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I Corinthios 3-11
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
I Corinthios 3-11
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
3 Et ego, fratres, non potui vobis loqui quasi spiritualibus, sed quasi carnalibus. Tamquam parvulis in Christo,
2 lac vobis potum dedi, non escam: nondum enim poteratis: sed nec nunc quidem potestis: adhuc enim carnales estis.
3 Cum enim sit inter vos zelus, et contentio: nonne carnales estis, et secundum hominem ambulatis?
4 Cum enim quis dicat: Ego quidem sum Pauli; alius autem: Ego Apollo: nonne homines estis? Quid igitur est Apollo? quid vero Paulus?
5 ministri ejus, cui credidistis, et unicuique sicut Dominus dedit.
6 Ego plantavi, Apollo rigavit: sed Deus incrementum dedit.
7 Itaque neque qui plantat est aliquid, neque qui rigat: sed qui incrementum dat, Deus.
8 Qui autem plantat, et qui rigat, unum sunt. Unusquisque autem propriam mercedem accipiet, secundum suum laborem.
9 Dei enim sumus adjutores: Dei agricultura estis, Dei aedificatio estis.
10 Secundum gratiam Dei, quae data est mihi, ut sapiens architectus fundamentum posui: alius autem superaedificat. Unusquisque autem videat quomodo superaedificet.
11 Fundamentum enim aliud nemo potest ponere praeter id quod positum est, quod est Christus Jesus.
12 Si quis autem superaedificat super fundamentum hoc, aurum, argentum, lapides pretiosos, ligna, foenum, stipulam,
13 uniuscujusque opus manifestum erit: dies enim Domini declarabit, quia in igne revelabitur: et uniuscujusque opus quale sit, ignis probabit.
14 Si cujus opus manserit quod superaedificavit, mercedem accipiet.
15 Si cujus opus arserit, detrimentum patietur: ipse autem salvus erit, sic tamen quasi per ignem.
16 Nescitis quia templum Dei estis, et Spiritus Dei habitat in vobis?
17 Si quis autem templum Dei violaverit, disperdet illum Deus. Templum enim Dei sanctum est, quod estis vos.
18 Nemo se seducat: si quis videtur inter vos sapiens esse in hoc saeculo, stultus fiat ut sit sapiens.
19 Sapientia enim hujus mundi, stultitia est apud Deum. Scriptum est enim: Comprehendam sapientes in astutia eorum.
20 Et iterum: Dominus novit cogitationes sapientium quoniam vanae sunt.
21 Nemo itaque glorietur in hominibus.
22 Omnia enim vestra sunt, sive Paulus, sive Apollo, sive Cephas, sive mundus, sive vita, sive mors, sive praesentia, sive futura: omnia enim vestra sunt:
23 vos autem Christi: Christus autem Dei.
4 Sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi, et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei.
2 Hic jam quaeritur inter dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur.
3 Mihi autem pro minimo est ut a vobis judicer, aut ab humano die: sed neque meipsum judico.
4 Nihil enim mihi conscius sum, sed non in hoc justificatus sum: qui autem judicat me, Dominus est.
5 Itaque nolite ante tempus judicare, quoadusque veniat Dominus: qui et illuminabit abscondita tenebrarum, et manifestabit consilia cordium: et tunc laus erit unicuique a Deo.
6 Haec autem, fratres, transfiguravi in me et Apollo, propter vos: ut in nobis discatis, ne supra quam scriptum est, unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio.
7 Quis enim te discernit? quid autem habes quod non accepisti? si autem accepisti, quid gloriaris quasi non acceperis?
8 Jam saturati estis, jam divites facti estis: sine nobis regnatis: et utinam regnetis, ut et nos vobiscum regnemus.
9 Puto enim quod Deus nos Apostolos novissimos ostendit, tamquam morti destinatos: quia spectaculum facti sumus mundo, et angelis, et hominibus.
10 Nos stulti propter Christum, vos autem prudentes in Christo: nos infirmi, vos autem fortes: vos nobiles, nos autem ignobiles.
11 Usque in hanc horam et esurimus, et sitimus, et nudi sumus, et colaphis caedimur, et instabiles sumus,
12 et laboramus operantes manibus nostris: maledicimur, et benedicimus: persecutionem patimur, et sustinemus:
13 blasphemamur, et obsecramus: tamquam purgamenta hujus mundi facti sumus, omnium peripsema usque adhuc.
