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husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

36 Did the word of God come out from you? or did it go only to you?

37 If any one account himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know, that what I write to you is a commandment of the Lord;

38 but if any one know not this, let him be ignorant.

39 So then, brethren, be ye desirous to prophesy, yet forbid not to speak with other tongues :

6 that, after that, he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep: 7 after that, he appeared to James; then to all the apostles: 8 and, last of all, he appeared to me also, as to the infant not yet formed:

9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God;

10 but, by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace

40 and let all things be done which was bestowed upon me, decently, and in order.

CHAPTER XV.

MOREOVER, brethren, I recall to your knowledge the gospel which I declared to you; which also ye received, and in which ye stand;

2 by which also ye are saved, if ye hold it fast in the word in which I declared it to you; unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you, at first, (that which I also received;) That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;

4 and that he was buried; and that on the third day he rose again, according to the scriptures:

5 and that he appeared to Kephas, and then to the ten:

hath not been in vain, but I have laboured more than they all: yet not I alone, but the grace of God which was with me.

11 Whether, therefore, it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

12 But, if Christ be preached, that he is risen from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?

13 for, if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen;

14 and if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is vain, and your faith is vain:

15 and we are found to be false witnesses of God; because we testified of God that he hath raised the Christ, whom

I's. viii. 6.

he hath not raised, if indeed it is manifest that he is ex

the dead rise not:

16 for, if the dead rise not, neither is Christ raised: 17 and if Christ is not raised, your faith is vain; ye are still

in

your sins:

18 then, they also who are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished:

19 if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.

20 But now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of them that have slept:

21 for, since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead:

22 for, as in Adam all die, even so, in Christ all will be made alive.

23 But, each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit; afterward, at his coming, they that are Christ's:

24 then cometh the end, when he delivereth up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule, and all authority, and power:

25 for he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet.

26 The last enemy that will be destroyed, is death; for, he hath put all things under his feet :

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cepted, who did put all things under him:

28 and when all things shall be subjected to him, then will the Son himself be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

29 Else, what will they gain who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?

30 why, then, are they baptized for them? and why stand we in peril, every hour?

31 I protest, brethren, by the joy I have in you, in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily :

32 when (to speak according to the manner of men) I fought with wild-beasts at Ephesus, Acts, xix. 29. what profit was it to me, if the dead rise not? "Let us Is. xxii. 13. "eat and drink; for to-mor

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row we die:"

33 be not deceived: "evil conversations corrupt good "manners:"

34 awake duly, and sin not; for some of you are in ignorance of God: I speak this to your reproach.

35 But, some one will ask, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come? 36 Senseless! that which thou sowest is not made to live, unless it die :

37 and, as to that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that will be, but bare

Gen. ii. 7.

grain, perhaps of corn, or of the earth, earthy; the second

some other herb:

38 but, God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and, to each seed its proper body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes:

40 there are also heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another:

41 there is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for, one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 And so is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption :

43 it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power:

44 it is sown an animal body, it is raised a spiritual body: as there is an animal body, so there is also a spiritual body; 45 and, as it is written, "The "first man Adam was made "a living soul;" so, the last Adam is made a life-giving spirit.

46 But, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is animal; and afterward, that which is spiritual :

47 the first man, was from

man, is from heaven:

48 as is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly: 49 and, as we have borne the image of the earthy, so also shall we bear the image of the heavenly:

50 but this I say, brethren; that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

52 for, the trumpet will sound; 1 Thess.iv.16. and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed:

53 for, this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality:

54 and when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass the saying that is written, "Death is swal- Hos. xiii. 14. "lowed up in victory."

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57 but, thanks be to God who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ!

58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord; since ye know, that your labour is not in vain, in the Lord.

CHAPTER XVI.

hope to stay some time with you, if the Lord permit. 8 But, I shall remain in Ephesus until the Pentecost;

9 for, a great and effectual door is opened to me, although there are many adversaries.

10 But if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I myself do:

11 let no one, therefore, despise him; but, conduct him

AND, concerning the collec- forward in peace, that he may

tion for the saints; as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye:

2 on the first day of the week, let each of you lay by him in store according as he hath prospered, that the collections may not begin to be made when I come :

3 and when I am come, those whom ye shall have approved by your letters, I will send to carry your bounty to Jerusalem:

4 and, if it be judged advisable that I also should go, they shall go with me.

2 Cor. i. 15, 16. 5 And I will go to you, when I pass through Macedonia; (for I shall pass through Macedonia ;)

6 and I shall perhaps stay; or winter with you, that ye may conduct me forward, whither I may proceed.

7 For I do not wish to see you, now, only by the way; but

come to me, for I am expecting him:

12 as to our brother Apollos, I much entreated him to go to you, with the brethren; but it was not at all his wish to go now, but he will go when he shall have leisure.

13 Watch ye; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves as men; be strong:

14 let all you do, be done with love.

15 I beseech you, brethren, (for ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruit of Achaia, and that they have applied themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

16 that ye submit yourselves to such, and to every one that worketh and laboureth with us.

17 I rejoice at the presence of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus among you; because they supply that which was wanting to you;

18 for they have thus refreshed both my spirit and yours: acknowledge therefore such as they.

19 The churches of Asia salute you: Aquila and Priscilla, with the church that is in their

house, salute you much in the Lord.

20 All the brethren salute

you: salute ye one another with an holy kiss.

21 The salutation of me Paul with my own hand.

22 If any one love not the Lord, let him be Anathema, Maranatha.

23 The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you!

24 My love is with you all, in Christ Jesus.

The First Epistle to the Corinthians, was written from Ephesus.

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