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1 Corintios 11:2-13:13
Reina-Valera 1960

Atavío de las mujeres

2 Os alabo, hermanos, porque en todo os acordáis de mí, y retenéis las instrucciones tal como os las entregué. 3 Pero quiero que sepáis que Cristo es la cabeza de todo varón, y el varón es la cabeza de la mujer, y Dios la cabeza de Cristo. 4 Todo varón que ora o profetiza con la cabeza cubierta, afrenta su cabeza. 5 Pero toda mujer que ora o profetiza con la cabeza descubierta, afrenta su cabeza; porque lo mismo es que si se hubiese rapado. 6 Porque si la mujer no se cubre, que se corte también el cabello; y si le es vergonzoso a la mujer cortarse el cabello o raparse, que se cubra. 7 Porque el varón no debe cubrirse la cabeza, pues él es imagen y gloria de Dios;(A) pero la mujer es gloria del varón. 8 Porque el varón no procede de la mujer, sino la mujer del varón, 9 y tampoco el varón fue creado por causa de la mujer, sino la mujer por causa del varón.(B) 10 Por lo cual la mujer debe tener señal de autoridad sobre su cabeza, por causa de los ángeles. 11 Pero en el Señor, ni el varón es sin la mujer, ni la mujer sin el varón; 12 porque así como la mujer procede del varón, también el varón nace de la mujer; pero todo procede de Dios. 13 Juzgad vosotros mismos: ¿Es propio que la mujer ore a Dios sin cubrirse la cabeza? 14 La naturaleza misma ¿no os enseña que al varón le es deshonroso dejarse crecer el cabello? 15 Por el contrario, a la mujer dejarse crecer el cabello le es honroso; porque en lugar de velo le es dado el cabello. 16 Con todo eso, si alguno quiere ser contencioso, nosotros no tenemos tal costumbre, ni las iglesias de Dios.

Abusos en la Cena del Señor

17 Pero al anunciaros esto que sigue, no os alabo; porque no os congregáis para lo mejor, sino para lo peor. 18 Pues en primer lugar, cuando os reunís como iglesia, oigo que hay entre vosotros divisiones; y en parte lo creo. 19 Porque es preciso que entre vosotros haya disensiones, para que se hagan manifiestos entre vosotros los que son aprobados. 20 Cuando, pues, os reunís vosotros, esto no es comer la cena del Señor. 21 Porque al comer, cada uno se adelanta a tomar su propia cena; y uno tiene hambre, y otro se embriaga. 22 Pues qué, ¿no tenéis casas en que comáis y bebáis? ¿O menospreciáis la iglesia de Dios, y avergonzáis a los que no tienen nada? ¿Qué os diré? ¿Os alabaré? En esto no os alabo.

Institución de la Cena del Señor

(Mt. 26.26-29; Mr. 14.22-25; Lc. 22.14-20)

23 Porque yo recibí del Señor lo que también os he enseñado: Que el Señor Jesús, la noche que fue entregado, tomó pan; 24 y habiendo dado gracias, lo partió, y dijo: Tomad, comed; esto es mi cuerpo que por vosotros es partido; haced esto en memoria de mí. 25 Asimismo tomó también la copa, después de haber cenado, diciendo: Esta copa es el nuevo pacto(C) en mi sangre;(D) haced esto todas las veces que la bebiereis, en memoria de mí. 26 Así, pues, todas las veces que comiereis este pan, y bebiereis esta copa, la muerte del Señor anunciáis hasta que él venga.

Tomando la Cena indignamente

27 De manera que cualquiera que comiere este pan o bebiere esta copa del Señor indignamente, será culpado del cuerpo y de la sangre del Señor. 28 Por tanto, pruébese cada uno a sí mismo, y coma así del pan, y beba de la copa. 29 Porque el que come y bebe indignamente, sin discernir el cuerpo del Señor, juicio come y bebe para sí. 30 Por lo cual hay muchos enfermos y debilitados entre vosotros, y muchos duermen. 31 Si, pues, nos examinásemos a nosotros mismos, no seríamos juzgados; 32 mas siendo juzgados, somos castigados por el Señor, para que no seamos condenados con el mundo.

33 Así que, hermanos míos, cuando os reunís a comer, esperaos unos a otros. 34 Si alguno tuviere hambre, coma en su casa, para que no os reunáis para juicio. Las demás cosas las pondré en orden cuando yo fuere.

Dones espirituales

12 No quiero, hermanos, que ignoréis acerca de los dones espirituales. 2 Sabéis que cuando erais gentiles, se os extraviaba llevándoos, como se os llevaba, a los ídolos mudos. 3 Por tanto, os hago saber que nadie que hable por el Espíritu de Dios llama anatema a Jesús; y nadie puede llamar a Jesús Señor, sino por el Espíritu Santo.