14 Non ut confundam vos, haec scribo, sed ut filios meos carissimos moneo.
15 Nam si decem millia paedagogorum habeatis in Christo, sed non multos patres. Nam in Christo Jesu per Evangelium ego vos genui.
16 Rogo ergo vos, imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi.
17 Ideo misi ad vos Timotheum, qui est filius meus carissimus, et fidelis in Domino: qui vos commonefaciet vias meas, quae sunt in Christo Jesu, sicut ubique in omni ecclesia doceo.
18 Tamquam non venturus sim ad vos, sic inflati sunt quidam.
19 Veniam autem ad vos cito, si Dominus voluerit: et cognoscam non sermonem eorum qui inflati sunt, sed virtutem.
20 Non enim in sermone est regnum Dei, sed in virtute.
21 Quid vultis? in virga veniam ad vos, an in caritate, et spiritu mansuetudinis?
5 Omnino auditur inter vos fornicatio, et talis fornicatio, qualis nec inter gentes, ita ut uxorem patris sui aliquis habeat.
2 Et vos inflati estis: et non magis luctum habuistis ut tollatur de medio vestrum qui hoc opus fecit.
3 Ego quidem absens corpore, praesens autem spiritu, jam judicavi ut praesens eum, qui sic operatus est,
4 in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi, congregatis vobis et meo spiritu, cum virtute Domini nostri Jesu,
5 tradere hujusmodi Satanae in interitum carnis, ut spiritus salvus sit in die Domini nostri Jesu Christi.
6 Non est bona gloriatio vestra. Nescitis quia modicum fermentum totam massam corrumpit?
7 Expurgate vetus fermentum, ut sitis nova conspersio, sicut estis azymi. Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus.
8 Itaque epulemur: non in fermento veteri, neque in fermento malitiae et nequitiae: sed in azymis sinceritatis et veritatis.
9 Scripsi vobis in epistola: Ne commisceamini fornicariis:
10 non utique fornicariis hujus mundi, aut avaris, aut rapacibus, aut idolis servientibus: alioquin debueratis de hoc mundo exiisse.
11 Nunc autem scripsi vobis non commisceri: si is qui frater nominatur, est fornicator, aut avarus, aut idolis serviens, aut maledicus, aut ebriosus, aut rapax, cum ejusmodi nec cibum sumere.
12 Quid enim mihi de iis qui foris sunt, judicare? nonne de iis qui intus sunt, vos judicatis?
13 nam eos qui foris sunt, Deus judicabit. Auferte malum ex vobis ipsis.
6 Audet aliquis vestrum habens negotium adversus alterum, judicari apud iniquos, et non apud sanctos?
2 an nescitis quoniam sancti de hoc mundo judicabunt? et si in vobis judicabitur mundus, indigni estis qui de minimis judicetis?
3 Nescitis quoniam angelos judicabimus? quanto magis saecularia?
4 Saecularia igitur judicia si habueritis: contemptibiles, qui sunt in ecclesia, illos constituite ad judicandum.
5 Ad verecundiam vestram dico. Sic non est inter vos sapiens quisquam, qui possit judicare inter fratrem suum?
6 Sed frater cum fratre judicio contendit: et hoc apud infideles?
7 Jam quidem omnino delictum est in vobis, quod judicia habetis inter vos. Quare non magis injuriam accipitis? quare non magis fraudem patimini?
8 Sed vos injuriam facitis, et fraudatis: et hoc fratribus.
9 An nescitis quia iniqui regnum Dei non possidebunt? Nolite errare: neque fornicarii, neque idolis servientes, neque adulteri,
10 neque molles, neque masculorum concubitores, neque fures, neque avari, neque ebriosi, neque maledici, neque rapaces regnum Dei possidebunt.
11 Et haec quidam fuistis: sed abluti estis, sed sanctificati estis, sed justificati estis in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi, et in Spiritu Dei nostri.
12 Omnia mihi licent, sed non omnia expediunt: omnia mihi licent, sed ego sub nullis redigar potestate.
13 Esca ventri, et venter escis: Deus autem et hunc et has destruet: corpus autem non fornicationi, sed Domino: et Dominus corpori.
14 Deus vero et Dominum suscitavit: et nos suscitabit per virtutem suam.
15 Nescitis quoniam corpora vestra membra sunt Christi? Tollens ergo membra Christi, faciam membra meretricis? Absit.
16 An nescitis quoniam qui adhaeret meretrici, unum corpus efficitur? Erunt enim (inquit) duo in carne una.
17 Qui autem adhaeret Domino, unus spiritus est.
18 Fugite fornicationem. Omne peccatum, quodcumque fecerit homo, extra corpus est: qui autem fornicatur, in corpus suum peccat.
