The Holy Bible | 1 CORINTHIANS | Contemporary English (FULL) With Text

First letter of Paul to the church in Corinth first Corinthians 1 of Paul chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus and of Sosthenes who is also a follower of the church of God in Corinth Christ Jesus chose you to be his own people and to worship in his name as we do and all of us who call him Lord my prayer is that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and bless you with peace. I never stopped thanking my God for being so good as to give them Christ Jesus. who helps you speak and understand so well now you have the certainty that everything we told you about our Lord Jesus Christ is true you are not missing out on any blessing while you wait for him to return and until the day Christ returns he will keep you. completely innocent you can trust God and he chose you to be partners with his son our Lord Jesus Christ my dear friends as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg you to get along with each other do not take sides always try to agree on what you believe I have already been informed by several people from Chloe's family who continue to argue among themselves.

They have said that some of you say you follow me while others say you follow Apollo or Peter or Christ as Christ was divided in which I was nailed to a cross for you if you were baptized in my name I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius none of you can say that you were baptized in my name I did baptize the Staff family but no I do not remember if I baptized anyone else Christ no He sent me to baptize He sent me to tell the good news without using big words that would make the cross of Christ lose its power The message about the cross does not make any sense for lost people but for those of us who are being saved it is the power of God acting as God says in the scriptures I will destroy the wisdom of all those who claim to be wise I will confuse those who think they know so much what happened to those wise men what happened to the experts in the Scriptures?

What happened to those who think they have all the answers? Did not God show that the wisdom of this world is foolishness? God was wise and decided not to allow the people of this world to use his wisdom to learn. On him, however, God chose to save only those who believed the foolish message we preached. The Jews asked for miracles and the Greeks want something that sounds wise, but we preach that Christ was nailed to a cross. Most Jews have a problem with this and most Gentiles think it's nonsense. our message is the power and wisdom of God for the Jews and the Greeks that he has chosen even when God is foolish he is wiser than everyone else and even when God is weak he is stronger all my dear friends remember what who were when God chose you, the people of this world, did not think that many of you were wise, only a few of you were in places of power and not many of you came from important families, but God chose the foolish things of this world to shame the wise.

He chose the weak things of this world to shame the powerful. What the world thinks has no worth, useless and nothing at all. God has used to destroy what the world considers important. God did all this so that no one would boast before him. he. children of God he sent Christ Jesus to save us and make us acceptable wise men and saints so if you want to brag do what the scriptures say and brag about the Lord first to the Corinthians - friends when I came and told them the mystery that God had shared with us I didn't use big words or try to sound wise, in fact while I was with you I decided to talk only about Jesus Christ, who had been nailed to a cross at first I was weak and trembled with fear when I talked to you or preached I didn't try to prove anything by sounding wise I just left that the Spirit of God would show its power in that way you would have faith by the power of God and not by human wisdom.

We use wisdom when we talk to people mature in their faith but it is not the wisdom of this world or its rulers who will soon disappear. We speak of the hidden and mysterious wisdom of God that God decided to use for our glory long before the world began. The rulers of this world did not know anything about this wisdom, if they had known it, they would not have nailed the glorious Lord to a cross, but it is just as the Scriptures say, what God has planned for the people who love Him is more than what eyes have seen or ears have heard.

He did not even enter our minds the Spirit of God has shown you all his spirit discover everything even what is deep in the mind of God you are the only one who knows what is in your own mind and the Spirit of God is the The only one who knows what is in the mind of God but God has given us his spirit that is why we do not think the same way that the people of this world think. It is also why we can recognize the blessings that God has given us. Every word we speak was taught to us by the Spirit of God. not by human wisdom and the same spirit helps us to teach spiritual things to spiritual people, that is why only someone who has the Spirit of God can understand spiritual blessings, those who do not have the Spirit of God think that these blessings are stupid, the people who are guided by the Spirit they can make all kinds of judgments but they cannot be judged by others the Scriptures asked has anyone ever known the thoughts of the Lord or given him advice but do we understand what Christ is thinking? 1 Corinthians 3 my friends, you are acting like the people of this world, that's why I couldn't talk to you like spiritual people, you are like babies when it comes to your faith in Christ, so I had to treat you like babies and feed you with milk.

