1 Corinthians 11–16

^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 same care one for another. ²⁶And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members ^lrejoice with it. ²⁷Now ^dmye are the body of Christ, and ⁿmembers ^oin particular.

²⁸And ⁱGod hath set some in the church, first ^pqapostles, secondarily ^pqrprophets, thirdly ^pteachers, after that ^smiracles, then ^tgifts of healings, ^uhelps, ^xgovernments, diversities of tongues. ²⁹Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? ³⁰have all the ^tgifts of healing? ^ydo all speak with tongues? ^ydo all interpret? ³¹But ^zcovet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

XIII.Though I speak with ^athe tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or ^ba tinkling cymbal. ²And though I have the gift of ^cprophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all ^dknowledge; and though I have all ^efaith, ^fso that I could remove mountains, and have no charity, I am nothing. ³And ^gthough I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. ⁴Charity ^hisuffereth long, and ⁱis kind; charity ^kenvieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not ^lpuffed up, ⁵doth not ^mbehave itself unseemly, ⁿseeketh not her own, ^ois not easily provoked, ^pthinketh no evil; ^6qrejoiceth not in ^riniquity, but rejoiceth in the ^rstruth; ^7tbeareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, ^hendureth all things. ⁸Charity never faileth: but whether there be ^uvprophecies, they shall ^wfail; whether there be ^qvtongues, they shall cease; whether there be ^dknowledge, it shall ^wvanish away. ⁹For ^xwe know ^yin part, and we ^uprophesy in part. ¹⁰But ^zwhen that which is perfect is come, then that which is ^yin part shall be ^wdone away. ¹¹When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I ^wput away childish things. ¹²For ^anow we see through a ^bglass, darkly; but then ^cface to face: now I know ^yin part; but then ^dshall I know even as also ^eI am known. ¹³And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

XIV.^aFollow after charity, and ^aadesire ^bspiritual gifts, but rather that ye may ^cprophesy. ²For he that ^dspeaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man ^eunderstandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. ³But he that ^cprophesieth speaketh unto men to ^fedification, and ^gexhortation, and ^hcomfort. ⁴He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that ^cprophesieth ⁱedifieth the church. ⁵I would that ye all ^dspake with tongues, but ^jrather that ye ^cprophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, ^kexcept he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. ⁶Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by ^lrevelation, or by ^mknowledge, or by ^cprophesying, or by ⁿdoctrine? ⁷And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the ^osounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? ⁸For if ^pthe trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to ^qthe battle? ⁹So likewise you, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall ^rspeak into the air. ¹⁰There are, ^sit may be, ^tso many ^ukinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. ¹¹Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that…