19 An nescitis quoniam membra vestra, templum sunt Spiritus Sancti, qui in vobis est, quem habetis a Deo, et non estis vestri?
20 Empti enim estis pretio magno. Glorificate, et portate Deum in corpore vestro.
7 De quibus autem scripsistis mihi: Bonum est homini mulierem non tangere:
2 propter fornicationem autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat, et unaquaeque suum virum habeat.
3 Uxori vir debitum reddat: similiter autem et uxor viro.
4 Mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed vir. Similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed mulier.
5 Nolite fraudare invicem, nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus, ut vacetis orationi: et iterum revertimini in idipsum, ne tentet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram.
6 Hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium.
7 Volo enim omnes vos esse sicut meipsum: sed unusquisque proprium donum habet ex Deo: alius quidem sic, alius vero sic.
8 Dico autem non nuptis, et viduis: bonum est illis si sic permaneant, sicut et ego.
9 Quod si non se continent, nubant. Melius est enim nubere, quam uri.
10 Iis autem qui matrimonio juncti sunt, praecipio non ego, sed Dominus, uxorem a viro non discedere:
11 quod si discesserit, manere innuptam, aut viro suo reconciliari. Et vir uxorem non dimittat.
12 Nam ceteris ego dico, non Dominus. Si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem, et haec consentit habitare cum illo, non dimittat illam.
13 Et si qua mulier fidelis habet virum infidelem, et hic consentit habitare cum illa, non dimittat virum:
14 sanctificatus est enim vir infidelis per mulierem fidelem, et sanctificata est mulier infidelis per virum fidelem: alioquin filii vestri immundi essent, nunc autem sancti sunt.
15 Quod si infidelis discedit, discedat: non enim servituti subjectus est frater, aut soror in hujusmodi: in pace autem vocavit nos Deus.
16 Unde enim scis mulier, si virum salvum facies? aut unde scis vir, si mulierem salvam facies?
17 Nisi unicuique sicut divisit Dominus, unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus, ita ambulet, et sicut in omnibus ecclesiis doceo.
18 Circumcisus aliquis vocatus est? non adducat praeputium. In praeputio aliquis vocatus est? non circumcidatur.
19 Circumcisio nihil est, et praeputium nihil est: sed observatio mandatorum Dei.
20 Unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est, in ea permaneat.
21 Servus vocatus es? non sit tibi curae: sed et si potes fieri liber, magis utere.
22 Qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus, libertus est Domini: similiter qui liber vocatus est, servus est Christi.
23 Pretio empti estis: nolite fieri servi hominum.
24 Unusquisque in quo vocatus est, fratres, in hoc permaneat apud Deum.
25 De virginibus autem praeceptum Domini non habeo: consilium autem do, tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino, ut sim fidelis.
26 Existimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instantem necessitatem, quoniam bonum est homini sic esse.
27 Alligatus es uxori? noli quaerere solutionem. Solutus es ab uxore? noli quaerere uxorem.
28 Si autem acceperis uxorem, non peccasti. Et si nupserit virgo, non peccavit: tribulationem tamen carnis habebunt hujusmodi. Ego autem vobis parco.
29 Hoc itaque dico, fratres: tempus breve est: reliquum est, ut et qui habent uxores, tamquam non habentes sint:
30 et qui flent, tamquam non flentes: et qui gaudent, tamquam non gaudentes: et qui emunt, tamquam non possidentes:
31 et qui utuntur hoc mundo, tamquam non utantur: praeterit enim figura hujus mundi.
32 Volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse. Qui sine uxore est, sollicitus est quae Domini sunt, quomodo placeat Deo.
33 Qui autem cum uxore est, sollicitus est quae sunt mundi, quomodo placeat uxori, et divisus est.
34 Et mulier innupta, et virgo, cogitat quae Domini sunt, ut sit sancta corpore, et spiritu. Quae autem nupta est, cogitat quae sunt mundi, quomodo placeat viro.
35 Porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico: non ut laqueum vobis injiciam, sed ad id, quod honestum est, et quod facultatem praebeat sine impedimento Dominum obsecrandi.
36 Si quis autem turpem se videri existimat super virgine sua, quod sit superadulta, et ita oportet fieri: quod vult faciat: non peccat, si nubat.
