Take Care with Your Liberty

Now concerning (A)food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have (B)knowledge. Knowledge [a](C)makes one conceited, but love (D)edifies people. (E)If anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet (F)known as he ought to know; but if anyone loves God, he (G)is known by Him.

Therefore, concerning the eating of (H)food sacrificed to idols, we know that an (I)idol is [b]nothing at all in the world, and that (J)there is no God but one. For even if (K)there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, yet for us (L)there is only one God, (M)the Father, (N)from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and (O)one Lord, Jesus Christ, (P)by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

However, not all people (Q)have this knowledge; but (R)some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Now (S)food will not bring us [c]close to God; we are neither [d]the worse if we do not eat, nor [e]the better if we do eat. But (T)take care that this [f]freedom of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the (U)weak. 10 For if someone sees you, the one who has (V)knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat (W)things sacrificed to idols? 11 For through (X)your knowledge the one who is weak (Y)is ruined, the brother or sister for whose sake Christ died. 12 (Z)And so, by sinning against the brothers and sisters and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin (AA)against Christ. 13 Therefore, (AB)if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to sin.

Paul’s Use of Freedom

Am I not (AC)free? Am I not an (AD)apostle? Have I not (AE)seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not (AF)my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you; for you are the (AG)seal of my (AH)apostleship in the Lord.

My defense to those who examine me is this: [g](AI)Do we not have a right to eat and drink? [h](AJ)Do we not have a right to take along a [i]believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the (AK)brothers of the Lord, and [j](AL)Cephas? Or do only [k](AM)Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from [l]working? Who at any time serves (AN)as a soldier at his own expense? Who (AO)plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not [m]consume some of the milk of the flock?

I am not just asserting these things (AP)according to human judgment, am I? Or does the Law not say these things as well? For it is written in the Law of Moses: “(AQ)You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing.” God is not concerned about (AR)oxen, is He? 10 Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written (AS)for our sake, because (AT)the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops. 11 (AU)If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? 12 If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we (AV)did not use this right, but we endure all things (AW)so that we will cause no hindrance to the (AX)gospel of Christ. 13 (AY)Do you not know that those who (AZ)perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share [n]from the altar? 14 So also (BA)the Lord directed those who proclaim the (BB)gospel to (BC)get their living from the gospel.

15 But I have (BD)used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make (BE)my boast an empty one! 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for (BF)I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach (BG)the gospel. 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a (BH)reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a (BI)commission nonetheless. 18 What, then, is my (BJ)reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel (BK)without charge, so as (BL)not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

19 For though I am (BM)free from all people, I have made myself (BN)a slave to all, so that I may (BO)gain more. 20 (BP)To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though (BQ)not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law; 21 to those who are (BR)without the Law, I became (BS)as one without the Law, though not being without the law of God but (BT)under the law of Christ, so that I might gain those who are without the Law. 22 To the (BU)weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become (BV)all things to all people, (BW)so that I may by all means save some. 23 I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

24 (BX)Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives (BY)the prize? (BZ)Run in such a way that you may win. 25 Everyone who (CA)competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable (CB)wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 Therefore I (CC)run in such a way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way, as [o]to avoid (CD)hitting air; 27 but I strictly discipline (CE)my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Avoid Israel’s Mistakes

10 For (CF)I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all (CG)under the cloud and they all (CH)passed through the sea; and they all were (CI)baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and they all (CJ)ate the same spiritual food, and all (CK)drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was [p]Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased; for their dead bodies were (CL)spread out in the wilderness.

Now these things happened as (CM)examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as (CN)they indeed craved them. Do not be (CO)idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “(CP)The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to (CQ)play.” Nor are we to commit sexual immorality, as (CR)some of them [q]did, and (CS)twenty-three thousand fell in one day. Nor are we to put the Lord to the test, as (CT)some of them [r]did, and were killed by the snakes. 10 Nor (CU)grumble, as some of them [s]did, and (CV)were killed by the (CW)destroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an (CX)example, and (CY)they were written for our instruction, upon whom (CZ)the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let the one who (DA)thinks he stands watch out that he does not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and (DB)God is faithful, [t]so He will not allow you to be (DC)tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

14 Therefore, my (DD)beloved, flee from (DE)idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise people; you then, judge what I say. 16 Is the (DF)cup of blessing which we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the (DG)bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17 Since there is one loaf, we (DH)who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. 18 Look at [u]the people of (DI)Israel; are those who (DJ)eat the sacrifices not partners in the altar? 19 What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or (DK)that an idol is [v]anything? 20 No, but I say that things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they (DL)sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons. 21 (DM)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and (DN)the table of demons. 22 Or do we (DO)provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not (DP)stronger than He, are we?

