33 For God is not the authorof confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but
they are commandedto be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for
women to speak in the church.
36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things
that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye
have received, and wherein ye stand;
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 bestowedupon me was not
in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was
with me.
11 Therefore whether it wereI or they, so we preach, and so ye 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 isour preaching vain, and your faith isalso vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he
raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith isvain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, andbecome the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man camedeath, by man camealso the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at
his coming.
24 Then comeththe 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.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy thatshall be destroyed isdeath.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject
unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are
they then baptized for the dead?
30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if
the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak thisto
your shame.
35 But some manwill say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thoufool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may
chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh isnot the same flesh: but there isone kind offlesh of men, another flesh of
beasts, another of fishes, andanother of birds.
40 There arealso celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial isone,
and the gloryof the terrestrial isanother.
41 There isone glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars:
for onestar differeth from anotherstar in glory.
42 So also isthe resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a
spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was madea
quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that wasnot first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that
which is spiritual.
47 The first man isof the earth, earthy: the second man isthe Lord from heaven.
48 As isthe earthy, such arethey also that are earthy: and as isthe heavenly, such arethey
also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither
doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and
the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal mustput on immortality.
54 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.
55 O death, where isthy sting? O grave, where isthy victory?
56 The sting of death issin; and the strength of sin isthe law.
57 But thanks beto God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia,
even so do ye.
2 Upon the first dayof the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as Godhath prospered
him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by yourletters, them will I send to bring your
liberality unto Jerusalem.
4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through
Macedonia.
6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey
whithersoever I go.
7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord
permit.
8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there aremany adversaries.
10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work
of the Lord, as I also do.
11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me:
for I look for him with the brethren.
12 As touching ourbrother 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.
13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
14 Let all your things be done with charity.
15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of
Achaia, and thatthey have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was
lacking on your part they have supplied.
18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the
church that is in their house.
20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
21 The salutation of mePaul with mine own hand.
22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ bewith you.
24 My love bewith you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. <<The first epistleto the Corinthians was
written from Philippi by Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus.>>