37 Nam qui statuit in corde suo firmus, non habens necessitatem, potestatem autem habens suae voluntatis, et hoc judicavit in corde suo, servare virginem suam, bene facit.
38 Igitur et qui matrimonio jungit virginem suam, bene facit: et qui non jungit, melius facit.
39 Mulier alligata est legi quanto tempore vir ejus vivit, quod si dormierit vir ejus, liberata est: cui vult nubat, tantum in Domino.
40 Beatior autem erit si sic permanserit secundum meum consilium: puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei habeam.
8 De iis autem quae idolis sacrificantur, scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus. Scientia inflat, caritas vero aedificat.
2 Si quis autem se existimat scire aliquid, nondum cognovit quemadmodum oporteat eum scire.
3 Si quis autem diligit Deum, hic cognitus est ab eo.
4 De escis autem quae idolis immolantur, scimus quia nihil est idolum in mundo, et quod nullus est Deus, nisi unus.
5 Nam etsi sunt qui dicantur dii sive in caelo, sive in terra (siquidem sunt dii multi, et domini multi):
6 nobis tamen unus est Deus, Pater, ex quo omnia, et nos in illum: et unus Dominus Jesus Christus, per quem omnia, et nos per ipsum.
7 Sed non in omnibus est scientia. Quidam autem cum conscientia usque nunc idoli, quasi idolothytum manducant: et conscientia ipsorum cum sit infirma, polluitur.
8 Esca autem nos non commendat Deo. Neque enim si manducaverimus, abundabimus: neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus.
9 Videte autem ne forte haec licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis.
10 Si enim quis viderit eum, qui habet scientiam, in idolio recumbentem: nonne conscientia ejus, cum sit infirma, aedificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta?
11 Et peribit infirmus in tua scientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est?
12 Sic autem peccantes in fratres, et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, in Christum peccatis.
13 Quapropter si esca scandalizat fratrem meum, non manducabo carnem in aeternum, ne fratrem meum scandalizem.
9 Non sum liber? non sum Apostolus? nonne Christum Jesum Dominum nostrum vidi? nonne opus meum vos estis in Domino?
2 Et si aliis non sum Apostolus, sed tamen vobis sum: nam signaculum apostolatus mei vos estis in Domino.
3 Mea defensio apud eos qui me interrogant, haec est:
4 Numquid non habemus potestatem manducandi et bibendi?
5 numquid non habemus potestatem mulierem sororem circumducendi sicut et ceteri Apostoli, et fratres Domini, et Cephas?
6 aut ego solus, et Barnabas, non habemus potestatem hoc operandi?
7 Quis militat suis stipendiis umquam? quis plantat vineam, et de fructu ejus non edit? quis pascit gregem, et de lacte gregis non manducat?
8 Numquid secundum hominem haec dico? an et lex haec non dicit?
9 Scriptum est enim in lege Moysi: Non alligabis os bovi trituranti. Numquid de bobus cura est Deo?
10 an propter nos utique hoc dicit? Nam propter nos scripta sunt: quoniam debet in spe qui arat, arare: et qui triturat, in spe fructus percipiendi.
11 Si nos vobis spiritualia seminavimus, magnum est si nos carnalia vestra metamus?
12 Si alii potestatis vestrae participes sunt, quare non potius nos? Sed non usi sumus hac potestate: sed omnia sustinemus, ne quod offendiculum demus Evangelio Christi.
13 Nescitis quoniam qui in sacrario operantur quae de sacrario sunt, edunt: et qui altari deserviunt, cum altari participant?
14 Ita et Dominus ordinavit iis qui Evangelium annuntiant, de Evangelio vivere.
15 Ego autem nullo horum usus sum. Non autem scripsi haec ut ita fiant in me: bonum est enim mihi magis mori, quam ut gloriam meam quis evacuet.
16 Nam si evangelizavero, non est mihi gloria: necessitas enim mihi incumbit: vae enim mihi est, si non evangelizavero.
17 Si enim volens hoc ago, mercedem habeo: si autem invitus, dispensatio mihi credita est.
18 Quae est ergo merces mea? ut Evangelium praedicans, sine sumptu ponam Evangelium, ut non abutar potestate mea in Evangelio.
