to the church of God which is in Corinth, to the sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

For. this reason have I sent to you Timothy, who is my son, beloved and faithful in the Lord, that he may remind you of my ways that are in Christ, as I teach everywhere, in every church.

If, then, you have controversies pertaining to things of this life, set them to judge who are the least esteemed in the church.

Give no occasion for stumbling, either to the Jews, or to the Greeks, or to the church of God;

For, in the first place, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are schisms among you, and I partly believe it:

What, have you not houses in which to eat and drink? or do you despise the church of God, and put those to shame who have nothing to eat? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

And God has placed some in the church, first, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then mighty deeds; then gifts of healing; helps, governments, kinds of tongues.

He that speaks in an unknown tongue, edifies himself; but he that prophesies, edifies the church.

I am willing, indeed, that you should all speak in tongues, but rather that you should prophesy; for greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive instruction.

So, also, do you, since you greatly desire spiritual gifts, seek to excel to the building up of the church.

Yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

If, then, the whole church come together into the same place, and all speak in tongues, and there come in unlearned men, or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church: but let him speak to himself, and to God.

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

The churches of Asia salute you: Aquila and Priscilla, with the church that is in their house, send you many salutations in the Lord.