But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered disgraces her head; for it is one and the same as if she was shaved.

For if a woman is not veiled then let her hair be cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off, or to be shaved, let her wear a veil.

For a man ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory of God; but the woman is a glory of man.

For man is not of woman, but woman of man;

But neither is woman without man, nor man without woman in the Lord;

for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman, but all things are from God.

Judge of yourselves; is it becoming that a woman should pray to God unveiled?

Does not nature herself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace to him?

but if a woman wears long hair it is her glory; for the hair is given her for a covering.

But if any one is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom neither have the churches of God.

For it is necessary that there should be heresies among you, that the approved may be manifest among you.

When you come together therefore, it is not to eat the Lord's supper,

for each one in eating takes his supper before the rest, and one is hungry and another drunk.

and giving thanks broke, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me.

In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood; this do, as often as you drink, in remembrance of me.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you declare the Lord's death till he comes.

So that whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

If any one is hungry let him eat at home, that you come not together for judgment. The other things I will arrange when I come.

You know that when you were gentiles, you followed dumb idols as you were led.

But a manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for a useful purpose.

For to one is given by the Spirit a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit,

but all these [works] performs one and the same Spirit, distributing to each in particular as it wills.

For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body being many are one body, so also is Christ;

For the body also is not one member but many.

If the foot says, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

and if the ear says, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

But now God has placed the members each one of them in the body, as he pleased.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; and if one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.

And if I have prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up,

does not behave unbecomingly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil,

when the perfect has come, that which is in part shall pass away.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child; when I became a man I put away childish things.

For now we see by a mirror darkly, but then we shall see face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully as I also am known.

And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

I wish you all to speak with tongues, but rather that you should prophesy; and he that prophesies is greater than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, that the assembly may receive edification.

So of irrational objects making a sound, whether a flute or harp; if it makes no distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is played on the flute or harp?

So also you by a tongue if you utter a word not easily understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you will speak to the air.

There are perhaps as many kinds of voices in the world, and no one is without significance;

For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

What then is [to be done]? I will pray with the spirit, I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding;

For you indeed give thanks well; but the other is not edified.

For it is written in the law, With other tongues, and with other lips will I speak to this people, and so they shall not understand me, says the Lord.

Tongues therefore are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, but prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.

But if all prophesy, and there comes in an unbeliever or an unlearned man, he is convinced by all, he is examined by all,

and the secrets of his heart are made manifest, and so falling down on his face he worships God, declaring that God is really among you.

What then is [to be done] brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a doctrine, has a revelation, has an interpretation; let all things be done for edification.

and if there is no interpreter, let him be silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.

but if any thing is revealed to another sitting by, let the first be silent.

for God is not [the friend] of disorder but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints, let your women keep silence in the assemblies; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be in subjection, as the law also says.

But if they wish to learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in an assembly.

If any one thinks he is a prophet, or a spiritual man, let him acknowledge the [things] which I write to you, that they are the Lord's;

but if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant.

and last of all he appeared to me also, as one born out of due time.

Whether therefore it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

But if Christ is preached that he was raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

But if there is not a resurrection of the dead, Christ has not been raised;

and if Christ has not been raised, then both our preaching is vain, and your faith also vain;

and if Christ was not raised, your faith is vain, you are yet in your sins,

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

then is the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will destroy every principality and every authority and power.

for he put all things under his feet. But when he says that all things are put under him, it is clear that he is excepted who puts all things under him;

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage is it to me? If the dead rise not, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

Foolish man, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies;

but God gives it a body as he pleases, and to each of the grains its own body.

All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.

And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one, and of the earthly another.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in destruction, it is raised in indestructibleness;

it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

And thus it is written; The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

The first man was from the earth, earthly, the second man is from heaven.

and as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

And when this destructible has put on indestructibleness, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall the word be accomplished that is written; Death was swallowed up in victory.

Where, death, is your sting? where, death, is your victory?

And the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;

but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

CONCERNING the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so also do you.

On the first day of the week let each one of you lay aside by himself in store as God has prospered him, that there may be no collections made when I come.

for a great and effectual door is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

If Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he performs the work of the Lord, as I also do;

And I exhort you, brothers, know the family of Stephanas, for it is a first fruit of Achaia, and they devoted themselves to serving the saints;

that you also be in subjection to such, and to every one that works and labors with us.

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the assembly [church] at their house.

If any one is not a friend to the Lord, let him be accursed. The Lord comes.

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those in every affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God,

because as Christ's sufferings abound in us, so also through Christ does our comfort abound.

And if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation, wrought by a patient endurance the same sufferings which we also suffer, and our hope for you is strong; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation,

knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the comfort.

For we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed beyond our power, so that we despaired even of life;

who delivered us from so great a death and will deliver, in whom we hope that he will also still deliver,

you also striving together for us in prayer, that thanks may be rendered for us by many persons for the gift bestowed on us by many.

For this is our rejoicing; the testimony of our conscience that in purity and godly sincerity, not with a carnal wisdom, but with a divine grace, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and most abundantly towards you.

as you have also acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Wishing this therefore, did I use lightness? or what I wish do I wish according to the flesh, that with me there may be the yes, yes, and the no, no?

But as God is faithful, our word to you was not yes and no.