19 Nam cum liber essem ex omnibus, omnium me servum feci, ut plures lucrifacerem.
20 Et factus sum Judaeis tamquam Judaeus, ut Judaeos lucrarer:
21 iis qui sub lege sunt, quasi sub lege essem (cum ipse non essem sub lege) ut eos qui sub lege erant, lucrifacerem: iis qui sine lege erant, tamquam sine lege essem (cum sine lege Dei non essem: sed in lege essem Christi) ut lucrifacerem eos qui sine lege erant.
22 Factus sum infirmis infirmus, ut infirmos lucrifacerem. Omnibus omnia factus sum, ut omnes facerem salvos.
23 Omnia autem facio propter Evangelium: ut particeps ejus efficiar.
24 Nescitis quod ii qui in stadio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus accipit bravium? Sic currite ut comprehendatis.
25 Omnis autem qui in agone contendit, ab omnibus se abstinet, et illi quidem ut corruptibilem coronam accipiant: nos autem incorruptam.
26 Ego igitur sic curro, non quasi in incertum: sic pugno, non quasi aerem verberans:
27 sed castigo corpus meum, et in servitutem redigo: ne forte cum aliis praedicaverim, ipse reprobus efficiar.
10 Nolo enim vos ignorare fratres, quoniam patres nostri omnes sub nube fuerunt, et omnes mare transierunt,
2 et omnes in Moyse baptizati sunt in nube, et in mari:
3 et omnes eamdem escam spiritalem manducaverunt,
4 et omnes eumdem potum spiritalem biberunt (bibebant autem de spiritali, consequente eos, petra: petra autem erat Christus):
5 sed non in pluribus eorum beneplacitum est Deo: nam prostrati sunt in deserto.
6 Haec autem in figura facta sunt nostri, ut non simus concupiscentes malorum, sicut et illi concupierunt.
7 Neque idololatrae efficiamini, sicut quidam ex ipsis: quemadmodum scriptum est: Sedit populus manducare, et bibere, et surrexerunt ludere.
8 Neque fornicemur, sicut quidam ex ipsis fornicati sunt, et ceciderunt una die viginti tria millia.
9 Neque tentemus Christum, sicut quidam eorum tentaverunt, et a serpentibus perierunt.
10 Neque murmuraveritis, sicut quidam eorum murmuraverunt, et perierunt ab exterminatore.
11 Haec autem omnia in figura contingebant illis: scripta sunt autem ad correptionem nostram, in quos fines saeculorum devenerunt.
12 Itaque qui se existimat stare, videat ne cadat.
13 Tentatio vos non apprehendat nisi humana: fidelis autem Deus est, qui non patietur vos tentari supra id quod potestis, sed faciet etiam cum tentatione proventum ut possitis sustinere.
14 Propter quod, carissimi mihi, fugite ab idolorum cultura:
15 ut prudentibus loquor, vos ipsi judicate quod dico.
16 Calix benedictionis, cui benedicimus, nonne communicatio sanguinis Christi est? et panis quem frangimus, nonne participatio corporis Domini est?
17 Quoniam unus panis, unum corpus multi sumus, omnes qui de uno pane participamus.
18 Videte Israel secundum carnem: nonne qui edunt hostias, participes sunt altaris?
19 Quid ergo? dico quod idolis immolatum sit aliquid? aut quod idolum, sit aliquid?
20 Sed quae immolant gentes, daemoniis immolant, et non Deo. Nolo autem vos socios fieri daemoniorum:
21 non potestis calicem Domini bibere, et calicem daemoniorum; non potestis mensae Domini participes esse, et mensae daemoniorum.
22 An aemulamur Dominum? numquid fortiores illo sumus? Omnia mihi licent, sed non omnia expediunt.
23 Omnia mihi licent, sed non omnia aedificat.
24 Nemo quod suum est quaerat, sed quod alterius.
25 Omne quod in macello venit, manducate, nihil interrogantes propter conscientiam.
26 Domini est terra, et plenitudo ejus.
27 Si quis vocat vos infidelium, et vultis ire: omne quod vobis apponitur, manducate, nihil interrogantes propter conscientiam.
28 Si quis autem dixerit: Hoc immolatum est idolis: nolite manducare propter illum qui indicavit, et propter conscientiam:
29 conscientiam autem dico non tuam, sed alterius. Ut quid enim libertas mea judicatur ab aliena conscientia?