They couldn't take solid food and still can't because they are not spiritual yet. You are jealous and argue with each other this proves that you are not spiritual and that you are acting like the people of this world some of you say you follow me and some of you say you follow a policy isn't that how ordinary people behave? I am merely servants who helped you to have faith it was the Lord who made everything happen I planted the seeds Apollo watered them but God made them sprout and grow what matters is not those who planted or watered but God who made the plants grow the one who plant is as important as the one who waters each one will be paid for what they do nopales and I work together for God and you are God's garden and God's building God was kind and let me become an expert builder I put a foundation on which others have built but each of us must be careful how we build because Christ is the only foundation everything we build on that foundation will be tested by fire on the day of judgment then everyone will discover if we have used gold silver and precious stones or wood , hay and straw we will be rewarded if our building remains standing but if it is destroyed by fire we will lose everything but we ourselves will be saved as one who escapes the flames all of you surely know that you are the temple of God and that his spirit lives in you together you are the

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temple of God and God will destroy anyone who destroys his temple do not be deceived if any of you think that you are wise in the things of this world you will have to become a fool before you can be truly wise this is because God considers that the wisdom of this world is foolish is how the scriptures say that God catches the wise when they try to outwit him the scriptures also say that the Lord knows that the plans made by the wise are useless so stop boasting about what anyone has done fact Paul and the nopales and Peter all belong to you in fact everything is yours even the world life death the present and the future everything belongs to you and you belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God 1 Corinthians 4 think of us as servants of Christ to who have been given the task of explaining the mysterious ways of God and since our first duty is to be faithful to the one for whom we work, I do not care if I am judged by you or even by a court of law in In fact, I do not care.

I judge myself, I know nothing against myself, but that does not prove that I am right, the Lord is my judge, so do not judge anyone until the Lord comes, he will show what is hidden in the darkness. and what is in everyone's heart then God will be the one who praises each of us friends I have used Apollo's and mine as an example to teach you the meaning of the saying follow the rules I want you to stop saying that one of us is better than the other, what is so special about them? What do they have that they were not given and what was given to them?

How can they brag? Are you already satisfied? Are they rich now? Have they become kings while we are still nobody? I wish they were kings. then we could have a participation in your kingdom it seems to me that God has put us apostles in the worst possible place we are like prisoners on the way to death angels and the people of this world simply laugh at us because of Christ we are thought we are fools but Christ has made you wise we are weak and hated but you are powerful and respected even today we are hungry and thirsty and we have nothing to wear except rags we are mistreated and we have no place to live we work hard with our own hands and when people abuse us we wish them well when we suffer we are patient when someone curses us we respond with kind words until now we are considered nothing more than trash and rubbish of this world I am not Writing to embarrass you I want to help you just as parents help their dear children 10,000 people can teach you about Christ but I am your only father, you became my children when I told you about Christ Jesus and I want you to be like me. why I sent Timothy to you I love him like a son and he is a faithful servant of the Lord Timothy will tell you what I do to follow Christ and how it agrees with what I always teach about Christ in every church some of you think I am NOT coming visiting and then you are bragging, but if the Lord lets me go, I will soon be there and find out if those who are bragging really have any power.

The kingdom of God is not just a bunch of words. it is power what do you want me to do when I arrive do you want me to be hard on you or be kind and gentle 1 Corinthians 5 I have heard terrible things about some of you in fact you are behaving worse than the Gentiles a man sleeps even with his own stepmom, you're proud when you should feel bad enough to chase away anyone who acts like that. I am with you only in my thoughts, but in the name of our Lord Jesus I have already judged this man as if I was with you in person, so when you gather in the power of the Lord Jesus is with you, I will also be there.

Then they must hand that man over to Satan. His body will be destroyed but his spirit will be saved when the Lord Jesus. come back stop being proud you don't know how a little yeast can spread throughout the dough get rid of the old yeast then you will be like fresh bread made without yeast and that is what you are our Passover lamb is Christ who has already been sacrificed so don't celebrate the festival being bad and sinful which is like serving bread made with yeast be pure and truthful and celebrate using bread made without yeast in my other letter I told you not to have anything to do with immoral people but I wasn't talking about people of this world, you would have to leave this world to get away from all those who are immoral or greedy or who deceive or worship idols.

I was talking about your own people who are immoral or greedy or worship. idols or cursing others or getting drunk or cheating or even eating with them why should I judge outsiders? Aren't we supposed to judge only church members? God judges everyone else. The Scriptures say that he drives away any of your own people who are evil. 1 Corinthians 6 When one of you has a complaint against another, you take your complaint to a court of sinners or you take it to the people of God. You don't know that the people of God will judge the world and if you are going to judge the world, you can't solve small issues?

