eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, because he distinguisheth not the body of the LORD.

For this cause also there are many among you that are sick and weak, and a good part sleep.

For if we judge ourselves, we shall not be judged.

But when we are judged, we are chastened of the LORD, that we should not be condemned with the world.

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

But if any man hunger, let him eat at home, lest ye come together for judgment. The rest will I set in order when I come.
(1 Corinthians)
Chapter 12

But of spiritual gifts I will not restrain you, brethren.

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, and that ye went unto dumb idols, as ye were led.

Therefore I make known unto you, that no man curseth Jesus which speaketh by the Spirit of God: neither can any man call Jesus Lord, except it be by the Holy Ghost.

There are many gifts, but there is one Spirit.

And there are divers ministries, but there is one LORD.

And there are divers powers, but there is one God, which worketh all in all.

In every one the gifts of the Spirit are manifested for the common good.

To one is given by the Spirit to speak wisdom, and to another to speak knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

To another, faith in the same Spirit; to another, the gift of healing in the same Spirit; 10. To another to do miracles; to another to prophesy; to another to discern spirits; to another to discern divers tongues; to another to interpret tongues.

And all these things worketh the same one Spirit, dividing to every man his own according to
his will.

For as one body is, and hath many members; and all the members of one body, though they be many, are one body: so also is Christ.

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Greeks, whether we be bond or free; and are all made to drink into one Spirit.

For even the body is not one member, but many.

But if the foot should say, I am not a hand, therefore I am not a member of the body; shall it not for this cause be a member of the body?

And if the ear should say, I am not an eye; therefore am I not of the body; shall it not for this cause be of the body?

If the whole body were the eye, where would the hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the smell be?

But now God hath set the members apart in the body, as he would have them.

But if all the members were one member, where would the body be?

Now the members are many, but the body is one.

The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee; or again the head unto the feet: I have no need of you;

But rather, the members of the body, which seem to us to be the weakest, are the most necessary,

And they that seem to us to be the most unrighteous we do most honour to them: and they that seem to us to be evil we adorn most.

For they that are well disposed toward us have no need. But God hath thus mixed the body, and hath given the most honour unto the poorest part,

That there be no division in the body, but that the members care for one another alike.

And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it: and if one member be kept glorious, all the members rejoice with it.

But ye are the body of Christ, and members every one according to his part.

And. God has placed in the church first the apostles, then the prophets, then the teachers, then the miracle workers, then the gifts to heal, the helpers, the governors, the various languages.

Are they all apostles? Are they all prophets? Are they all teachers? Are they all miracle workers? 3

Have they all gifts to make well? Do they all speak with divers tongues? Can they all interpret?

But strive for the best gifts. And I will show you yet a more delicious way.
(1 Corinthians)
Chapter 13

If I speak with the tongues of men, and with the tongues of angels, and have not love, I am sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

And if I could prophesy, and know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and let my body burn, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Love is longsuffering and kind; love is not jealous; love is not wanton; it is not puffed up; 5. She is not unruly; she seeks not her own; she is not provoked; she seeks not harm; 6. She rejoiceth not in iniquity; but rejoiceth in the truth;

she tolerates all things, she believes all things, she hopes all things, she endures all things.

Love never ceaseth, but prophecy shall cease, and tongues shall cease, and knowledge shall cease.

For our knowledge is fragmentary, and our prophesying is fragmentary.

But when that which is perfect shall come, then shall that which is in part cease.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, and was wise as a child, and had childish thoughts: but when I became a man, I put away those things which were childish.

We see now by a mirror in a dark word, but then face to face. Now I see in bits, but then I
shall know even as I am known.

Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but love is the greatest of these.
(1 Corinthians)
Chapter 14

Strive after love. Diligence yourselves to spiritual gifts, but most of all to prophesy.

For he that speaketh with the tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God. For no man heareth unto him: but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

But he that knoweth speaketh unto men for correction, and for exhortation, and for comfort.

He that speaketh with tongues correcteth himself: but he that knoweth correcteth the church.

I would that ye all spake with tongues, but much more that ye prophesied. For he that prophesieth is greater than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may be edified thereby.

But now, brethren, if I came unto you speaking with tongues, what profit was I to you, if I spake not unto you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecy, or by teaching?

Even so in those things which sound, and live not, whether it be a whistle or a harp; if they utter not divers voices, how can we know what is whistled, or what is harped?

And if the trumpet sound an uncertain note, who will make ready for the battle?

So likewise ye, if ye speak with tongues, if ye give not plain speech, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye shall speak into the wind.

Though there be divers kinds of voices in the world, yet none of them is uncertain.

If therefore I know not the interpretation of the voice, I shall be un-German unto him that speaketh, and he that speaketh shall be un-German unto me.

So likewise ye, being diligent for spiritual gifts, seek to improve the church, that ye may have all things abundantly.

Therefore let him that speaketh with tongues pray that he may interpret.

And if I pray with tongues, my spirit prayeth: but my mind bringeth forth no fruit.
Fifteen. But how should it be? Namely, thus: I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the mind: I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms with the mind.

But if thou bless in the spirit, how shall he that standeth instead of the laity say ‘Amen’ unto thy thanksgiving, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

Thou hast given thanks well, but the other is not made better.

I thank my God that I speak with tongues more than ye all.

But I will rather speak five words with my mind in the church, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words with tongues.

Brethren, be not children in understanding, but in wickedness be children: but in understanding be ye perfect.

It is written in the law: With other tongues and with other lips will I speak unto this people, and they shall not hear me,” saith the LORD.

Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not; and prophecy, not to them that believe, but to them that believe.

If therefore the whole church were gathered together in one place, and all spake with tongues, and there came in laymen or unbelievers, would they not say that ye were senseless?

And if they all prophesy, and an unbeliever or a layman come in, he shall be punished of them all, and judged of them all.

And so the secret of his heart would be revealed, and he would fall on his face and worship God and confess that God is truly in you.

How is it then, brethren? When ye come together, every one hath psalms, he hath doctrine, he hath tongues, he hath revelation, he hath interpretation. Let it all be done for the better!

If any man speak with the tongue, or two, or three, one by one; let one lay it out.

But if he be not an interpreter, let him hold his peace among the congregation, and speak unto himself, and unto God:

But let the prophets speak, two or three, and let the rest judge.

But if one revelation be to another that sitteth, let the first hold his peace.

Ye may all