30 Si ego cum gratia participo, quid blasphemor pro eo quod gratias ago?
31 Sive ergo manducatis, sive bibitis, sive aliud quid facitis: omnia in gloriam Dei facite.
32 Sine offensione estote Judaeis, et gentibus, et ecclesiae Dei:
33 sicut et ego per omnia omnibus placeo, non quaerens quod mihi utile est, sed quod multis: ut salvi fiant.
11 Imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi.
2 Laudo autem vos fratres quod per omnia mei memores estis: et sicut tradidi vobis, praecepta mea tenetis.
3 Volo autem vos scire quod omnis viri caput, Christus est: caput autem mulieris, vir: caput vero Christi, Deus.
4 Omnis vir orans, aut prophetans velato capite, deturpat caput suum.
5 Omnis autem mulier orans, aut prophetans non velato capite, deturpat caput suum: unum enim est ac si decalvetur.
6 Nam si non velatur mulier, tondeatur. Si vero turpe est mulieri tonderi, aut decalvari, velet caput suum.
7 Vir quidem non debet velare caput suum: quoniam imago et gloria Dei est, mulier autem gloria viri est.
8 Non enim vir ex muliere est, sed mulier ex viro.
9 Etenim non est creatus vir propter mulierem, sed mulier propter virum.
10 Ideo debet mulier potestatem habere supra caput propter angelos.
11 Verumtamen neque vir sine muliere: neque mulier sine viro in Domino.
12 Nam sicut mulier de viro, ita et vir per mulierem: omnia autem ex Deo.
13 Vos ipsi judicate: decet mulierem non velatam orare Deum?
14 Nec ipsa natura docet vos, quod vir quidem si comam nutriat, ignominia est illi:
15 mulier vero si comam nutriat, gloria est illi: quoniam capilli pro velamine ei dati sunt.
16 Si quis autem videtur contentiosus esse: nos talem consuetudinem non habemus, neque ecclesia Dei.
17 Hoc autem praecipio: non laudans quod non in melius, sed in deterius convenitis.
18 Primum quidem convenientibus vobis in ecclesiam, audio scissuras esse inter vos, et ex parte credo.
19 Nam oportet et haereses esse, ut et qui probati sunt, manifesti fiant in vobis.
20 Convenientibus ergo vobis in unum, jam non est Dominicam coenam manducare.
21 Unusquisque enim suam coenam praesumit ad manducandum, et alius quidem esurit, alius autem ebrius est.
22 Numquid domos non habetis ad manducandum, et bibendum? aut ecclesiam Dei contemnitis, et confunditis eos qui non habent? Quid dicam vobis? laudo vos? in hoc non laudo.
23 Ego enim accepi a Domino quod et tradidi vobis, quoniam Dominus Jesus in qua nocte tradebatur, accepit panem,
24 et gratias agens fregit, et dixit: Accipite, et manducate: hoc est corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradetur: hoc facite in meam commemorationem.
25 Similiter et calicem, postquam coenavit, dicens: Hic calix novum testamentum est in meo sanguine: hoc facite quotiescumque bibetis, in meam commemorationem.
26 Quotiescumque enim manducabitis panem hunc, et calicem bibetis, mortem Domini annuntiabitis donec veniat.
27 Itaque quicumque manducaverit panem hunc, vel biberit calicem Domini indigne, reus erit corporis et sanguinis Domini.
28 Probet autem seipsum homo: et sic de pane illo edat, et de calice bibat.
29 Qui enim manducat et bibit indigne, judicium sibi manducat et bibit, non dijudicans corpus Domini.
30 Ideo inter vos multi infirmi et imbecilles, et dormiunt multi.
31 Quod si nosmetipsos dijudicaremus, non utique judicaremur.
32 Dum judicamur autem, a Domino corripimur, ut non cum hoc mundo damnemur.
33 Itaque fratres mei, cum convenitis ad manducandum, invicem exspectate.
34 Si quis esurit, domi manducet, ut non in judicium conveniatis. Cetera autem, cum venero, disponam.
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1 Corinthians 3-11
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The Church and Its Leaders
3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(A) but as people who are still worldly(B)—mere infants(C) in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food,(D) for you were not yet ready for it.(E) Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(F) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(G) are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos?(H) And what is Paul? Only servants,(I) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed,(J) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(K) 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service;(L) you are God’s field,(M) God’s building.(N)
10 By the grace God has given me,(O) I laid a foundation(P) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.(Q) 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is,(R) because the Day(S) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(T) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(U) 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.(V)
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(W) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(X) 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(Y) by the standards of this age,(Z) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(AA) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(AB) 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[b](AC) 21 So then, no more boasting about human leaders!(AD) All things are yours,(AE) 22 whether Paul or Apollos(AF) or Cephas[c](AG) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(AH)—all are yours, 23 and you are of Christ,(AI) and Christ is of God.