Don't you know that we will judge angels and if so surely we can judge everyday matters? Why do you bring daily complaints to judges who are not respected by the church? I say this to your shame. If any of you are wise enough to act as a judge between one follower and another, why should one of you take another to be judged as unbelievers when one of you takes another to court? Everyone loses, it would be better to let yourself be deceived and robbed but instead you deceive and rob other followers, don't you know that evil people will have no share in the blessings of the kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived, no one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual will participate in the kingdom of God, nor will any thief, nor the greedy, nor a drunkard, nor anyone who curses and deceives others, some of you were like this but now the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of the Spirit of God have washed you, we have made you

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and acceptable before God some of you say that we can do whatever we want but I tell you that not everything is good for us like this that I refuse to allow anything to have power over me you also say that food is for us bodies and our bodies are for food but I tell you that God will destroy themwe both must not do indecent things with our bodies we must use them for the Lord who is in charge of our bodies God will raise us from the dead by the same power he used when he raised our Lord to life don't you know that your bodies are part of the body of Christ?

Is it right for me to join part of the body of Christ to an immoral woman? It is not. Don't you know that a man who does that becomes a part of his body? The scriptures say that the two will be as one person, but whoever is united to the Lord is one in spirit with him, do not be immoral in matters. of sex this is a sin against your own body in a way that no other sin is surely you know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives the Spirit is in you and is a gift from God you are no longer your own God I paid a great price for you, so use your body to honor him.God 1 Corinthians 7 I will now answer the questions you asked in your letter.

Is it better for people not to marry well? Having your own husband or wife should stop you from doing something immoral. Husbands and wives must be fair to each other. When having sex, a wife belongs to her husband instead of herself and a husband belongs to his wife instead of himself, so do not refuse to have sex with each other unless you agree not to have sex. for a time to spend time in prayer. then satan will not be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control in my opinion that is what should be done although I do not know anything of what the Lord said on this matter I wish all of you were like me. but God has given different gifts to each of us here is my advice for people who have never been married and for widows you should stay single just like me but if you don't have enough self control then go ahead and get married later.

Everything is better to get married than to burn with desire. I instruct married couples to stay together and this is exactly what the Lord Himself taught. A wife who leaves her husband must remain single or return to her husband and a husband must not leave her husband. wife I don't know anything else the Lord has said about marriage, all I can do is give you my own advice, if your wife is not a follower of the Lord but is willing to stay with you, don't divorce her if your husband is. . is not a follower but is willing to stay with you do not divorce him your husband or wife who is not a follower is sanctified by having you as a companion this also sanctifies your children and prevents them from being impure in the eyes of God if your husband or wife is not a follower of the Lord and decides to divorce you, then you must accept it, you are no longer obligated to that person after all God chose you and wants you to live in peace and besides, how do you know if he will? you will be able to save your husband or wife who is not a follower in every Church I tell people to stay as they were when the Lord Jesus chose them and God called them to be His now I tell you the same thing if you are already circumcised do not try to change it if you are not circumcised don't be circumcised being circumcised or uncircumcised is not really what matters the important thing is to obey God's commandments so don't try to change who you were when God chose you Are you a slave?

Don't let that bother you, but if you can earn your freedom, you should. When the Lord chooses slaves, they become his free people and when he chooses free people, they become slaves of Christ. God paid a great price for you, so don't do it. do not become slaves to anyone else stay as you were when God chose you I do not know anything the Lord said about widows or people who have never married but I will tell you what I think and you can trust me because the Lord has treated with kindness now we are going through difficult times and I think it is best for you to stay as you are if you are married stay married if you are not married do not try to get married it is not bad get married even if you have never been married before, but those who are get married will have a lot of problems and I want to protect you from that my friends, what I want to say is that the Lord will soon come and it will not matter if you are married or not, it will be all the same whether you are crying or laughing or if you are buying or you are completely ruined, it will make no difference how much good you receive from this world or how much you like this world as we know it.

