are co-workmen of your joy, for by faith ye stand.

But I determined this in myself, not to come again to you in sadness.

And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sadness from whom I ought to rejoice, having been confident toward you all, because my joy is of all of you.

For out of much stress and dismay of heart, through many tears, I wrote to you, not that ye would be grieved, but that ye might know the love that I have so much more for you.

But if any man has caused sadness, he has not caused me sadness, but in part (that I may not bear down) you all.

so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.

I had no rest in my spirit, my not finding Titus my brother. But having departed from them, I went forth into Macedonia.

For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Unless we need, as some men, commendatory letters to you or commendatory from you?

being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a spirit, for the document kills but the spirit makes alive.

But if the administration of death in writings engraved on stones occurred in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his countenance,

how will the administration of the spirit not be more in glory?

For also that which has been glorified, has not been glorified in this regard, because of the glory that transcends.

and are not as Moses. He put a veil over his face in order for the sons of Israel not to gaze on the end of the fading.

But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ.

Because of this (having this ministry), in as much as we received mercy, we do not become discouraged.

But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good-news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves are your bondmen through Jesus.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us,

restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing,

persecuted but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed.

Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.

while we look not at things seen, but at things not seen. For things seen are temporal, but things not seen are eternal.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent were destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

if indeed also having put it on we will not be found naked.

For also those who are in the tent groan, being burdened, not in that we want to undress, but to clothe ourselves, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by the life.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

For we are not commending ourselves again to you, but giving you an opportunity of boasting about us, so that ye may have for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

How that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

And working jointly, we urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain

giving not one cause of stumbling in anything, so that the ministry may not be criticized,

as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not put to death;

Ye are not limited in us, but ye are limited in your bowels.

Do not become unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness?

I speak not for condemnation, for I have said before that ye are in our hearts to die together and to live together.

For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had not one relief, but being oppressed in everything: battles outside, fears within.

And not only by his presence, but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, reporting to us your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more.

Because even though I grieved you in the letter, I am not remorseful (even though I was remorseful), for I perceive that that letter grieved you, even though for an hour.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved for repentance. For ye were grieved toward God, so that ye might suffer loss from us in nothing.

And so then although I wrote to you, it was not because of the man who did wrong, nor because of the man who was wronged, but in order to reveal to you your eagerness for us in the sight of God.

Because, if I have boasted anything to him about you, I am not ashamed, but as we spoke all things in truth to you, so also our boast to Titus became truth.

And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,

I speak not from commandment, but because of the zeal of others, also examining the genuineness of your love.

And in this I give judgment, for this is expedient for you who earlier began, from a year ago, not only the doing but also the intending.

For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have.

For it is not, so that ease is for others and stress for you, but out of parity your abundance at the present time is for the need of those men.

So that the abundance of those men may also happen for your need, so that there may become equity,

as it is written, he of much did not abound, and he of little did not lack.

And not only so, but who was also chosen by the congregations, a traveling companion of us with this gift administered by us, for the glory of the same Lord and our willingness.

providing things right, not only in the sight of Lord, but also in the sight of men.

But I sent the brothers so that our boast about you would not be empty in this regard. So that, as I said, ye may be prepared,

if somehow Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we (that we might not say, ye) would be embarrassed in this confidence of boast.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers that they would go ahead to you, and arrange in advance your gift that was earlier announced, for this to be ready this way as a gift and not as an exaction.

Each man as he purposes in his heart, not from regret or from necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the sanctified, but also abounding through many thanksgivings to God

But I pray not to be bold when present with the confidence by which I consider to be valiant toward some who consider us as walking according to flesh.

For though walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the demolition of strongholds,