The Nature of True Apostleship
4 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants(AJ) of Christ and as those entrusted(AK) with the mysteries(AL) God has revealed. 2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3 I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4 My conscience(AM) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.(AN) It is the Lord who judges me.(AO) 5 Therefore judge nothing(AP) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.(AQ) He will bring to light(AR) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.(AS)
6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.”(AT) Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.(AU) 7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?(AV) And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!(AW) You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! 9 For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die(AX) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle(AY) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. 10 We are fools for Christ,(AZ) but you are so wise in Christ!(BA) We are weak, but you are strong!(BB) You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(BC) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(BD) When we are cursed, we bless;(BE) when we are persecuted,(BF) we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(BG) of the world—right up to this moment.
Paul’s Appeal and Warning
14 I am writing this not to shame you(BH) but to warn you as my dear children.(BI) 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(BJ) through the gospel.(BK) 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.(BL) 17 For this reason I have sent to you(BM) Timothy,(BN) my son(BO) whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.(BP)
18 Some of you have become arrogant,(BQ) as if I were not coming to you.(BR) 19 But I will come to you very soon,(BS) if the Lord is willing,(BT) and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. 20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of(BU) talk but of power.(BV) 21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline,(BW) or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
Dealing With a Case of Incest
5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.(BX) 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning(BY) and have put out of your fellowship(BZ) the man who has been doing this? 3 For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.(CA) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus(CB) on the one who has been doing this. 4 So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5 hand this man over(CC) to Satan(CD) for the destruction of the flesh,[d][e] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(CE)
6 Your boasting is not good.(CF) Don’t you know that a little yeast(CG) leavens the whole batch of dough?(CH) 7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.(CI) 8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread(CJ) of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate(CK) with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world(CL) who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister[f](CM) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater(CN) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.(CO)
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside(CP) the church? Are you not to judge those inside?(CQ) 13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”[g](CR)
Lawsuits Among Believers
6 If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people?(CS) 2 Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?(CT) And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! 4 Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? 5 I say this to shame you.(CU) Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?(CV) 6 But instead, one brother(CW) takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!(CX)
7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?(CY) 8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.(CZ) 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(DA) Do not be deceived:(DB) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(DC) nor men who have sex with men[h](DD) 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers(DE) will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were.(DF) But you were washed,(DG) you were sanctified,(DH) you were justified(DI) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Sexual Immorality
12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(DJ) “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”(DK) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,(DL) and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,(DM) and he will raise us also.(DN) 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?(DO) Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”[i](DP) 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.[j](DQ)
18 Flee from sexual immorality.(DR) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(DS) 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(DT) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(DU) 20 you were bought at a price.(DV) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(DW)
Concerning Married Life
7 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”(DX) 2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. 3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife,(DY) and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. 5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,(DZ) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan(EA) will not tempt you(EB) because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.(EC) 7 I wish that all of you were as I am.(ED) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(EE)
8 Now to the unmarried[k] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(EF) 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(EG) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(EH) 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(EI) And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):(EJ) If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.(EK)
15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.(EL) 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save(EM) your husband?(EN) Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Concerning Change of Status
17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.(EO) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.(EP) 18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.(EQ) 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.(ER) Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(ES)
21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(ET) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(EU) 23 You were bought at a price;(EV) do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(EW)
Concerning the Unmarried
25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,(EX) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy(EY) is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.(EZ) 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.(FA) 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(FB) and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(FC) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(FD)
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs(FE)—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.(FF) But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided(FG) devotion to the Lord.
36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong[l] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning.(FH) They should get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who marries the virgin does right,(FI) but he who does not marry her does better.[m]
39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives.(FJ) But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.(FK) 40 In my judgment,(FL) she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols
8 Now about food sacrificed to idols:(FM) We know that “We all possess knowledge.”(FN) But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something(FO) do not yet know as they ought to know.(FP) 3 But whoever loves God is known by God.[n](FQ)
4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(FR) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(FS) and that “There is no God but one.”(FT) 5 For even if there are so-called gods,(FU) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God,(FV) the Father,(FW) from whom all things came(FX) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(FY) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(FZ) and through whom we live.
