1 Corinthians 10–16

Moreover, brethren, ^aI would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under ^aathe cloud, and all passed through ^bthe sea; ²and were all baptized ^cunto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; ³and did all eat the same ^dspiritual meat; ⁴and did all drink the same ^espiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. ⁵But with many of them ^fGod was not well pleased: for ^gthey were overthrown in the wilderness. ⁶Now these things were our ^hexamples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as ⁱthey also lusted. ⁷Neither be ye ^kidolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, ^lThe people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. ⁸Neither let us ^mcommit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day ⁿthree and twenty thousand. ⁹Neither let us tempt Christ, as ^osome of them also tempted, and ^pwere destroyed of serpents. ¹⁰Neither murmur ye, as ^qsome of them also murmured, and ^rwere destroyed of ^sthe destroyer. ¹¹Now all these things happened unto them for ^hensamples: and ^tthey are written for our admonition, ^uupon whom the ends of the world are come. ¹²Wherefore ^xlet him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. ¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but ^yGod is faithful, ^zwho will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a ^away to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. ¹⁴Wherefore, my dearly beloved, ^bflee from idolatry. ¹⁵I speak as to ^cwise men; judge ye what I say.

^16dThe cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the ^ecommunion of the blood of Christ? ^fThe bread which we break, is it not the ^ecommunion of the body of Christ? ¹⁷For ^gwe being many are one bread, and ^hone body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. ¹⁸ⁱBehold Israel ^jafter the flesh: ^kare not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? ¹⁹What say I then? ^lthat the idol is any thing, or ^mthat which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? ²⁰But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, ⁿthey sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should ^ehave fellowship with devils. ^21oYe cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and ^pthe cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. ²²Do we ^qprovoke the Lord to jealousy? ^rare we stronger than he?

^23sAll things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things ^tedify not. ^24uLet no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth. ^25vWhatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, ^wasking no question for ^xconscience sake: ²⁶for ^ythe earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof. ²⁷If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; ^zwhatsoever is set before you, eat, ^wasking no question for ^xconscience sake. ²⁸But if any man say unto you, This is ^moffered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not ^afor his sake that shewed it, and for ^xconscience sake: for ^ythe earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof: ^29xconscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other’s: for why is ^bmy liberty judged of another man’s conscience? ³⁰For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that ^cfor which I give thanks? ^31dWhether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. ^32eGive ^fnone offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to ^gthe church of God: ³³even as ^hI please all men in all things, ^unot seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be ⁱsaved.

XI.^aBe ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

²Now ^bI praise you, brethren, ^cthat you remember me in all things, and ^dkeep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. ³But I would have you know, that ^ethe head of every man is Christ; and ^fthe head of the woman is the man; and ^gthe head of Christ is God. ⁴Every man praying or ^hprophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. ⁵But every woman that prayeth or ⁱprophesieth with her head uncovered ^kdishonoureth her head: for that is even all one ^las if she were shaven. ⁶For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be ^ma shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. ⁷For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the ⁿimage and ^oglory of God: but ^pthe woman is the ^oglory of the man. ⁸For the man is not of the woman; but ^qthe woman of the man. ⁹Neither was the man created for the woman; but ^rthe woman for the man. ¹⁰For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of ^sthe angels. ¹¹Nevertheless ^tneither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, ^uin the Lord. ¹²For as ^qthe woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but ^xall things of God. ^13yJudge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? ¹⁴Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? ¹⁵But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. ¹⁶But ^zif any man ^aseem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither ^bthe churches of God.

¹⁷Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse. ¹⁸For first of all, when ye come together in the church, ^cI hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. ¹⁹For ^dthere must be also ^eheresies among you, ^fthat they which are ^gapproved may be made manifest among you. ²⁰When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat ^hthe Lord’s supper. ²¹For in eating every one ^rtaketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and ⁱanother is drunken. ²²What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye ^kthe church of God, and ^lshame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. ²³For ^mI have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, ⁿThat the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: ²⁴and when he had given thanks, he ^obrake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is ^obroken for you: this do in ^premembrance ^qof me. ²⁵After the same manner also he took the cup, ^rwhen he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. ²⁶For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death ^still he come. ²⁷Wherefore ^twhosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord ^uunworthily, shall be ^wguilty of ^xthe body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸But ^ylet a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. ²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not ^zdiscerning the Lord’s body. ³⁰For this cause many are weak and ^asickly among you, and many ^bsleep. ³¹For ^cif we would ^djudge ourselves, we should not be judged. ³²But when we are judged, ^ewe are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. ³³Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. ³⁴And ^fif any man hunger, let him ^geat at home; that ^hye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest ⁱwill I set in order ^kwhen I come.

XII.Now ^aconcerning spiritual gifts, brethren, ^bI would not have you ignorant. ²Ye know that ^cye were Gentiles, ^dcarried away unto these ^edumb idols, even as ye were led. ³Wherefore I give you to understand, that ^fno man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that ^gno man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. ⁴Now ^hthere are diversities of gifts, but ⁱthe same Spirit. ⁵And ^kthere are ^ldifferences of administrations, but ⁱthe same Lord. ⁶And there are diversities of ^moperations, but it is ⁱthe same God which worketh all in ⁿall. ^7oBut the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. ⁸For to one is given by the Spirit the word of ^pwisdom; to another the word of ^qknowledge by the same Spirit; ⁹to another ^rfaith ^sby the same Spirit; to another ^tthe gifts of healing by the same Spirit; ¹⁰to another the ^mworking of ^umiracles; to another ^xprophecy; to another ^ydiscerning of spirits; to another ^zdivers kinds of tongues; to another ^athe interpretation of tongues: ¹¹but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, ^aadividing to every man severally ^bas he will.

¹²For ^cas the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, ^cbeing many, are one body: ^dso also is Christ. ¹³For ^eby one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, ^fwhether we be Jews or Gentiles, ^fwhether we be bond or free; and ^ghave been all made to drink into ^hone Spirit. ¹⁴For the body is not one member, but many. ¹⁵If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁶And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? ¹⁸But now ⁱhath God set the members every one of them in the body, ^bas ^jit hath pleased him. ¹⁹And if they were all one member, where were the body? ²⁰But now are they ^cmany members, yet but one body. ²¹And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. ²²Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: ²³and those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our ^kuncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. ²⁴For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: ²⁵that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the…