Now it's happening I want all of you to be free from worries. A single man worries about how to please the Lord, but a married man has more worries. He must worry about the things of this world because he wants to please his wife, so women are pulled in two directions. Single and women who have never been married worry only about pleasing the Lord and keep their bodies and minds pure, but the married woman worries about the things of this world because she wants to please her husband. What I say is for your own good. help you live well and love the Lord above all else, but let's say you're engaged to someone old enough to marry and you want her so much that all you can think about is getting married, then move on. and get married there is nothing wrong with that but it is better to have self control and decide not to get married it is perfectly fine to get married but it is better not to get married at all a wife must stay married to her husband until he dies then she is free to marry again but only with a man who is a follower of the Lord however I believe I am obeying the Spirit of God when I say that she would be happier if she remained single 1 Corinthians 8 in your letter you asked me about food offered to idols we all know something about this topic but knowledge makes us proud of ourselves while love makes us useful to others in fact people who think they know so much know nothing at all but God has no doubt about who loves him even though food is offered to idols We know that none of the idols in this world are alive after all there is only one God many things in heaven and on earth are called gods and lords but none of them are really gods or lords we have only one God and he is the father he created everything and we live for him Jesus Christ is our only Lord everything was made by him and through him life was given to us not everyone knows these things in fact many people have grown up with the belief that idols have life in them, for What when they eat meat offered to idols, a weak conscience bothers them, but food does not bring us closer to God, we are not worse off if we do not eat nor are we better off.

If we don't cause trouble to someone with a weak conscience just because he has the right to eat anything, you know all this and that's why you don't mind eating in the temple of an idol, but suppose a person with a weak conscience your conscience tells you. go and decide to eat food that has been offered to idols, then what you know has destroyed someone for whom Christ died when you sinned by hurting a follower with a weak conscience, you sin against Christ, so if I hurt one of the followers of the Lord with what Since I will never eat meat as long as I live 1 Corinthians 9 I am free I am an apostle I have seen the Lord Jesus and I have led you to have faith in Him others may think that I am NOT an apostle but you are proof that I am an apostle for you when the people ask me, I tell them that Barnabas and I have the right to our food and drink, each of us has the right to marry a follower of the Lord and take her with us like the other apostles. and the brothers of the Lord and Peter are the only ones who have to support ourselves by working at another job the soldiers pay their own salaries the people who grow grapes do not eat anything that the shepherds grow they do not get milk from their own goats I am NOT saying this On my own authority, the law of Moses tells us not to muzzle an ox when it is grinding grain, but was God only concerned about an ox?

Not now, he was talking about us, this was written in the Scriptures. so that all who plow and all who grind the grain expect to share the harvest when we told them the message that it was like planting a spiritual seed, so we have the right to accept material things from you as our harvest if others have the right. right to do this we have an even greater right but we have not used this right of ours we are willing to put up with anything to avoid causing problems for the message of Christ don't you know that the people who work in the temple?

They earn their living from what is brought to the temple. Don't they know that a person who serves at the altar is given part of what is offered? In the same way, the Lord wants everyone who preaches the good news to earn a living. life with the preaching of this? message but I have never used these privileges of mine and I am NOT writing this because I want to start now. I would rather die than someone steal my right to be proud of this. I have no reason to boast about preaching. Preaching the good news is something God told me to do and if I don't do it, I am damned.

If I preach because I want to, I will get paid, but even if I don't want to, it is still something God has sent. What I am paid to do is the opportunity to preach the good news for free and not use the privileges that I have because I am a preacher I am not a slave to anyone but I have made myself a slave to everyone so I can win as many people as possible when I am with the Jews. I live like a Jew to win the Jews. They are governed by the law of Moses and I am NOT, but I live by the law to win them and when I am with people who are.

I am not governed by the law. I forget the law to win them, of course, I never forget the law of God, in fact, I am governed by the law of Christ when I am with people whose faith is weak. I live like them to win. them I do everything I can to win as many as I can I do all this for the good news because I want to share their blessings you know that many runners participate in a race and only one of them wins the prize so run to win athletes work It is It is difficult to win a crown that cannot last, but we do it for a crown that will last forever.

I don't run without a goal and I don't box by punching my fists in the air. I keep my body under control and make it my slave so as not to lose after telling the good news to others first Corinthians 10 friends I want to remind you that all our ancestors walked under the cloud and crossed the sea this was like being baptized and becoming followers From Moses they all also ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink that flowed from the spiritual rock that followed them that rock was Christ but most of them did not please God so they died and their bodies were scattered all over the world. desert that happened to them is a warning to prevent us from wanting to do the same bad things they worshiped idols just as the scriptures say people sat down to eat and drink then they got up to dance so do not worship idols some of those people did shameful things and In a single day about 23,000 of them died.