4 Ahora bien, hay diversidad de dones, pero el Espíritu es el mismo. 5 Y hay diversidad de ministerios, pero el Señor es el mismo. 6 Y hay diversidad de operaciones, pero Dios, que hace todas las cosas en todos, es el mismo. 7 Pero a cada uno le es dada la manifestación del Espíritu para provecho. 8 Porque a este es dada por el Espíritu palabra de sabiduría; a otro, palabra de ciencia según el mismo Espíritu; 9 a otro, fe por el mismo Espíritu; y a otro, dones de sanidades por el mismo Espíritu. 10 A otro, el hacer milagros; a otro, profecía; a otro, discernimiento de espíritus; a otro, diversos géneros de lenguas; y a otro, interpretación de lenguas. 11 Pero todas estas cosas las hace uno y el mismo Espíritu, repartiendo a cada uno en particular como él quiere.(E)

12 Porque así como el cuerpo es uno, y tiene muchos miembros, pero todos los miembros del cuerpo, siendo muchos, son un solo cuerpo, así también Cristo.(F) 13 Porque por un solo Espíritu fuimos todos bautizados en un cuerpo, sean judíos o griegos, sean esclavos o libres; y a todos se nos dio a beber de un mismo Espíritu.

14 Además, el cuerpo no es un solo miembro, sino muchos. 15 Si dijere el pie: Porque no soy mano, no soy del cuerpo, ¿por eso no será del cuerpo? 16 Y si dijere la oreja: Porque no soy ojo, no soy del cuerpo, ¿por eso no será del cuerpo? 17 Si todo el cuerpo fuese ojo, ¿dónde estaría el oído? Si todo fuese oído, ¿dónde estaría el olfato? 18 Mas ahora Dios ha colocado los miembros cada uno de ellos en el cuerpo, como él quiso. 19 Porque si todos fueran un solo miembro, ¿dónde estaría el cuerpo? 20 Pero ahora son muchos los miembros, pero el cuerpo es uno solo. 21 Ni el ojo puede decir a la mano: No te necesito, ni tampoco la cabeza a los pies: No tengo necesidad de vosotros. 22 Antes bien los miembros del cuerpo que parecen más débiles, son los más necesarios; 23 y a aquellos del cuerpo que nos parecen menos dignos, a estos vestimos más dignamente; y los que en nosotros son menos decorosos, se tratan con más decoro. 24 Porque los que en nosotros son más decorosos, no tienen necesidad; pero Dios ordenó el cuerpo, dando más abundante honor al que le faltaba, 25 para que no haya desavenencia en el cuerpo, sino que los miembros todos se preocupen los unos por los otros. 26 De manera que si un miembro padece, todos los miembros se duelen con él, y si un miembro recibe honra, todos los miembros con él se gozan.

27 Vosotros, pues, sois el cuerpo de Cristo, y miembros cada uno en particular. 28 Y a unos puso Dios en la iglesia, primeramente apóstoles, luego profetas, lo tercero maestros,(G) luego los que hacen milagros, después los que sanan, los que ayudan, los que administran, los que tienen don de lenguas. 29 ¿Son todos apóstoles?, ¿son todos profetas?, ¿todos maestros?, ¿hacen todos milagros? 30 ¿Tienen todos dones de sanidad?, ¿hablan todos lenguas?, ¿interpretan todos? 31 Procurad, pues, los dones mejores. Mas yo os muestro un camino aun más excelente.

La preeminencia del amor

13 Si yo hablase lenguas humanas y angélicas, y no tengo amor, vengo a ser como metal que resuena, o címbalo que retiñe. 2 Y si tuviese profecía, y entendiese todos los misterios y toda ciencia, y si tuviese toda la fe, de tal manera que trasladase los montes,(H) y no tengo amor, nada soy. 3 Y si repartiese todos mis bienes para dar de comer a los pobres, y si entregase mi cuerpo para ser quemado, y no tengo amor, de nada me sirve.

4 El amor es sufrido, es benigno; el amor no tiene envidia, el amor no es jactancioso, no se envanece; 5 no hace nada indebido, no busca lo suyo, no se irrita, no guarda rencor; 6 no se goza de la injusticia, mas se goza de la verdad. 7 Todo lo sufre, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.

8 El amor nunca deja de ser; pero las profecías se acabarán, y cesarán las lenguas, y la ciencia acabará. 9 Porque en parte conocemos, y en parte profetizamos; 10 mas cuando venga lo perfecto, entonces lo que es en parte se acabará. 11 Cuando yo era niño, hablaba como niño, pensaba como niño, juzgaba como niño; mas cuando ya fui hombre, dejé lo que era de niño. 12 Ahora vemos por espejo, oscuramente; mas entonces veremos cara a cara. Ahora conozco en parte; pero entonces conoceré como fui conocido. 13 Y ahora permanecen la fe, la esperanza y el amor, estos tres; pero el mayor de ellos es el amor.

