But if there is no one to explain it, have him keep quiet in church, and talk to himself and to God.

And if any thing be revealed to another sitting by, let the first have done speaking before the other begins.

For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may have comfort.

and if they desire to have information about any point, let them consult their husbands at home: for it does not become women to ask questions in the church.

if any one pretends to be a prophet, or to spiritual gifts, let him be assured that the rules which I have here prescrib'd, are the commandments of the Lord.

Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it.

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

After that, he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, - of whom, the greater number, remain until even now, but, some, have fallen asleep, -

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God.

But, by favour of God, I am what I am, and, his favour, which was unto me, hath not been made void, - but, much more abundantly than they all, have I toiled, albeit not, I, but the favour of God with me.

Therefore, whether it is I or they, so we proclaim and so you have believed.

And we are found, even false-witnesses of God, because we have witnessed respecting God, that he raised the Christ, - whom he did not raise, if, indeed, after all, the dead are not raised!

Therefore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

If, in this life, in Christ, we have hoped - and that is all, we are, of all men, most to be pitied.

But, now, hath Christ been raised from among the dead, - a firstfruit of them who have fallen asleep;

For since it was through a man that we have death, it is through a man also that we have the raising of the dead.

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet --

for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, it is evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,

But whensoever have been put into subjection, unto him, the all things, then, the Son himself, alsoshall be put in subjection unto him who put in subjection, unto him, the all things, - that, God, may be, all things in all.

Otherwise, what do people mean by having themselves baptized on behalf of their dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why do they have themselves baptized on their behalf?

Why are we also in danger every hour? I protest by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Day by day, am I dying! - Yea! by your own boasting, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

If, after the manner of men, I have fought with wild-beasts at Ephesus, what, to me, the profit? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for, tomorrow, we die.

Wake up to sobriety, in righteousness, and be not committing sin; for some have, an ignorance of God: for shame, unto you, am I speaking!

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?”

and what you sow does not have the body that it is going to have, but is a naked grain, of wheat (it may be) or something else;

But God gives it the [kind of] body He wants [it to have], so each seed gets its own plant.

Flesh is not all alike; men have one kind, animals another, birds another, and fish another.

And, even as we have borne the image of the man of earth, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

Listen, I will tell you God's hidden purpose! We shall not all have passed to our rest, but we shall all be transformed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

on every first day of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.

Now I will come unto you, as soon as I have passed through Macedonia, - for I do pass through Macedonia,

for I have a very fair and promising opportunity given me of propagating the gospel, tho' there are many opposers.

If Timothy comes, see to it that he does not have anything to be afraid of while he is with you, for he is doing the Lord's work as I am.

As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

Brothers, you know the household of Stephanas: They are the firstfruits of Achaia and have devoted themselves to serving the saints. I urge you

have set themselves to minister to the saints) that you also would be subservient to such, and to every one that worketh and laboureth with us.

I Rejoice, moreover, in the presence of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus: because, your own shortcoming, these, have filled up: -

They have given rest, in fact, unto my spirit, and yours: hold in acknowledgment, therefore, such as these.

If anyone does not love the Lord [does not obey and respect and believe in Jesus Christ and His message], he is to be accursed. Maranatha (O our Lord, come)!

who comforts me in every sorrow I have, so that I can comfort people who are in sorrow with the comfort with which I am comforted by God.

for as I have greatly suffered for Christ, so I have been greatly comforted thro' Christ.

If I am in trouble, it is to bring you comfort and salvation, and if I am comforted, it is for the sake of the comfort which you experience when you steadfastly endure such sufferings as I also have to bear.

and the hopes I had of you continue still the same, knowing that as you have had your share of suffering, so you will likewise have of consolation.

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

But, we ourselves, within ourselves, have had the sentence of death, that we might not rest our confidence upon ourselves, but upon God, who raiseth the dead,

Who, out of so great a death, rescued us, and will rescue, - unto whom we have turned our hope, that, even yet, he will rescue:

while you join in helping us by your prayers. Then thanks will be given by many persons on our behalf for the gracious gift [of deliverance] granted to us through the prayers of many [believers].

