13 If I speak in the tongues^[a](A) 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^(B) and can fathom all mysteries^(C) and all knowledge,^(D) and if I have a faith^(E) that can move mountains,^(F) but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor^(G) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,^[b](H) but do not have love, I gain nothing.

⁴ Love is patient,^(I) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.^{(J) 5} It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,^(K) it is not easily angered,^(L) it keeps no record of wrongs.^{(M) 6} Love does not delight in evil^(N) but rejoices with the truth.^{(O) 7} It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.^(P)

⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,^(Q) they will cease; where there are tongues,^(R) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part^(S) and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when completeness comes,^(T) 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^(U) behind me. ¹² For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;^(V) then we shall see face to face.^(W) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.^(X)

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

Intelligibility in Worship

14 Follow the way of love^(AA) and eagerly desire^(AB) gifts of the Spirit,^(AC) especially prophecy.^{(AD) 2} For anyone who speaks in a tongue^[c](AE) does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;^(AF) they utter mysteries^(AG) by the Spirit. ³ But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening,^(AH) encouraging^(AI) and comfort. ⁴ Anyone who speaks in a tongue^(AJ) edifies^(AK) themselves, but the one who prophesies^(AL) edifies the church. ⁵ I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,^[d] but I would rather have you prophesy.^(AM) The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,^[e] unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.^(AN)

⁶ Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation^(AO) or knowledge^(AP) or prophecy or word of instruction?^{(AQ) 7} Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? ⁸ Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?^{(AR) 9} So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. ¹⁰ Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. ¹¹ If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.^{(AS) 12} So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit,^(AT) try to excel in those that build up^(AU) the church.

¹³ For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.^{(AV) 14} For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,^(AW) but my mind is unfruitful. ¹⁵ So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit,^(AX) but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing^(AY) with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. ¹⁶ Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,^[f] say “Amen”^(AZ) to your thanksgiving,^(BA) since they do not know what you are saying? ¹⁷ You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.^(BB)

¹⁸ I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. ¹⁹ But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.^(BC)

²⁰ Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.^(BD) In regard to evil be infants,^(BE) but in your thinking be adults. ²¹ In the Law^(BF) it is written:

²² Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy,^(BH) however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. ²³ So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind?^{(BI) 24} But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, ²⁵ as the secrets^(BJ) of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”^(BK)

Good Order in Worship

²⁶ What then shall we say, brothers and sisters?^(BL) When you come together, each of you^(BM) has a hymn,^(BN) or a word of instruction,^(BO) a revelation, a tongue^(BP) or an interpretation.^(BQ) Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.^{(BR) 27} If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. ²⁸ If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.

²⁹ Two or three prophets^(BS) should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.^{(BT) 30} And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. ³¹ For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. ³² The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.^{(BU) 33} For God is not a God of disorder^(BV) but of peace^(BW)—as in all the congregations^(BX) of the Lord’s people.^(BY)

³⁴ Women^[h] should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,^(BZ) but must be in submission,^(CA) as the law^(CB) says. ³⁵ If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.^[i]

³⁶ Or did the word of God^(CC) originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? ³⁷ If anyone thinks they are a prophet^(CD) or otherwise gifted by the Spirit,^(CE) let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.^{(CF) 38} But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.^[j]

³⁹ Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager^(CG) to prophesy,^(CH) and do not forbid speaking in tongues. ⁴⁰ But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly^(CI) way.

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel^(CJ) I preached to you,^(CK) which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ² By this gospel you are saved,^(CL) if you hold firmly^(CM) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³ For what I received^(CN) I passed on to you^(CO) as of first importance^[k]: that Christ died for our sins^(CP) according to the Scriptures,^{(CQ) 4} that he was buried,^(CR) that he was raised^(CS) on the third day^(CT) according to the Scriptures,^{(CU) 5} and that he appeared to Cephas,^[l](CV) and then to the Twelve.^{(CW) 6} After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.^{(CX) 7} Then he appeared to James,^(CY) then to all the apostles,^{(CZ) 8} and last of all he appeared to me also,^(DA) as to one abnormally born.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles^(DB) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted^(DC) the church of God.^{(DD) 10} But by the grace^(DE) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me^(DF) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them^(DG)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.^{(DH) 11} Whether, then, it is I or they,^(DI) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

¹² But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,^(DJ) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection^(DK) of the dead?^{(DL) 13} If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁴ And if Christ has not been raised,^(DM) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. ¹⁵ More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.^(DN) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. ¹⁶ For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. ¹⁷ And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.^{(DO) 18} Then those also who have fallen asleep^(DP) in Christ are lost. ¹⁹ If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.^(DQ)

²⁰ But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,^(DR) the firstfruits^(DS) of those who have fallen asleep.^{(DT) 21} For since death came through a man,^(DU) the resurrection of the dead^(DV) comes also through a man. ²² For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.^{(DW) 23} But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;^(DX) then, when he comes,^(DY) those who belong to him.^{(DZ) 24} Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom^(EA) to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.^{(EB) 25} For he must reign^(EC) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.^{(ED) 26} The last enemy to be destroyed is death.^{(EE) 27} For he “has put everything under his feet.”^[m](EF) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.^{(EG) 28} When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,^(EH) so that God may be all in all.^(EI)

²⁹ Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? ³⁰ And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?^{(EJ) 31} I face death every day^(EK)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. ³² If I fought wild beasts^(EL) in Ephesus^(EM) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,

³³ Do not be misled:^(EO) “Bad company corrupts good character.”^{[o](EP) 34} Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God^(EQ)—I say this to your shame.^(ER)

The Resurrection Body

³⁵ But someone will ask,^(ES) “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”^{(ET) 36} How foolish!^(EU) What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.^{(EV) 37} When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. ³⁸ But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.^{(EW) 39} Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. ⁴⁰ There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. ⁴¹ The sun has one kind of splendor,^(EX) the moon another and the stars another;^(EY) and star differs from star in splendor.

⁴² So will it be^(EZ) with the resurrection of the dead.^(FA) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;^{(FB) 43} it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;^(FC) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.^(FD)

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”^[p];^(FE) the last Adam,^(FF) a life-giving spirit.^{(FG) 46} The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.^{(FH) 47} The first man was of the dust of the earth;^(FI) the second man is of heaven.^{(FJ) 48} As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.^{(FK) 49} And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,^(FL) so shall we^[q] bear the image of the heavenly man.^(FM)

⁵⁰ I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood^(FN) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,^(FO) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.^{(FP) 51} Listen, I tell you a mystery:^(FQ) We will not all sleep,^(FR) but we will all be changed^(FS)— ⁵² in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,^(FT) the dead^(FU) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³ For the perishable^(FV) must clothe itself with the imperishable,^(FW) and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴ When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”^[r](FX)

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin,^(FZ) and the power of sin is the law.^{(GA) 57} But thanks be to God!^(GB) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.^(GC)

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,^(GD) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.^(GE)