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2 Now (A)I praise you because you (B)remember me in everything and (C)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you. 3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the (D)head of every man, and [a](E)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the (F)head of Christ. 4 Every man who has something on his head while praying or (G)prophesying disgraces his head. 5 But every (H)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman [b]whose head is (I)shaved. 6 For if a woman does not cover [c]her head, have her also [d]cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to [e]have her hair cut off or [f]her head shaved, have her cover [g]her head. 7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the (J)image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8 For (K)man [h]does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9 for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but (L)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 [i]independent of man, nor is man [j]independent of woman. 12 For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and (M)all things originate (N)from God. 13 (O)Judge [k]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, (P)we have no [l]such practice, nor have (Q)the churches of God.

17 Now in giving this next instruction (R)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 [m]as a church, I hear that [n](S)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19 For there also (T)have to be factions among you, (U)so that those who are approved may become [o]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 (V)another gets drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the (W)church of God and (X)shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall (Y)I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

The Lord’s Supper

23 For (Z)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that (AA)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 (AB)the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the (AC)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 (AD)until He comes.

27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be (AE)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a person must (AF)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 [p]body. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number [q](AG)are asleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are (AH)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with (AI)the world.

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

The Use of Spiritual Gifts

12 Now concerning (AN)spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, (AO)I do not want you to be unaware. 2 (AP)You know that when you were [r]pagans, you were (AQ)led [s]astray to the (AR)mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking [t](AS)by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is [u](AT)accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is (AU)Lord,” except [v](AV)by the Holy Spirit.

4 Now there are (AW)varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6 There are varieties of effects, but the same (AX)God who works all things in all persons. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit (AY)for the common good. 8 For to one is given the word of (AZ)wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of (BA)knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another (BB)faith [w]by the same Spirit, and to another (BC)gifts of [x]healing [y]by the one Spirit, 10 and to another the [z]effecting of [aa](BD)miracles, and to another (BE)prophecy, and to another the [ab](BF)distinguishing of spirits, to another various (BG)kinds of tongues, and to another the (BH)interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, (BI)distributing to each one individually just as He [ac]wills.

12 For just (BJ)as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, (BK)so also is Christ. 13 For [ad](BL)by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether (BM)Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to (BN)drink of one Spirit.

14 For (BO)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 [ae]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 [af]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 (BP)arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, (BQ)just as He desired. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 But now (BR)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, [ag]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 [ah]consider less honorable, [ai]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 [aj]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 [ak]honored, all the parts rejoice with it.

27 Now you are (BS)Christ’s body, and (BT)individually parts of it. 28 And God has [al](BU)appointed in (BV)the church, first (BW)apostles, second (BX)prophets, third (BY)teachers, then [am](BZ)miracles, then (CA)gifts of healings, helps, (CB)administrations, and various (CC)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 [an]miracles, are they? 30 All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not (CD)interpret, do they? 31 But (CE)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 (CF)tongues of mankind and of (CG)angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a (CH)clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of (CI)prophecy and know all (CJ)mysteries and all (CK)knowledge, and if I have (CL)all faith so as to (CM)remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I (CN)give away all my possessions to charity, and if I (CO)surrender my body so that I may [ao]glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.

4 Love (CP)is patient, love is kind, it (CQ)is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not (CR)arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it (CS)does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, (CT)does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 (CU)it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but (CV)rejoices with the truth; 7 it [ap](CW)keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of [aq](CX)prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are (CY)tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9 For we (CZ)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 [ar]became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we (DA)see in a mirror [as]dimly, but then (DB)face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also (DC)have been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the [at]greatest of these is (DD)love.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or the head of a woman is her husband
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Lit who is shaved
  3. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself
  4. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit shear herself
  5. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit shear herself
  6. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself
  7. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself
  8. 1 Corinthians 11:8 Lit is not from
  9. 1 Corinthians 11:11 Lit without
  10. 1 Corinthians 11:11 Lit without
  11. 1 Corinthians 11:13 Lit among
  12. 1 Corinthians 11:16 I.e., the one advocated by Paul’s opponents
  13. 1 Corinthians 11:18 Lit in church
  14. 1 Corinthians 11:18 Or dissensions
  15. 1 Corinthians 11:19 Or recognizable
  16. 1 Corinthians 11:29 I.e., body of the Lord
  17. 1 Corinthians 11:30 I.e., are dead
  18. 1 Corinthians 12:2 Lit Gentiles; i.e., mainly Greeks and Romans, traditionally polytheistic
  19. 1 Corinthians 12:2 Or away
  20. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Or in
  21. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Gr anathema
  22. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Or in
  23. 1 Corinthians 12:9 Or in
  24. 1 Corinthians 12:9 Lit healings
  25. 1 Corinthians 12:9 Or in
  26. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Lit effects
  27. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Or works of power
  28. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Lit distinguishings
  29. 1 Corinthians 12:11 Or intends
  30. 1 Corinthians 12:13 Or in
  31. 1 Corinthians 12:15 Lit not a part
  32. 1 Corinthians 12:16 Lit not a part
  33. 1 Corinthians 12:22 Lit to a much greater degree the parts
  34. 1 Corinthians 12:23 Or think to be
  35. 1 Corinthians 12:23 Or these we clothe with
  36. 1 Corinthians 12:25 Or dissension
  37. 1 Corinthians 12:26 Lit glorified
  38. 1 Corinthians 12:28 Lit set some in
  39. 1 Corinthians 12:28 Or works of power
  40. 1 Corinthians 12:29 Or works of power
  41. 1 Corinthians 13:3 I.e., in martyrdom
  42. 1 Corinthians 13:7 Lit covers all things
  43. 1 Corinthians 13:8 Lit prophecies
  44. 1 Corinthians 13:11 Lit have become...have done away with
  45. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Lit in a riddle
  46. 1 Corinthians 13:13 Lit greater
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On Covering the Head in Worship

2 I praise you(A) for remembering me in everything(B) and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.(C) 3 But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,(D) and the head of the woman is man,[a](E) and the head of Christ is God.(F) 4 Every man who prays or prophesies(G) with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies(H) with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.(I) 6 For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.

7 A man ought not to cover his head,[b] since he is the image(J) and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;(K) 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.(L) 10 It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own[c] head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.(M)

13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, 15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. 16 If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.(N)

Correcting an Abuse of the Lord’s Supper(O)

17 In the following directives I have no praise for you,(P) for your meetings do more harm than good. 18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions(Q) among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.(R) 20 So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, 21 for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers.(S) As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. 22 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God(T) by humiliating those who have nothing?(U) What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you?(V) Certainly not in this matter!

23 For I received from the Lord(W) what I also passed on to you:(X) The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body,(Y) which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant(Z) in my blood;(AA) do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.(AB)

27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.(AC) 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves(AD) before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.(AE) 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.(AF) 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(AG) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(AH)

33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. 34 Anyone who is hungry(AI) should eat something at home,(AJ) so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.

And when I come(AK) I will give further directions.

Concerning Spiritual Gifts

12 Now about the gifts of the Spirit,(AL) brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.(AM) 2 You know that when you were pagans,(AN) somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.(AO) 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,”(AP) and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,”(AQ) except by the Holy Spirit.(AR)

4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit(AS) distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone(AT) it is the same God(AU) at work.

7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.(AV) 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom,(AW) to another a message of knowledge(AX) by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith(AY) by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing(AZ) by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers,(BA) to another prophecy,(BB) to another distinguishing between spirits,(BC) to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[d](BD) and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[e] 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit,(BE) and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Unity and Diversity in the Body

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body,(BF) so it is with Christ.(BG) 13 For we were all baptized(BH) by[f] one Spirit(BI) so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free(BJ)—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.(BK) 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.(BL)

15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed(BM) the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.(BN) 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.(BO)

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

27 Now you are the body of Christ,(BP) and each one of you is a part of it.(BQ) 28 And God has placed in the church(BR) first of all apostles,(BS) second prophets,(BT) third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing,(BU) of helping, of guidance,(BV) and of different kinds of tongues.(BW) 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues[g]?(BX) Do all interpret? 31 Now eagerly desire(BY) the greater gifts.

Love Is Indispensable

And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

13 If I speak in the tongues[h](BZ) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy(CA) and can fathom all mysteries(CB) and all knowledge,(CC) and if I have a faith(CD) that can move mountains,(CE) but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor(CF) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[i](CG) but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient,(CH) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(CI) 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(CJ) it is not easily angered,(CK) it keeps no record of wrongs.(CL) 6 Love does not delight in evil(CM) but rejoices with the truth.(CN) 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(CO)

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,(CP) they will cease; where there are tongues,(CQ) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part(CR) and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes,(CS) what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood(CT) behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;(CU) then we shall see face to face.(CV) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.(CW)

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.(CX) But the greatest of these is love.(CY)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or of the wife is her husband
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:7 Or 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with long hair dishonors his head. 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with no covering of hair dishonors her head—she is just like one of the “shorn women.” 6 If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair; but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. 7 A man ought not to have long hair
  3. 1 Corinthians 11:10 Or have a sign of authority on her
  4. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28
  5. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28
  6. 1 Corinthians 12:13 Or with; or in
  7. 1 Corinthians 12:30 Or other languages
  8. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
  9. 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames
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