7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(GA) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(GB) it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God;(GC) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(GD) to the weak.(GE) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(GF) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(GG) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(GH) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(GI) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(GJ)
Paul’s Rights as an Apostle
9 Am I not free?(GK) Am I not an apostle?(GL) Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?(GM) Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?(GN) 2 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal(GO) of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 4 Don’t we have the right to food and drink?(GP) 5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(GQ) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(GR) and Cephas[o]?(GS) 6 Or is it only I and Barnabas(GT) who lack the right to not work for a living?
7 Who serves as a soldier(GU) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(GV) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? 8 Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[p](GW) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?(GX) 10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,(GY) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.(GZ) 11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?(HA) 12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?
But we did not use this right.(HB) On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder(HC) the gospel of Christ.
13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?(HD) 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.(HE)
15 But I have not used any of these rights.(HF) And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.(HG) 16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(HH) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(HI) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(HJ) 18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge,(HK) and so not make full use of my rights(HL) as a preacher of the gospel.
Paul’s Use of His Freedom
19 Though I am free(HM) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(HN) to win as many as possible.(HO) 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.(HP) To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),(HQ) so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law(HR) (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law),(HS) so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.(HT) I have become all things to all people(HU) so that by all possible means I might save some.(HV) 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
The Need for Self-Discipline
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?(HW) Run(HX) in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown(HY) that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.(HZ) 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(IA) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(IB) 27 No, I strike a blow to my body(IC) and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.(ID)
Warnings From Israel’s History
10 For I do not want you to be ignorant(IE) of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud(IF) and that they all passed through the sea.(IG) 2 They were all baptized into(IH) Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food(II) 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock(IJ) that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.(IK)
6 Now these things occurred as examples(IL) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters,(IM) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[q](IN) 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(IO) 9 We should not test Christ,[r](IP) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(IQ) 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did(IR)—and were killed(IS) by the destroying angel.(IT)
11 These things happened to them as examples(IU) and were written down as warnings for us,(IV) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(IW) 12 So, if you think you are standing firm,(IX) be careful that you don’t fall! 13 No temptation[s] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful;(IY) he will not let you be tempted[t] beyond what you can bear.(IZ) But when you are tempted,[u] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper
14 Therefore, my dear friends,(JA) flee from idolatry.(JB) 15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break(JC) a participation in the body of Christ?(JD) 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,(JE) for we all share the one loaf.
18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices(JF) participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?(JG) 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(JH) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.(JI) 22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(JJ) Are we stronger than he?(JK)
The Believer’s Freedom
23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(JL) “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.(JM)
25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,(JN) 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”[v](JO)
27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you(JP) without raising questions of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.(JQ) 29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom(JR) being judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?(JS)
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.(JT) 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble,(JU) whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God(JV)— 33 even as I try to please everyone in every way.(JW) For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many,(JX) so that they may be saved.(JY) 11 1 Follow my example,(JZ) as I follow the example of Christ.(KA)
On Covering the Head in Worship
2 I praise you(KB) for remembering me in everything(KC) and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.(KD) 3 But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,(KE) and the head of the woman is man,[w](KF) and the head of Christ is God.(KG) 4 Every man who prays or prophesies(KH) with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies(KI) with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.(KJ) 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,[x] since he is the image(KK) and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;(KL) 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.(KM) 10 It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own[y] 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.(KN)
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.(KO)
Correcting an Abuse of the Lord’s Supper(KP)
17 In the following directives I have no praise for you,(KQ) 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(KR) 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.(KS) 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.(KT) 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(KU) by humiliating those who have nothing?(KV) What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you?(KW) Certainly not in this matter!
23 For I received from the Lord(KX) what I also passed on to you:(KY) 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,(KZ) 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(LA) in my blood;(LB) 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.(LC)
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.(LD) 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves(LE) 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.(LF) 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.(LG) 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(LH) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(LI)
33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. 34 Anyone who is hungry(LJ) should eat something at home,(LK) so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.
And when I come(LL) I will give further directions.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
- 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
- 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body
- 1 Corinthians 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16 Gen. 2:24
- 1 Corinthians 6:17 Or in the Spirit
- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 Or if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage
- 1 Corinthians 7:38 Or 36 If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years (or if her passions are too strong), and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind to keep the virgin unmarried—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves truly knows.
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
- 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
- 1 Corinthians 10:26 Psalm 24:1
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or of the wife is her husband
- 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
- 1 Corinthians 11:10 Or have a sign of authority on her
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