so also is the mystical body of Christ; for by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, (whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free) and are all made to drink into one Spirit:

for the body is not one member, but many.

that there might be no schism in the body; but that all the members might have the same care one for another.

have all miraculous powers? have all the gifts of healing? do all speak many languages? do all interpret? but ye are all zealous for the best gifts.

For if I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not charity, I am but as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

For now we know but in part, and we prophesy but in part.

For we see now as through a mirror obscurely: but then we shall see face to face. Now I know but in part, but then I shall know even as I am known.

For he, that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not to men, but to God: for no one understandeth, though in spirit he speaketh mysteries.

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.

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

So also unless ye utter by the tongue intelligible words, how shall what is spoken be understood? for thus ye will be only talking to the wind.

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit indeed prayeth, but my meaning is fruitless.

For if thou bless in the spirit, how shall the unlearned say Amen to thy thanksgiving, when he knoweth not what thou sayst?

So that tongues are for a sign, not to believers but to unbelievers: but prophecy not to unbelievers but to those that believe.

What is then to be done, my brethren? when ye come together, if any of you hath a psalm, a doctrine, a tongue, a revelation, an interpretation,---let all be done for edification.

For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

for God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as we see in all the assemblies of the saints.

Let your women be silent in your assemblies: for it is not permitted to them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as the law saith.

And if they would learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it does not become women to speak in a public assembly.

For in the first place I delivered to you, that which I also received, to wit, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:

And last of all He appeared to me also, as one born out of due time: for I am the lest of the apostles,

for if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen.

Yea, and we are found false witnesses concerning God, for we have testified of God, that He raised up Christ; whom He did not raise up, if indeed the dead do not rise.

For if the dead rise not, then Christ is not raised:

for as by man came death, by man cometh also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

For he must reign till He hath put all his enemies under his feet.

for He hath put all things under his feet. But when He saith that all things are put under Him, it is plain that we are to except Him who put all things under Him.

Besides, what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why then are they baptized for the dead?

If, to speak as a man, I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage have I, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. ---

Behave soberly, as ye ought to do, and sin not: for some of you have not the knowledge of God; to your shame I speak it.

it is sown an animal body, it is raised a spiritual body: for there is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body.

in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed:

for this corruptible body must put on incorruption, and this mortal body must be clothed with immortality.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.

And if it be requisite for me to go also, they shall go with me.

I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia; for I am to pass through Macedonia.

For I do not intend to see you now in my way, as I hope to stay some time with you, if the Lord permit.

But I shall stay at Ephesus till Pentecost. For a great and effectual door is opened to me,

If Timothy should come, see that he be with you without fear: for he is employed in the work of the Lord, as I also am.

Let no one therefore despise him: but forward him on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren. As to our brother Apollos,

I beseech you, brethren, (for ye know the family of Stephanas, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and

I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus: for what was wanting in you, they have made up.

For they have refreshed my spirit as well as yours: have a due regard therefore to such worthy persons.

For as the sufferings for the sake of Christ abound on us, so our consolation by Christ doth also abound.

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is wrought out by the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or if we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befel us in Asia, that we were exceedingly pressed above our strength, so that we despaired even of life:

you also assisting by prayer for us, that the favor obtained for us by the prayers of many might be thankfully acknowledged by many on our account.

For this is our rejoicing, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and pious sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and especially towards you.

For we write no other things to you, but what ye own and acknowledge, and I hope ye will always acknowledge.

For Jesus Christ the Son of God, who was preached among you by us, even by me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, was not yea and nay,

but was yea in Him, (for all the promises of God are in Him yea, and in Him amen,) to the glory of God by us:

not that we are lords over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

for if I grieve you, who is it that maketh me glad, but he that is grieved by me?

For through much affliction and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye might be grieved, but that ye might know the love with which I abound towards you.

For to this end also did I write, that I might have proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

And to whom ye forgive any thing, I also forgive it: for if I have forgiven any thing, I forgave it him, to whom I did forgive it, for your sakes, in the person of Christ; that we might not be foiled by Satan:

for we are not ignorant of his devices.

For we are the sweet odor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, yea and in them that perish:

to these indeed we are an odor of death to death; to those an odor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

For we are not like many who adulterate the word of God: but as with sincerity, but as from God, and in the sight of God, we speak concerning Christ.

Who hath also fitted us to be ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

For if the ministration of condemnation was so glorious, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory:

For if that, which was to be taken away, came with glory, much more that which abideth is glorious.

for unto this day the same veil remaineth unremoved in the reading of the old testament, which veil is taken away in Christ.

for we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for the sake of Jesus.

For God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, hath shined into our hearts, to reflect the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

For we, who are yet living, are always exposed to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

For all these things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the gratitude of many redound to the glory of God.

For which cause we are not disheartened: but though our outward man decayeth, yet the inward man is renewed daily.

For our short and light affliction is working out for us an infinite and eternal weight of glory, as we aim not at the things which are visible, but invisible:

for those, which are visible, are temporary, but the invisible are eternal.

For we know that if our earthly house, which is but as a tent, were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For we who are in this tabernacle do groan, being burthened; wherefore we desire, not to be wholly unclothed, but to put on immortality, that the mortal part may be swallowed up in life.

(for we walk by faith, not by sight,) we are confident, I say,

For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, that every one may receive for the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it were good or bad.

for we are not again recommending ourselves to you, but giving you an occasion of glorying on our account; that ye may have somewhat to answer those who glory in appearance, and not in heart.

For whether we be in extasies, it is to God: or if we be composed, it is for your benefit.

For the love of Christ constraineth us, being fully persuaded of this, that if One died for all, then were all dead.

And He died for all, that those who live might no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.

We are therefore ambassadors for Christ, and as God exhorteth you by us, we intreat you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

For He hath made Him, who knew no sin, to be a sin-offering for us, that in Him we might be made righteous before God.

for He saith, "I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee." Behold now is the acceptable time; behold now is the day of salvation.

Be not unsuitably connected with infidels: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? or what communion hath light with darkness?

and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God: as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and I will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."

and I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

I speak not this to condemn you: for I said before that ye are so much in our hearts that we could live and die with you.

For when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

and not only by his coming, but especially by the consolation wherewith he was comforted on your account, acquainting us with your earnest desire towards us, your grief, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced greatly.

For though I grieved you by my letter, I do not repent, though I did repent; for I perceive that that epistle grieved you, though it was but for a little while.

However, now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance; for ye were grieved after a godly manner, so that ye received no damage from us.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

For behold this very thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly manner, what diligence it wrought in you! yea, what apology, what indignation, what fear, what earnest desire, what zeal, what revenge! by all which ye have shewn yourselves to be clear in the affair.

Wherefore if I wrote in such a manner to you, it was not merely on his account who had done the wrong, nor for his sake who had been injured; but that our care for you in the sight of God might be manifested among you.

For to their power, I bear them witness, yea and beyond their power, they contributed of their own accord:

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye by his poverty might be rich.

And herein I give my opinion: for this is to your advantage, who not only began to act, but also to be forward to it above a year ago.

For if there be first a willing mind, any me is accepted according to what he hath, not according to what he hath not.

For I do not mean that others should have relief, and you be burdened:

But thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus: