1 Corinthians 9-11 (21st Century King James Version)

1 Corinthians 9

 ¹Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?

   
 ²If I am not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you. For ye are the seal of mine apostleship in the Lord.

   
 ³Mine answer to those who examine me is this:

   
 ⁴Have we not power to eat and to drink?

   
 ⁵Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as do other apostles and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

   
 ⁶Or is it I only and Barnabas who have not power to forbear working?

   
 ⁷Who goeth to war at any time at his own expense? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

   
 ⁸Say I these things as a man, or saith not the law the same also?

   
 ⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses: "Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn." Doth God take care for oxen,

   
 ¹⁰or doth He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope, and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

   
 ¹¹If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it so great a thing if we should reap your worldly things?

   
 ¹²If others are partakers of this power over you, are we not even more? Nevertheless we have not used this power, but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the Gospel of Christ.

   
 ¹³Do ye not know that those who minister concerning holy things live of the things of the temple, and those who wait upon the altar are partakers with the altar?

   
 ¹⁴Even so hath the Lord ordained that those who preach the Gospel should live from the Gospel.

   
 ¹⁵But I have used none of these things; neither have I written, that these things should be so done unto me. For it would be better for me to die than that any man should make my glorying void.

   
 ¹⁶For though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to glory about, for necessity is laid upon me. Yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the Gospel!

   
 ¹⁷For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, a dispensing of the Gospel is committed unto me.

   
 ¹⁸What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the Gospel, I may make the Gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the Gospel.

   
 ¹⁹For though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

   
 ²⁰And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

   
 ²¹to those who are outside the law, as outside the law (though not outside the law of God, but under the law of Christ), that I might gain those who are outside the law.

   
 ²²To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

   
 ²³And this I do for the Gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

   
 ²⁴Know ye not that those who run in a race all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

   
 ²⁵And every man that striveth for mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

   
 ²⁶I therefore so run, but not with uncertainty; I so fight, but not as one that beateth the air.

   
 ²⁷But I keep control of my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

   

1 Corinthians 10

 ¹Moreover, brethren, I would not have ye ignorant of how all of our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

   
 ²and all were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

   
 ³And all ate the same spiritual meat,

   
 ⁴and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

   
 ⁵But with many of them God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

   
 ⁶Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

   
 ⁷Neither 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."

   
 ⁸Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed -- and three and twenty thousand fell in one day.

   
 ⁹Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted -- and were destroyed by serpents.

   
 ¹⁰Neither should ye murmur, as some of them also murmured -- and were destroyed by the destroyer.

   
 ¹¹Now all these things happened unto them by way of example, and are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

   
 ¹²Therefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.

   
 ¹³There hath no temptation taken hold of you but such as is common to man. But God is faithful; He will not suffer you to be tempted beyond that which ye are able to bear, but with the temptation will also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

   
 ¹⁴Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

   
 ¹⁵I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

   
 ¹⁶The 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?

   
 ¹⁷For we, being many, are one bread and one body, for we are all partakers of that one Bread.

   
 ¹⁸Behold Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

   
 ¹⁹What say I then? That the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything?

   
 ²⁰But 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.

   
 ²¹Ye 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.

   
 ²²Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

   
 ²³All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful for me, but all things do not edify.

   
 ²⁴Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wellbeing.

   
 ²⁵Whatsoever is sold in the meat market, that eat, asking no question for conscience' sake;

   
 ²⁶for, "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof."

   
 ²⁷If any of those who do not believe bid you to a feast, and ye are disposed to go, whatsoever is set before you eat, asking no question for conscience' sake.

   
 ²⁸But if any man say unto you, "This is offered in sacrifice unto idols," then eat it not for his sake who showed it, and for conscience' sake; for, "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof."

   
 ²⁹I do not mean thine own conscience, but the other's. For why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience?

   
 ³⁰For if I by grace be a partaker, why is evil spoken of me for that for which I give thanks?

   
 ³¹Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

   
 ³²Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God,

   
 ³³even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

   

1 Corinthians 11

 ¹Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

   
 ²Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things and keep the ordinances as I have delivered them to you.

   
 ³But 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.

   
 ⁴Every man who prayeth or prophesieth, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

   
 ⁵But every woman who prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head, for that is one and the same as if she were shaven.

   
 ⁶For 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.

   
 ⁷For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, inasmuch as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

   
 ⁸For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.

   
 ⁹Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

   
 ¹⁰For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, because of the angels.

   
 ¹¹Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

   
 ¹²For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

   
 ¹³Judge for yourselves: Is it comely that a woman should pray unto God uncovered?î1COR 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

   
 ¹⁵But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.

   
 ¹⁶But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

   
 ¹⁷Now in this I declare unto you that I praise you not: that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

   
 ¹⁸For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

   
 ¹⁹For there must be also heresies among you, that those who are approved may be made manifest among you.

   
 ²⁰When ye therefore come together into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's Supper.

   
 ²¹For in eating, every one taketh his own supper ahead of another, and one is hungry and another is drunken.

   
 ²²What? Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not!

   
 ²³For I have received from the Lord that which also I delivered unto you: that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread;

   
 ²⁴and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me."

   
 ²⁵In the same manner also He took the cup when He had supped, saying, "This cup is the new testament in My blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me."

   
 ²⁶For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death until He come.

   
 ²⁷Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

   
 ²⁸But let a man examine himself, and then let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup.

   
 ²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

   
 ³⁰For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

   
 ³¹For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

   
 ³²But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

   
 ³³Therefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

   
 ³⁴And if any man hunger, let him eat at home, that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.