Don't make insults like them and don't try to prove Christ like some of them did and then they were bitten by poisonous snakes. Don't even grumble like some of them did and they were killed by the destroying angel. These things. What happens to them is a warning to us all of this was written in the scriptures to teach those of us who live in these last days even if you think you can resist temptation be careful not to fall you are tempted the same way everyone else is tempted but God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much and he will show you how to escape your temptations my friends, you must stay away from idols.

I speak to you as people who have enough sense to know what I am talking about when we drink from the cup that we ask God to bless, is it not that we share the blood of Christ when we eat the bread we break, is it not that we share the body of Christ when eating? By sharing the same loaf of bread we become one body although we are many. Is it not the people of Israel who participate in worship when they gather around the altar and eat the sacrifices offered there? I am saying that either the idols or the sacrifice Food for them is anything, no, I am NOT, food is really sacrificed to demons and not to God.

I don't want you to have anything to do with demons. You cannot drink from the cup of demons and still drink from the Lord. cup you cannot eat at the table of demons and still eat at the table of the Lord we would make the Lord jealous if we did that and we are not stronger than the Lord some of you say we can do whatever we want but I tell you no everything we do is good or useful we should think of others and not ourselves however when you buy meat in the market go ahead and eat it keep your conscience clear by not asking where the meat came from the scriptures say the earth and everything What is in it is from the Lord if an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go then go eat what they serve you do not cause trouble to someone's conscience by asking where the food comes from but if they tell you that it has been sacrificed Don't make a problem for idols by eating it, I don't mean a problem for you but for the one who told you why my freedom should be limited by another person's conscience if I give thanks for what I eat why should someone accuse me of doing wrong When you eat or drink or do anything else, always do it to honor God.

Don't cause problems for the Jews or the Greeks or anyone else.that belongs to the church of God. I always tried to please others instead of myself in the hope that many of them will be saved you must follow my example as I follow the example of Christ 1 Corinthians 11 verse 2 I am proud of you because you always remember me and you obey the teachings that I gave you now I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man and the man is the head over the woman but God is the head over Christ this means that any man who prays or prophesies with something in his head brings shame to his head but any woman who prays or prophesies without something on her head brings shame shame to her head, in fact she can also shave her head, a woman should wear something on her head, it is shameful for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair , but if he refuses to wear something on his head, cut it off. their hair men were created to be like God and to honor God this means that a man should not wear anything on his head women were created to honor men it was the woman who was made from the man and not the man who he was made from woman he was not created for her she was created for him and for that reason and also by the angels a woman must wear something on her head this will show that she is under someone's authority as far as the Lord is concerned that the men and women need each other it is true that the first woman came from a man but all other men have been given birth to women however God is the one who created everything ask yourself if it is right for a woman to pray without something in her Isn't it unnatural and shameful for men to have long hair, but long hair is a beautiful way for a woman to cover her head.

That is how things are done in all of God's churches and that is why none of you should argue about what I have said. Do you do your worship services? More harm than good I'm certainly not going to praise them for this. I've been told that they can't get along when they worship and I'm sure some of what I've heard is true. They are likely to argue with each other. others, but it is easy to see which of you has the approval of God when you meet, you do not really celebrate the Lord's Supper, you do not even begin to eat before everyone arrives at the meeting and some of you go hungry while others get drunk , No?

You have houses where you can eat and drink. Do you hate the church of God? Do you want to shame people who have nothing? What can I say? I certainly cannot praise you. I already told you what the Lord Jesus did on the night he was betrayed and came from the Lord himself. He took a little bread in his hands. After giving thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body that is given for you. Eat this and remember." me after the meal Jesus took a cup of wine in his hands and said this is my blood and with it God makes his new agreement with you drink this and remember me the Lord meant that when you eat this bread and drink from this cup you will count of his death until he comes but if you eat the bread and drink the wine in a way that is not worthy of the Lord you sin against his body and blood so you must examine the way you eat and drink if you do not understand that you are the body of the Lord.

