1 Corinthians 14:26-15:10

English Standard Version

Orderly Worship

²⁶ What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has ^(A)a hymn, ^(B)a lesson, ^(C)a revelation, ^(D)a tongue, or ^(E)an interpretation. ^(F)Let all things be done for building up. ²⁷ If any speak in ^(G)a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. ²⁸ But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God. ²⁹ Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others ^(H)weigh what is said. ³⁰ If a revelation is made to another sitting there, ^(I)let the first be silent. ³¹ For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged, ³² and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. ³³ For God is not a God of ^(J)confusion but of peace.

As in ^(K)all the churches of the saints, ^34 (L)the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but ^(M)should be in submission, as ^(N)the Law also says. ³⁵ If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

³⁶ Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached? ^37 (O)If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. ³⁸ If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. ³⁹ So, my brothers, ^(P)earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. ^40 (Q)But all things should be done decently and ^(R)in order.

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now I would remind you, brothers,^[a] of the gospel ^(S)I preached to you, which you received, ^(T)in which you stand, ² and by which ^(U)you are being saved, if you ^(V)hold fast to the word I preached to you—^(W)unless you believed in vain.

³ For ^(X)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died ^(Y)for our sins ^(Z)in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised ^(AA)on the third day ^(AB)in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁵ and that ^(AC)he appeared to Cephas, then ^(AD)to the twelve. ⁶ Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. ⁷ Then he appeared to ^(AE)James, then ^(AF)to all the apostles. ⁸ Last of all, as to one untimely born, ^(AG)he appeared also to me. ⁹ For ^(AH)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^(AI)I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, ^(AJ)I worked harder than any of them, ^(AK)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.