23 (DQ)All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things [w](DR)build people up. 24 No one is to (DS)seek his own advantage, but rather that of his [x]neighbor. 25 (DT)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; 26 (DU)for the earth is the Lords, and [y]all it contains. 27 If (DV)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, (DW)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience. 28 But (DX)if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience; 29 Now by “conscience” I do not mean your own, but the other person’s; for (DY)why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, (DZ)why am I slandered about that for which I (EA)give thanks?

31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or (EB)whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. 32 (EC)Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or (ED)the church of God; 33 just as I also (EE)please everyone in all things, (EF)not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, (EG)so that they may be saved.

Christian Order

11 (EH)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

Now (EI)I praise you because you (EJ)remember me in everything and (EK)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you. But I want you to understand that Christ is the (EL)head of every man, and [z](EM)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the (EN)head of Christ. Every man who has something on his head while praying or (EO)prophesying disgraces his head. But every (EP)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman [aa]whose head is (EQ)shaved. For if a woman does not cover [ab]her head, have her also [ac]cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to [ad]have her hair cut off or [ae]her head shaved, have her cover [af]her head. For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the (ER)image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. For (ES)man [ag]does not originate from woman, but woman from man; for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but (ET)woman for the man’s sake. 10 Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 However, in the Lord, neither is woman [ah]independent of man, nor is man [ai]independent of woman. 12 For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and (EU)all things originate (EV)from God. 13 (EW)Judge [aj]for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her as a covering. 16 But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, (EX)we have no [ak]such practice, nor have (EY)the churches of God.

17 Now in giving this next instruction (EZ)I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together [al]as a church, I hear that [am](FA)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19 For there also (FB)have to be factions among you, (FC)so that those who are approved may become [an]evident among you. 20 Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, 21 for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while (FD)another gets drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the (FE)church of God and (FF)shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall (FG)I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

The Lord’s Supper

23 For (FH)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that (FI)the Lord Jesus, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He also took (FJ)the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the (FK)new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death (FL)until He comes.

27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be (FM)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a person must (FN)examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For the one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not properly recognize the [ao]body. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number [ap](FO)are asleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are (FP)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with (FQ)the world.

33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 If anyone is (FR)hungry, have him eat (FS)at home, so that you do not come together for judgment. As to the remaining matters, I will (FT)give instructions (FU)when I come.

The Use of Spiritual Gifts

12 Now concerning (FV)spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, (FW)I do not want you to be unaware. (FX)You know that when you were [aq]pagans, you were (FY)led [ar]astray to the (FZ)mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking [as](GA)by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is [at](GB)accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is (GC)Lord,” except [au](GD)by the Holy Spirit.

Now there are (GE)varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same (GF)God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit (GG)for the common good. For to one is given the word of (GH)wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of (GI)knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another (GJ)faith [av]by the same Spirit, and to another (GK)gifts of [aw]healing [ax]by the one Spirit, 10 and to another the [ay]effecting of [az](GL)miracles, and to another (GM)prophecy, and to another the [ba](GN)distinguishing of spirits, to another various (GO)kinds of tongues, and to another the (GP)interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, (GQ)distributing to each one individually just as He [bb]wills.

12 For just (GR)as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, (GS)so also is Christ. 13 For [bc](GT)by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether (GU)Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to (GV)drink of one Spirit.

14 For (GW)the body is not one part, but many. 15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason [bd]any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason [be]any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has (GX)arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, (GY)just as He desired. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 But now (GZ)there are many parts, but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, [bf]it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; 23 and those parts of the body which we [bg]consider less honorable, [bh]on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable, 24 whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked, 25 so that there may be no [bi]division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another. 26 And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is [bj]honored, all the parts rejoice with it.

27 Now you are (HA)Christ’s body, and (HB)individually parts of it. 28 And God has [bk](HC)appointed in (HD)the church, first (HE)apostles, second (HF)prophets, third (HG)teachers, then [bl](HH)miracles, then (HI)gifts of healings, helps, (HJ)administrations, and various (HK)kinds of tongues. 29 All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of [bm]miracles, are they? 30 All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not (HL)interpret, do they? 31 But (HM)earnestly desire the greater gifts.