Lord you will condemn yourselves for your way of eating and drinking that is why many of you are sick and weak and many others have died if we judge ourselves care

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y we will not be punished but when the Lord judges and punishes us, he does it to preserve us . from being damned with the rest of the world, my dear friends, you must wait until everyone arrives before you start eating, if you are really hungry, you can eat at home, then you will not be damned when you gather after I arrive, I will give you instructions. you about the other matters first Corinthians 12 my friends, you asked me about spiritual gifts.

I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led down all the wrong paths by idols who now cannot even speak. I want you to know that. If you are guided by the Spirit of God you will say that Jesus is Lord and you will never curse Jesus. There are different types of spiritual gifts but they all come from the same spirit. There are different ways to serve the same Lord and each of us can do different things, however the same. God works in all of us and helps us in everything we do the Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others some of us can speak with wisdom while others can speak with knowledge but these gifts come from the same spirit to others the Spirit has given great faith or the power to heal the sick or the power to work powerful miracles some of us are prophets and some recognize when the Spirit of God is present others can speak different types of languages ​​and Others may tell you what these languages ​​mean, but it is the spirit who does all this and decides what gifts to give each of us.

The body of Christ has many different parts, just like any other body. Some of us are Jews and some of us are Gentiles. Some of us are. The slaves and the rest are free but the Spirit of God baptized each one of us and made us part of the body of Christ now we each drink from that same spirit our bodies do not have just one part they have many parts suppose a foot says NO I am a hand and therefore I am NOT part of the body, wouldn't the foot still belong to the body? or suppose an ear says I am NOT an eye and therefore NOT part of the body, wouldn't the ear still belong to the body?

If our bodies were just a hello, we couldn't hear anything and if they were just in ear, we couldn't smell anything, but God has put all the parts of our body together the way He decided that one body is not the best. really a body unless there is more than one part, it takes many parts to make a single body, that's why the eyes can't say that they don't need the hands, that's also why the head can't say that they don't need the feet, so fact, we can't. We do without the body parts that seemed weaker We take special care in dressing some parts of our body We are modest with our personal parts but we don't have to be modest with other parts God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem weaker less important are valuable.

He did this so that all parts of the body would work together smoothly and that each part would care for the other. If a part of our body hurts, we hear everywhere if a part of our body hurts. our body is honored the whole body will be happy together you are the body of Christ each of you is part of his body first God chose some people to be apostles and prophets and teachers for the church but he also chose some to do miracles or heal the sick or help others or be leaders or speak different types of languages ​​not everyone is an apostle not everyone is a prophet not everyone is a teacher not everyone can perform miracles not everyone can heal the sick not everyone can speak different types of languages ​​no everyone can know what these languages ​​mean.

I want you to want the best gifts, so I will show you a much better way. First Corinthians 13. What if I could speak all the languages ​​of humans and angels? If I did not love others, I would be nothing more. than a loud gong or a clanging cymbal, what if you could prophesy and understand all the secrets and all the knowledge? and if I had a faith that could move mountains. I would be nothing unless I loved others. What would happen if I gave up everything I had and let myself be? burned alive he would gain nothing unless he loved others love is kind and patient never jealous boastful proud or rude love is neither selfish nor quick-tempered does not keep track of the mistakes others make love rejoices in the truth but not in evil love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful and trusting love never fails all those who prophesy will stop and unknown languages ​​will no longer be spoken everything we know will be forgotten we do not know everything and our prophecies are not complete but what is perfect one day will appear and what is not perfect will disappear when we were children we thought and reasoned like children do but when we grew up we left our childish ways now all we can see of God is like a blurry image in a mirror later we will see it in his face. to face we do not know everything but then we will do it as God understands us completely for now there is faith hope and love but of these three the greatest is love first Corinthians 14 love must be your guide be eager to have the gifts that come of the Holy Spirit especially the gift of prophecy if you speak languages ​​that others do not know God will understand what you are saying although no one else will know what you mean you will be speaking about mysteries that only the Spirit understands but when you prophesy you will be understood and others will be helped, they will be encouraged and they will feel better when speaking languages ​​that others do not know.

You help only you, but by prophesying you help everyone in the church. I am glad that you speak unknown languages, although I would prefer that you prophesy, in fact, prophesying does much more good than speaking unknown languages, unless someone can help the church by explaining what they mean, my friends, what good would it be if I came and Will he speak unknown languages ​​to them and not explain them? What I meant, how would I help you unless I told you what God had shown me or gave you some knowledge, prophecy or teaching? If all musical instruments sounded the same, how would you know the difference between a flute and a harp if a bugle call doesn't?

