The Christian's race. CHAP. X. vo is unto me, if I preach not the Cospel! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is ommitted unto me. The Jews' sacramen 6 Now these things were our ex amples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them: as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 18 What is my reward then? erily that, when I preach the gosel, I may make the gospel of 8 Neither let us commit fornicahrist without charge, that I abuse tion, as some of them committed, ot my power in the gospel. and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 19 For though I be free from all en, yet have I made myself serant unto all, that I might gain the ore. 20 And unto the Jews I became a Jew, that I might gain the ws; to them that are under the v, as under the law, that I might in them that are under the v; El To them that are without law, without law, (being not without to God, but under the law to rist,) that I might gain them t are without law. 2 To the weak became I as ak, that I might gain the weak: m made all things to all men, I might by all means save 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with 3 And this I do for the gospel's the temptation also make a way to , that I may be partaker there-escape, that ye may be able to with you. bear it. e. Know ye not, that they which 14 Wherefore, my dearly beloin a race, run all, but one re-ved, flee from idolatry. eth the prize? So run, that ye obtain. And every man that striveth he mastery is temperate in all zs. Now they do it to obtain a uptible crown; but we an inuptible. I therefore so run, not as uninly; so fight I, not as one that eth the air: But I keep under my body, bring it into subjection: lest by any means when I have ched to others, I myself should cast-away. CHAP. X. Of the Jews' Sacraments. OREOVER, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignohow that all our fathers were the cloud, and all passed gh the sea; And were all baptized unto s in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spimeat; 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. And did all drink the same al drink: (For they drank of spiritual Rock that followed and that Rock was Christ.) 23 All things are lawful for me, ut with many of them God but all things are not expedient not well pleased: for they all things are lawful for me, but al overthrown in the wilderness. I things edify not. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 2T2 169 I. CORINTHIANS, fidols. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience' sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? 30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 31 Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God:! 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God. 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. CHAP. XI. Of covering Heads in Prayer. Eye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I de livered them to you. Of profaning for the woman, but the woman for the man. 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. 13 Judge in yourselves: Is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for he hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such cus tom, neither the churches of God. 17 Now in this that I declare to you, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better. but for the worse. 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19 For there must be also here sies among you, that they wi are approved may be made ma fest among you. 20 When ye come together there fore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. 21 For in eating every one tak before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another drunken. 22 What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I s to you? shall I praise you in this 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophe-I praise you not. sying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered, dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. 6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forssmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the wo, but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created 170 23 For I have received of th Lord, that which also I delivam unto you, That the Lord Jes the same night in which he wa betrayed, took bread: 24 And when he had fr thanks, be brake it, and said. Tw eat: this is my body, which ken for you: this do in brance of me. 25 After the same manne he took the cup, when he had ped, saying. This cup is the a testament in my blood: this as oft as ye drink it, brance of me. remst bread, and drink this cup. 96 For as often as ye est or shew the Lord's destà til he co Wherefore, whosoever the Lord's Supper. CHAP. XII. Natural and mystical boay eat this bread, and drink this cup 12 For as the body is one, and of the Lord, unworthily, shall be hath many members, and all the guilty of the body and blood of the members of that one body, being Lord. many, are one body: so also is 28 But let a man examine him-Christ. elf, and so let him eat of that read, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinkth unworthily, eateth and drinketh amnation to himself, not discernng the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many eep. 13 For by one Spirit are we all we be Jews or Gentiles, whether baptized into one body, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the 31 For if we would judge our-body is it therefore not of the Ives, we should not be judged. body? 32 But when we are judged, we e chastened of the Lord, that we ould not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an hen ye come together to eat, tar-eye, where were the hearing? If one for another. the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 34 And if any man hunger, let n eat at home: that ye come not ether unto condemnation. And rest will I set in order when I ne. CHAP. XII. Diversities of Spiritual Gifts. TOW concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, ried away unto these dumb s, even as ye were led. 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one mem ber, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those memWherefore I give you to un-bers of the body, which seem to be stand, that no man speaking by more feeble, are necessary: Spirit of God, calleth Jesus aced: and that no man can say Jesus is the Lord, but by the Ghost. Now there are diversities of But the manifestation of the For to one is given by the Spie word of wisdom; to another, word of knowledge by the same it; To another, faith by the same t; to another, the gifts of healy the same Spirit; To another, the working of les; to another, prophecy; to er, discerning of spirits; to er, divers kinds of tongues; nother, the interpretation of es: But all these worketh that nd the self-same Spirit, dito every man severally as he 23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: 25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it: or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30 Have all the gifts of healing 1 CORINTHIANS, uf charity. 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts. And yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. Prophecy preferred eth unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 4 He that speaketh in an xknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophe sieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. 6 Now, brethren, if I come unte CHAP. XIII. The Praise of Charity, HOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mys-you speaking with tongues, what teries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; shall I profit you, except I shal speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine ? 7 And even things without li giving sound, whether pipe or harp. except they give a distinction the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet give an u certain sound, who shall prepar himself to the battle? 9 So likewise ye, except ye ut by the tongue words easy to be u derstood, how shall it be know! what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 10 There are, it may be, so many 7 Beareth all things, believeth kinds of voices in the world, and all things, hopeth all things, endu-none of them is without significs reth all things. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. CHAP. XIV. FOLLOW after charity, and 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man lerstandeth him; howbeit in the pirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth, speak-I 172 tion. 11 Therefore, if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shal unto him that speaketh a barbarist and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. 12 Even so ye, forasmuch as are zealous of spiritual gifts, see that ye may excel to the edifying the church. 13 Wherefore, let him that spea eth in an unknown tongue, pr that he may interpret. 14 For if I pray in an unkar tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is it then? I will with the spirit, and I will pray the understanding also: I wi with the spirit, and I will sing va the understanding also. 16 Else, when thou shalt ble with the spirit, how shah bet occupieth the room of the unear ed say Amen at thy giving thanks, seeing he understand not what thou sayest? 17 For thou verily givest tha well, but the other is not edities tongues more than ye all: 18 I thank my God, I speak w 19 Yet in the church I had ther speak five words with understanding, that by my rest might teach others also, than t CHAP. XV. before speaking with divers tongues thousand words in an unknown out from you? or came it unto tongue. you only? 20 Brethren, be not children in 37 If any man think himself to understanding: howbeit, in malice be a prophet, or spiritual, let him be ye children, but in understand-acknowledge that the things that I Eng be men. write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other ips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not near me, saith the Lord. 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 30 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decentand in order. 22 Wherefore tongues are for a ign, not to them that believe, but o them that believe not: but pro-ly, hesying serveth not for them that elieve not, but for them which be- Of Christ's Resurrection. eve if therefore the whole church Mclarent, you then, gospel OREOVER, brethren, I deunto 23 If CHAP. XV. e come together into one place, which I preached unto you, which nd all speak with tongues, and also ye have received, and wherein aere come in those that are un-ye stand; arned, or unbelievers, will they ot say that ye are mad? 24 But if all prophesy, and there me in one that believeth not, or e unlearned, he is convinced of , he is judged of all: 25 And thus are the secrets of his 26 How is it then, brethren ? But if there be no interpreter, 9 Let the prophets speak two 1 For ye may all prophesy one 2 And the spirits of the prophets Let your women keep silence 5 What! came the word of God. 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I, out the grace of God which was with me." 11 Therefore whether it were 1 or they, so we preach, and so yo believed. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found fl |