And yet, I am going to show you a far better way.

The Excellence of Love

13 If I speak with the (HN)tongues of mankind and of (HO)angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a (HP)clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of (HQ)prophecy and know all (HR)mysteries and all (HS)knowledge, and if I have (HT)all faith so as to (HU)remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I (HV)give away all my possessions to charity, and if I (HW)surrender my body so that I may [bn]glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.

Love (HX)is patient, love is kind, it (HY)is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not (HZ)arrogant. It does not act disgracefully, it (IA)does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, (IB)does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, (IC)it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but (ID)rejoices with the truth; it [bo](IE)keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails; but if there are gifts of [bp](IF)prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are (IG)tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with. For we (IH)know in part and prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away with. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I [bq]became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we (II)see in a mirror [br]dimly, but then (IJ)face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also (IK)have been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the [bs]greatest of these is (IL)love.

Prophecy a Superior Gift

14 (IM)Pursue love, yet earnestly (IN)desire (IO)spiritual gifts, but especially that you may (IP)prophesy. For the one who (IQ)speaks in a tongue does not speak to people, but to God; for no one [bt]understands, but [bu]in his spirit he speaks (IR)mysteries. But the one who prophesies speaks to people for (IS)edification, [bv](IT)exhortation, and consolation. The one who (IU)speaks in a tongue (IV)edifies himself; but the one who (IW)prophesies (IX)edifies the church. Now I wish that you all (IY)spoke in tongues, but (IZ)rather that you would prophesy; and greater is the one who prophesies than the one who (JA)speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive (JB)edification.

But now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you either by way of (JC)revelation, or of (JD)knowledge, or of (JE)prophecy, or of (JF)teaching? Yet even lifeless instruments, whether flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp? For if (JG)the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle? So you too, unless you produce intelligible speech by the tongue, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will just be (JH)talking to the air. 10 There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of [bw]languages in the world, and none is incapable of meaning. 11 So if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be (JI)unintelligible to the one who speaks, and the one who speaks will be unintelligible [bx]to me. 12 So you too, since you are eager to possess [by]spiritual gifts, strive to excel for the (JJ)edification of the church.

13 Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue is to pray that he may interpret. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive. 15 (JK)What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will (JL)sing with the spirit, but I will sing with the mind also. 16 For otherwise, if you bless God [bz]in the spirit only, how will the one who occupies the place of the [ca]outsider know to say (JM)the “Amen” at your (JN)giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you are saying? 17 For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not (JO)edified. 18 I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all; 19 nevertheless, in church I prefer to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Instruction for the Church

20 (JP)Brothers and sisters, (JQ)do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil (JR)be infants, but in your thinking be mature. 21 In (JS)the [cb]Law it is written: “(JT)By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. 22 So then, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but (JU)prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe. 23 Therefore if the whole church gathers together and all the people speak in tongues, and [cc]outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that (JV)you are insane? 24 But if all (JW)prophesy, and an unbeliever or an [cd]outsider enters, he is (JX)convicted by all, he is called to account by all; 25 (JY)the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will (JZ)fall on his face and worship God, (KA)declaring that God is certainly among you.

26 (KB)What is the outcome then, (KC)brothers and sisters? When you assemble, (KD)each one has a (KE)psalm, has a (KF)teaching, has a (KG)revelation, has a (KH)tongue, has an (KI)interpretation. (KJ)All things are to be done for edification. 27 If anyone speaks in a (KK)tongue, it must be by two or at the most three, and each one in turn, and one is to (KL)interpret; 28 but if there is no interpreter, he is to keep silent in church; and have him speak to himself and to God. 29 Have two or three (KM)prophets speak, and have the others (KN)pass judgment. 30 But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one is to keep silent. 31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be [ce]exhorted; 32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; 33 for God is not a God of (KO)confusion, but of peace.

As in (KP)all the churches of the [cf](KQ)saints, 34 the women are to (KR)keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but (KS)are to subject themselves, just as (KT)the Law also says. 35 If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is [cg]improper for a woman to speak in church. 36 Or was it from you that the word of God first went out? Or has it come to you only?

37 (KU)If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or (KV)spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you (KW)are the Lord’s commandment. 38 But if anyone does not recognize this, [ch]he is not recognized.