It's unclear how you would know to prepare for battle. That's how it is when you speak unknown languages, if no one can understand what you are talking about, you will only speak with the wind. There are many different languages ​​in this world and all of them. It makes sense but if I don't understand the language someone is using we will be like foreigners to each other if you really want spiritual gifts choose the ones that will be most useful to the church when we speak languages ​​that others don't know we should pray for the power to explain what we mean For example, if I use an unknown language in my prayers, my spirit prays but my mind is useless, so what should I do?

There are times when I must pray with my spirit and times when I must pray with my mind sometimes I must sing with my spirit and at other times I must sing with my mind suppose some strangers are in your worship service when you are praising God with your spirit, if they do not understand you, how will they know how to say Amen, they may be worshiping God in a wonderful way, but no one else will be helped. I thank God that I speak unknown languages ​​more than any of you, but words that make sense can help the church, that's why in church I prefer to speak five words that make more sense than to speak 10,000 words in a language that others do not know my friends stop thinking like children think like mature people and be as innocent as little babies in the scriptures the Lord says I will use strangers who speak unknown languages ​​to speak my people will speak to you in foreign languages ​​but still my people do not listen to me languages ​​that others they don't know may mean something to unbelievers but not to the followers of the Lord prophecy on the other hand is for followers not for unbelievers I guess everyone in their worship service started speaking unknown languages ​​and some strangers or unbelievers came in, don't they think they are crazy?

But suppose you are all prophesying. When those unbelievers and strangers come in, they will realize that they are sinners and will want them to change their ways because of what you are saying they will say what is hidden in their hearts then they will kneel down and say to God we are sure that you are with these people my friends when you gather to worship you must do everything for the good of all there so it should be when someone sings or teaches or tells what God has said or speaks an unknown language or explains what the language means no more than two or three of you They must speak unknown, it is during the meeting that they must take turns and there must always be someone there to explain what you want to say, if no one can explain to you, you must remain silent in the church and talk only to yourself and to God, two or three people can prophesy and everyone else should listen care

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y if someone sitting there receives a message. of God the speaker should stop and let the other person speak, let only one person speak at a time, then everyone will learn something and be encouraged. a prophet must be willing to stop and let someone else speak.

God wants everything to be done peacefully and so that when God's people gather in church, women should not be allowed to speak, they should remain silent and listen as the law of Moses teaches, if there is anything they want to know, They can ask their husbands when they get home, it is a shame for women. To speak in the church, God's message did not begin with you and you are not the only ones it has reached. If you consider yourself a prophet or a spiritual person, you will know that I am writing only what the Lord has commanded, so do not do it.

Do not pay attention to anyone who is ignorant of what I write, my friends, be eager to prophesy and do not prevent anyone from speaking languages ​​that others do not know, but do everything correctly and in order. 1 Corinthians 15, my friends, I want you to remembermessage that I preached and that you believed and trusted, you will be saved by this message if you hold firmly to it, but if you do not, your faith was in vain. I told you the most important part of the message and you believed it. part is that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say, he was buried three days later, he was resurrected as the Scriptures say, Christ appeared to Peter and then to the twelve, after this he appeared to more than 500 followers, most of them of them yet. alive but some have died he also appeared to James and then to all the Apostles finally he appeared to me although I am like someone who was born at the wrong time I am the least important of all the Apostles in fact I caused so much trouble for the church of God that they did not even I deserve to be called an apostle, but God was kind, he made me what I am and his kindness was not in vain.