For, our boasting, is, this, - the witness of our conscience, that, in sanctity and sincerity of God, and not in fleshly wisdom, but in God's favour, have we behaved ourselves in the world, - and more abundantly towards you.

For what I am writing you is nothing more than what you can read and understand, and I hope that you will understand it perfectly, just as some of you have come to understand me partially;

According as ye have also acknowledged us, in part, - that, your theme of boasting, we are, even indeed as, ye, also shall be , ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

And, in this confidence, I purposed, before, to come unto you, - in order that, a second joy, ye might have, -

and to have passed by you into Macedonia, and to have come again out of Macedonia unto you, and to have been led forth to Jewry ward of you.

Now I did not resort to fickleness, did I, in planning that? Or, do I make my plans in accordance with worldly notions, to have my "Yes" mean "No," if I want it so?

As certainly as God is faithful, we haven't talked to you with mixed messages like that.

The Son of God, Christ Jesus, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus, Timothy, and I, you have not found wavering between "Yes" and "No." With him it has always been "Yes,"

For all the promises of God, whatever their number, have their confirmation in Him; and for this reason through Him also our "Amen" acknowledges their truth and promotes the glory of God through our faith.

But, I, call upon God, as a witness, against my own soul, - that, to spare you, not yet, have I come unto Corinth:

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are, helpers, of your joy, for, by your faith, ye stand.

For I have determined, unto myself, this - not, again, in grief, to come unto you.

for if I cause you grief, who is there to cause me joy except those whom I have grieved?

And I wrote this very thing - lest, if I came, I should have, grief, from those over whom I had need to rejoice, - having confidence in you all, that, my joy, is the joy, of you all.

For, out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, wrote I unto you, through many tears, - not that ye might be grieved, but that, the love, ye might know, which I have very abundantly unto you.

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

Wherefore I exhort you, that love may have strength over him.

for this was one view I had in writing, to have this trial of you, whether you are intirely obedient.

Now, to whom ye forgive anything, I, also; for, I also, what I have forgiven, if, anything, I have forgiven, for your sake, in the person of Christ, have I forgiven it .

witness) lest satan should have got some advantage of us: for we are apprized of his artifices.

I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

Are we to begin again, ourselves, to commend? or have we need, like some, of commendatory letters unto you, or from you?

because ye are manifestly seen to be the letter of Christ, of which we have been the secretaries, written not with ink, but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tables of stone, but on the fleshly tables of the heart.

But, such confidence as this, have we, through the Christ, towards God.

Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?

For if the ministry [of the law] that brings condemnation came with splendor, will not the ministry that brings righteousness [i.e., the New Agreement] have greater splendor?

For in comparison with its surpassing splendor, what was splendid has come to have no splendor at all.

For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory.

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

besides, their minds were greatly prejudiced: for that very veil would still have obstructed the understanding of the old testament, unless it had been taken away by Christ.

But whenever the heart of the nation shall have returned to the Lord, the veil will be withdrawn.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, - but, by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves unto every conscience of men, in the sight of God.

Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

Howbeit we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that, the surpassing greatness of the power, may be of God, and not from ourselves: -

Howbeit, seeing that we have the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written - I believed, therefore I spake, we, also believe, therefore also we speak:

For everything [i.e., that we have experienced. See verses 8-12] is for your sakes so that [God's] unearned favor, being extended to so many, [in bringing them salvation through Paul's ministry] may result in much thanksgiving in praise to God.

For this reason, as I have said, I do not lose courage, but even though my outward man is wasting away, my inward man is being renewed, day by day.

for I have no regard to the things which are visible, but to such as are invisible: since visible things are temporary, but the invisible are eternal.

For we know that - -if, our earthly tent-dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age-abiding in the heavens.

while I am thus incas'd, I groan with desire to have that celestial vehicle superinduc'd:

if indeed, even [after we] have taken [it] off, we will not be found naked.

we that are in this tabernacle do groan under the burden of it: not that we desire to be divested of it, but we desire to have our celestial body, that this mortal state may vanish into immortality.

Therefore we have always confidence, and know that whilst we are indwelling in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

(for I have to guide my steps by faith, not by what is seen)??8 yet I am confident, and I prefer to leave my home in the body and make my home with the Lord.