For, first of all, - when ye come together in assembly, I hear that divisions among you exist, - and, in part, I believe it;

And God hath, indeed, set, certain, in the assembly, - first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that mighty works, then gifts of healings, helps, guidings, kinds of tongues.

If, however, unto another, a revelation be made, as he is sitting, let the first be silent;

For I delivered unto you, among the first things, what also I received: - how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,

Thus, also, it is written - The first man, Adam, became, a living soul, the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

Howbeit, not first, is the body of the spirit, but that, of the soul, - afterwards, that of the spirit.

The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven:

Upon the first of the week, let, each one of you, put, by itself, in store, as he may be prospering, - lest, as soon as I come, then, collections, should be in progress.

Now I beseech you, brethren, - ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is a first-fruit of Achaia, and, for the purpose of ministering, they devoted themselves, unto the saints -