I worked much harder than any of the other apostles, although it was really the goodness of God at work. and I don't but it doesn't matter if I preached or if you preached all of you believe the message the same if we preach that Christ rose from the dead how can some of you say that the dead will not rise if they will not rise to life Christ himself will not rise to life and if Christ will not be raised to life our message is worthless and so is your faith if the dead will not be raised to life we ​​have told lies about God by saying that he raised Christ when in reality he did not so if the dead will not be raised Christ is not resurrected unless Christ is resurrected your faith is useless and you are still living in your sins and those people who died after putting their faith in him are completely lost if our hope in Christ is good only for this life we ​​are worse than anyone else but Christ has risen and ensures that others will also be resurrected just as we will die for Adam we will be resurrected for Christ Adam brought death to all of us and Christ will bring life to all of us but we must each wait our turn Christ was the first in resurrection and his people will resurrect to life when he returns then after Christ has destroyed all powers and forces the end will come and give the kingdom to God the Father Christ will rule until he puts all his enemies under his power and the last enemy that destroys will be death when the scriptures say that he will put everything under his power they do not include God it was God who put everything under the power of Christ after everything is under the power of the Son of God he will put himself under the power of God who put everything under the power of his children then God will mean everything to everyone if the dead are not going to be resurrected what will the people who are being baptized for them do why are they being baptized for those dead and why do we always risk our lives and face death all the days the pride that I have in you for the sake of Christ Jesus our Lord is what makes me say this What do you think I gained fighting against the wild animals in Ephesus if the dead do not rise let us eat and drink tomorrow we die do not be deceived by bad friends they will destroy you be sensible and stop sinning you should be ashamed that some people still do not know about God some of you have asked how the dead will be raised what kind of bodies they will have do not be fools a seed must die before it can sprout from the ground the wheat seeds and all the other seeds look different from the sprouts that come out.

This is because God gives each thing the type of body he wants people to have. The animals, the birds and the fish, are each made of meat, but none of them are Likewise, everything in the heavens has a body and so does everything on earth, but each one is very different from all the others. The sun is not like the moon. The moon is not like the stars and each star is different like that. it will be when our bodies are resurrected to life these bodies will die but the bodies that are resurrected will live forever these ugly and weak bodies will become beautiful and strong as surely as they are our physical bodies they are our spiritual bodies and our physical bodies will be transformed into spiritual bodies the The first man was called Adam and the Scriptures tell us that he was a living person but Jesus, who can be called the last Adam, is a life-giving spirit, we see that the one who had a spiritual body did not come first, he came after the one who He had a physical body, from which the first man was made. the dust of the earth but the second man came from heaven everyone who is on earth has a body like the body of the one who was made from the dust of the earth and everyone who is in heaven has a body like the body of the one who came from heaven just as we are like the one who was made from the earth we will be like the one who came from heaven my friends I want you to know that our bodies of flesh and blood will decay this means that you cannot share the kingdom of God that lasts forever you I will explain a mystery we will not all die but we will all be changed it will happen suddenly faster than the blink of an eye than the sound of the last trumpet the dead will rise we will all be changed so we will never die again our dead and decaying bodies will be transformed into bodies that they will not die or decay the bodies we have now are weak and can die but they will be transformed into bodies that are eternal then the Scriptures will come true death has lost the battle where is its victory where is its sting sin is what gives death is its sting and the law is the power behind sin but thank God for allowing our Lord Jesus Christ to give us the victory my dear friends stand firm and do not be shaken always stay busy working for the Lord you know that everything you do for he is worth it 1 Corinthians 16 when you raise money for God's people I want you to do exactly what I told the churches in Galatia to do, which is to say, every Sunday, every one of you. you must save part of what you have earned if you do this you will not have to take up a collection when I come choose some followers to take the money to Jerusalem I will send them with the money and with letters showing that you approve if you think I should go they can go With me after I have passed through Macedonia I hope to see you and visit you for a while, I may even stay all winter so that you can help me on my way to wherever I am.

I will be the next to go if the Lord allows me. I would rather come later for a longer visit than stop now for a short visit. I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost because there is a wonderful opportunity for me to do some work here, but there are also many people who are against me. When Timothy arrives, give him a friendly welcome. He is doing the work of the Lord just as I am. Don't let him. Nobody mistreats him, I am looking for him to return to me along with the other followers so when he leaves, send him with your blessings.

I have tried very hard to have our friend Apolo visit you with the other followers. He doesn't want to come now, but he will come when he can. Keep alert. Be firm in your faith. Stay brave. strong, show love in everything you do, you know Stephanus and his family were the first in a Kia to have faith in the Lord, they have done everything they can for God's people, my friends, I ask you to obey leaders like them and do the same. for everyone else who works hard with you I was happy to see Stephanus and we were lucky and that kiss having them here was like having you they made me feel much better just as they made you feel better you should appreciate people like them greetings from the churches in Asia Aquila and Priscilla together with the church that meets in their house and greetings in the name of the Lord all the followers of the Lord send each other greetings they give each other a cordial greeting I myself sign this letter Paul I pray that God puts a curse on everything whoever does not love the Lord and may the Lord come soon I ask that the Lord Jesus be kind to you I love all those who belong to the Christ of Jesus amen