39 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, (KX)earnestly desire to (KY)prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 40 But (KZ)all things must be done properly and in an orderly way.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Lit puffs up
  2. 1 Corinthians 8:4 I.e., what it represents does not exist
  3. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Or before God
  4. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit lacking
  5. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit abounding
  6. 1 Corinthians 8:9 Lit right
  7. 1 Corinthians 9:4 Lit It is not that we have no right to eat and drink, is it?
  8. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit It is not that we have no right to take along...Cephas, is it?
  9. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as a wife
  10. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Peter’s Aramaic name
  11. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas
  12. 1 Corinthians 9:6 I.e., to support themselves
  13. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat from
  14. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with
  15. 1 Corinthians 9:26 Lit not hitting
  16. 1 Corinthians 10:4 I.e., the Messiah
  17. 1 Corinthians 10:8 Lit committed sexual immorality
  18. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Lit made trial
  19. 1 Corinthians 10:10 Lit grumbled
  20. 1 Corinthians 10:13 Lit who will not
  21. 1 Corinthians 10:18 Lit Israel according to the flesh
  22. 1 Corinthians 10:19 I.e., anything real
  23. 1 Corinthians 10:23 Or edify
  24. 1 Corinthians 10:24 Lit the other
  25. 1 Corinthians 10:26 Lit its fullness
  26. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or the head of a woman is her husband
  27. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Lit who is shaved
  28. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself
  29. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit shear herself
  30. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit shear herself
  31. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself
  32. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself
  33. 1 Corinthians 11:8 Lit is not from
  34. 1 Corinthians 11:11 Lit without
  35. 1 Corinthians 11:11 Lit without
  36. 1 Corinthians 11:13 Lit among
  37. 1 Corinthians 11:16 I.e., the one advocated by Paul’s opponents
  38. 1 Corinthians 11:18 Lit in church
  39. 1 Corinthians 11:18 Or dissensions
  40. 1 Corinthians 11:19 Or recognizable
  41. 1 Corinthians 11:29 I.e., body of the Lord
  42. 1 Corinthians 11:30 I.e., are dead
  43. 1 Corinthians 12:2 Lit Gentiles; i.e., mainly Greeks and Romans, traditionally polytheistic
  44. 1 Corinthians 12:2 Or away
  45. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Or in
  46. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Gr anathema
  47. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Or in
  48. 1 Corinthians 12:9 Or in
  49. 1 Corinthians 12:9 Lit healings
  50. 1 Corinthians 12:9 Or in
  51. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Lit effects
  52. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Or works of power
  53. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Lit distinguishings
  54. 1 Corinthians 12:11 Or intends
  55. 1 Corinthians 12:13 Or in
  56. 1 Corinthians 12:15 Lit not a part
  57. 1 Corinthians 12:16 Lit not a part
  58. 1 Corinthians 12:22 Lit to a much greater degree the parts
  59. 1 Corinthians 12:23 Or think to be
  60. 1 Corinthians 12:23 Or these we clothe with
  61. 1 Corinthians 12:25 Or dissension
  62. 1 Corinthians 12:26 Lit glorified
  63. 1 Corinthians 12:28 Lit set some in
  64. 1 Corinthians 12:28 Or works of power
  65. 1 Corinthians 12:29 Or works of power
  66. 1 Corinthians 13:3 I.e., in martyrdom
  67. 1 Corinthians 13:7 Lit covers all things
  68. 1 Corinthians 13:8 Lit prophecies
  69. 1 Corinthians 13:11 Lit have become...have done away with
  70. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Lit in a riddle
  71. 1 Corinthians 13:13 Lit greater
  72. 1 Corinthians 14:2 Lit hears
  73. 1 Corinthians 14:2 Or by the Spirit
  74. 1 Corinthians 14:3 Or encouragement
  75. 1 Corinthians 14:10 Lit voices
  76. 1 Corinthians 14:11 Or in my estimation
  77. 1 Corinthians 14:12 Lit spirits
  78. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Or with the
  79. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Lit private person
  80. 1 Corinthians 14:21 I.e., Old Testament, Isaiah
  81. 1 Corinthians 14:23 See note 2 v 16
  82. 1 Corinthians 14:24 See note 2 v 16
  83. 1 Corinthians 14:31 Or encouraged
  84. 1 Corinthians 14:33 I.e., God’s people
  85. 1 Corinthians 14:35 Or disgraceful
  86. 1 Corinthians 14:38 Two early mss let him continue not to recognize it

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