Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth,

For this end have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son and faithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways in Christ, how I teach every where in every church.

Therefore if ye have controversies about the things of this life, do ye set them to judge, who are despised by the church?

Behave inoffensively both to the Jews, and to the Greeks, and to the church of God.

For first when ye come together in the church, I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or do ye despise the church of God, and shame those that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

And God hath placed you accordingly in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miraculous powers, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, and various kinds of tongues.

He, that speaketh in an unknown tongue, edifieth himself: but he, that prophesieth, edifieth the church.

I could wish that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edification.

So ye also, since ye are so desirous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound in them to the edification of the church.

If then the whole church be come together and all speak in unknown tongues, and there come in illiterate persons, or infidels, will they not say that ye are mad?

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 in their house, salute you in the Lord with much affection: