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Re: Bible verse by verse
1 Corinthians 11:1-34
Imitators of me, try rather to imitate the Messiah as I try.
Now I praise you because you have remembered everything I told you and observe the traditions just the way I passed them on to you.
But I want you to understand that the leader of every man is the Messiah, and the leader of a wife is her husband, and the Messiah is lead by God.
Every man who prays or prophesies wearing something down over his head brings shame upon his head,
but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled brings shame to her head — there is no difference between her and a woman who has had her head shaved.
For if a woman is not veiled, let her also wear her hair shorted; but if it is shameful for a woman to wear her hair cut short or to have her head shaved, then let her be veiled.
For a man indeed should not have his head veiled, because he is the image and glory of God, and the woman is the glory of man.
For man was not made from woman, but woman from man;
and indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman but woman for man's sake.
The reason a woman should demonstrate by veiling her head that she is under authority has to do with the angels.
Nevertheless, in union with the Lord neither is woman independent of man nor is man independent of woman;
for as the woman was made from the man, so also the man is now born through the woman. But everything comes from God.
Decide for yourselves: is it appropriate for a woman to pray to God when she is unveiled?
Doesn’t the nature of things itself teach you that a man who wears his hair long degrades himself?
But a woman who wears her hair long enhances her appearance, because her hair has been given to her as a veil.
However, if anyone wishes to argue concerning it, the fact remains that we have no such custom, nor do the Messianic communities of God.
But in giving you this next instruction I do not praise you, because when you meet together it does more harm than good!
For, in the first place, I hear that when you gather together as a congregation you divide up into cliques; and to a point I can believe it.
Granted that there must be some divisions among you in order to show whose correct.
Thus, when you gather together, it is not to eat a meal sponsored by the Lord;
because as you eat your meal, each one moves ahead on his own; so that one stays hungry while another is already drunk!
Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or are you trying to show your contempt for God’s Messianic community and embarrass those who have little? What am I supposed to say to you? Am I supposed to praise you? For such I don’t praise you!
For what I received from the Lord is just what I passed on to you — that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread;
and after he had made made a blessing he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this as a memorial of me”;
likewise also the cup after the meal, saying, “This cup is the New Covenant effected by my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, as a memorial of me.”
So when you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until He shows up.
Therefore, whoever eats the Lord’s bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in an unworthy manner will be guilty of disrespecting the body and blood of the Lord!
So let a person examine himself first, and then he may eat of the bread and drink from the cup;
for a person who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself.
This is why many among you are weak and sick, and some have died!
If we would examine ourselves, we would not come under judgment.
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined. We will not be condemned along with the lost.
So then, brethren, when you gather together to eat, wait for one another.
If someone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together it will not result in judgment.
As for the other matters, I will instruct you about them when I come.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Followers of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.
2 And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,
3 and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,
5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,
6 for if a woman is not covered -- then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven -- let her be covered;
7 for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,
9 for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
10 because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the head, because of the messengers;
11 but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,
12 for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and the all things [are] of God.
13 In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?
14 doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?
15 and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;
16 and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.
17 And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;
18 for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],
19 for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;
20 ye, then, coming together at the same place -- it is not to eat the Lord's supper;
21 for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;
22 why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!
23 For I -- I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,
24 and having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye -- to the remembrance of me.'
25 In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink [it] -- to the remembrance of me;'
26 for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth -- till he may come;
27 so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:
28 and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;
29 for he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink -- not discerning the body of the Lord.
30 Because of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;
31 for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,
32 and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;
33 so then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;
34 and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.
Imitators of me, try rather to imitate the Messiah as I try.
Now I praise you because you have remembered everything I told you and observe the traditions just the way I passed them on to you.
But I want you to understand that the leader of every man is the Messiah, and the leader of a wife is her husband, and the Messiah is lead by God.
Every man who prays or prophesies wearing something down over his head brings shame upon his head,
but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled brings shame to her head — there is no difference between her and a woman who has had her head shaved.
For if a woman is not veiled, let her also wear her hair shorted; but if it is shameful for a woman to wear her hair cut short or to have her head shaved, then let her be veiled.
For a man indeed should not have his head veiled, because he is the image and glory of God, and the woman is the glory of man.
For man was not made from woman, but woman from man;
and indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman but woman for man's sake.
The reason a woman should demonstrate by veiling her head that she is under authority has to do with the angels.
Nevertheless, in union with the Lord neither is woman independent of man nor is man independent of woman;
for as the woman was made from the man, so also the man is now born through the woman. But everything comes from God.
Decide for yourselves: is it appropriate for a woman to pray to God when she is unveiled?
Doesn’t the nature of things itself teach you that a man who wears his hair long degrades himself?
But a woman who wears her hair long enhances her appearance, because her hair has been given to her as a veil.
However, if anyone wishes to argue concerning it, the fact remains that we have no such custom, nor do the Messianic communities of God.
But in giving you this next instruction I do not praise you, because when you meet together it does more harm than good!
For, in the first place, I hear that when you gather together as a congregation you divide up into cliques; and to a point I can believe it.
Granted that there must be some divisions among you in order to show whose correct.
Thus, when you gather together, it is not to eat a meal sponsored by the Lord;
because as you eat your meal, each one moves ahead on his own; so that one stays hungry while another is already drunk!
Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or are you trying to show your contempt for God’s Messianic community and embarrass those who have little? What am I supposed to say to you? Am I supposed to praise you? For such I don’t praise you!
For what I received from the Lord is just what I passed on to you — that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread;
and after he had made made a blessing he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this as a memorial of me”;
likewise also the cup after the meal, saying, “This cup is the New Covenant effected by my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, as a memorial of me.”
So when you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until He shows up.
Therefore, whoever eats the Lord’s bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in an unworthy manner will be guilty of disrespecting the body and blood of the Lord!
So let a person examine himself first, and then he may eat of the bread and drink from the cup;
for a person who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself.
This is why many among you are weak and sick, and some have died!
If we would examine ourselves, we would not come under judgment.
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined. We will not be condemned along with the lost.
So then, brethren, when you gather together to eat, wait for one another.
If someone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together it will not result in judgment.
As for the other matters, I will instruct you about them when I come.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Followers of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.
2 And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,
3 and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,
5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,
6 for if a woman is not covered -- then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven -- let her be covered;
7 for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,
9 for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
10 because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the head, because of the messengers;
11 but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,
12 for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and the all things [are] of God.
13 In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?
14 doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?
15 and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;
16 and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.
17 And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;
18 for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],
19 for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;
20 ye, then, coming together at the same place -- it is not to eat the Lord's supper;
21 for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;
22 why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!
23 For I -- I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,
24 and having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye -- to the remembrance of me.'
25 In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink [it] -- to the remembrance of me;'
26 for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth -- till he may come;
27 so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:
28 and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;
29 for he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink -- not discerning the body of the Lord.
30 Because of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;
31 for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,
32 and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;
33 so then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;
34 and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
1 Corinthians 12:1-31
Brethren, I do not want you to go on being ignorant concerning things of the Spirit.
You realize that when you were pagans, no matter how you felt you were being led, you were being led astray towards idols, which can’t communicate at all.
Therefore, I want to make it clear to you that no one speaking through the Spirit of God ever says, “Jesus is cursed!” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except through the Holy Spirit.
Now there are different types of gifts, but the same Spirit provides them.
Also there are different ways of serving, but it's the same Lord being served.
And there are different modes of labor, but it is the same God working them all through everyone.
Moreover, to each person is given a peculiar manifestation of the Spirit that will work for the common good.
To one, through the Spirit, is given a word of wisdom; to another, a word of knowledge, in accordance with the same Spirit.
To someone else, faith, through the same Spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, through that Spirit.
To another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the ability to judge between spirits; to another, the ability to speak in different languages; and to yet another, the ability to interpret.
One and the same Spirit is at work in all these things, distributing to each person as He chooses.
For just as the body is one but has many parts; and all the parts of the body, though many, constitute one body; so it is with the Messiah.
For it was by one Spirit that we were all embedded into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free; and we were all given the one Spirit to absorb.
For actually the body is not one part but many.
If the foot says, “I’m not a hand, so I’m not part of the body,” that doesn’t make it not part of the whole.
And if the ear says, “I’m not an eye, so I’m not part of the body,” that doesn’t make it not a part of the whole.
If the whole body were an eye --- could it hear? If it were all hearing ---- could it smell?
But as it is, God arranged each of the parts in the body exactly as He desired them.
Now if they were all just one part, would there be a body at all?
But as it is, there are indeed many parts, yet just one body.
So the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you”; or the head to the feet, “You're unnecessary.”
Quite the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be less important turn out to be all the more valuable;
and upon body parts which we consider less dignified we bestow greater dignity; and the parts that aren’t attractive are the ones we make as attractive as possible,
while our attractive parts have no need of such treatment. Honestly, God has put the body together in such a way that He gives greater dignity to the parts that lack it,
So that there will be no disagreements within the body, but rather all the parts will be equally concerned for all the others.
So if one part suffers, all the parts are affected; and if one part is honored, all the parts rejoice.
Now together you form the body of the Messiah, and individually you are parts of it.
And God has placed in the Messianic Community first, apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those who work miracles; then those with gifts of healing; those with ability to help; those skilled in administration; and those who speak in various languages.
Not everyone is an apostle, are they? Not all are prophets, are they -- or teachers -- or miracle-workers? Not all possess gifts of healing, not all speak in tongues, or interpret, do they?
Eagerly seek the more important gifts. But now I will show you the best way of all.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant;
2 ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;
3 wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus [is] anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus [is] Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.
4 And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit;
5 and there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord;
6 and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God -- who is working the all in all.
7 And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit;
8 for to one through the Spirit hath been given a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
9 and to another faith in the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings in the same Spirit;
10 and to another in-workings of mighty deeds; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; and to another [divers] kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues:
11 and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.
12 For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ,
13 for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,
14 for also the body is not one member, but many;
15 if the foot may say, `Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body;
16 and if the ear may say, `Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body?
17 If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling?
18 and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,
19 and if all were one member, where the body?
20 and now, indeed, [are] many members, and one body;
21 and an eye is not able to say to the hand, `I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, `I have no need of you.'
22 But much more the members of the body which seem to be more infirm are necessary,
23 and those that we think to be less honourable of the body, around these we put more abundant honour, and our unseemly things have seemliness more abundant,
24 and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,
25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,
26 and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with [it] do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with [it] do all the members;
27 and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28 And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;
29 [are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all powers?
30 have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
31 and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:
Brethren, I do not want you to go on being ignorant concerning things of the Spirit.
You realize that when you were pagans, no matter how you felt you were being led, you were being led astray towards idols, which can’t communicate at all.
Therefore, I want to make it clear to you that no one speaking through the Spirit of God ever says, “Jesus is cursed!” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except through the Holy Spirit.
Now there are different types of gifts, but the same Spirit provides them.
Also there are different ways of serving, but it's the same Lord being served.
And there are different modes of labor, but it is the same God working them all through everyone.
Moreover, to each person is given a peculiar manifestation of the Spirit that will work for the common good.
To one, through the Spirit, is given a word of wisdom; to another, a word of knowledge, in accordance with the same Spirit.
To someone else, faith, through the same Spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, through that Spirit.
To another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the ability to judge between spirits; to another, the ability to speak in different languages; and to yet another, the ability to interpret.
One and the same Spirit is at work in all these things, distributing to each person as He chooses.
For just as the body is one but has many parts; and all the parts of the body, though many, constitute one body; so it is with the Messiah.
For it was by one Spirit that we were all embedded into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free; and we were all given the one Spirit to absorb.
For actually the body is not one part but many.
If the foot says, “I’m not a hand, so I’m not part of the body,” that doesn’t make it not part of the whole.
And if the ear says, “I’m not an eye, so I’m not part of the body,” that doesn’t make it not a part of the whole.
If the whole body were an eye --- could it hear? If it were all hearing ---- could it smell?
But as it is, God arranged each of the parts in the body exactly as He desired them.
Now if they were all just one part, would there be a body at all?
But as it is, there are indeed many parts, yet just one body.
So the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you”; or the head to the feet, “You're unnecessary.”
Quite the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be less important turn out to be all the more valuable;
and upon body parts which we consider less dignified we bestow greater dignity; and the parts that aren’t attractive are the ones we make as attractive as possible,
while our attractive parts have no need of such treatment. Honestly, God has put the body together in such a way that He gives greater dignity to the parts that lack it,
So that there will be no disagreements within the body, but rather all the parts will be equally concerned for all the others.
So if one part suffers, all the parts are affected; and if one part is honored, all the parts rejoice.
Now together you form the body of the Messiah, and individually you are parts of it.
And God has placed in the Messianic Community first, apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those who work miracles; then those with gifts of healing; those with ability to help; those skilled in administration; and those who speak in various languages.
Not everyone is an apostle, are they? Not all are prophets, are they -- or teachers -- or miracle-workers? Not all possess gifts of healing, not all speak in tongues, or interpret, do they?
Eagerly seek the more important gifts. But now I will show you the best way of all.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant;
2 ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;
3 wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus [is] anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus [is] Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.
4 And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit;
5 and there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord;
6 and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God -- who is working the all in all.
7 And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit;
8 for to one through the Spirit hath been given a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
9 and to another faith in the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings in the same Spirit;
10 and to another in-workings of mighty deeds; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; and to another [divers] kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues:
11 and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.
12 For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ,
13 for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,
14 for also the body is not one member, but many;
15 if the foot may say, `Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body;
16 and if the ear may say, `Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body?
17 If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling?
18 and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,
19 and if all were one member, where the body?
20 and now, indeed, [are] many members, and one body;
21 and an eye is not able to say to the hand, `I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, `I have no need of you.'
22 But much more the members of the body which seem to be more infirm are necessary,
23 and those that we think to be less honourable of the body, around these we put more abundant honour, and our unseemly things have seemliness more abundant,
24 and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,
25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,
26 and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with [it] do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with [it] do all the members;
27 and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28 And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;
29 [are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all powers?
30 have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
31 and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:
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Re: Bible verse by verse
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
I may speak a variety of language, or even as angels; but if I have no love, I have become merely blaring brass or a clashing cymbal.
I may have the gift of prophecy, I may fathom all mysteries, know everything, have all faith — enough to move mountains; but if I lack love, I'm of no value.
I could give away everything I own, I even hand over my body to be torched; but if I lack love, I've achieved nothing.
Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful,
not proud, rude or selfish, not easily agitated, and it keeps no list of wrongs.
Love does not gloat over other people’s failing/sin but delights in the truth.
Love always uplifts, trusts, hopes, persists.
Love never ends; but prophecies will stop, tongues will be taken away, knowledge will be discontinued.
For our knowledge is, and our prophecy is limited;
but when perfection arrives, what is limited will pass.
When I was a child, spoke, thought, and argued like a child; now that I have become an adult, I have finished with childish behavior.
For now we see distortion reflected, but finally it will be face to face. Now I have limited knowledge; then I will know fully, just as God has fully recognized me.
But presently, 3 things endure — trust, hope, and love. The most valuable of these is love.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;
2 and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;
3 and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
4 The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
5 doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,
6 rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;
7 all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.
8 The love doth never fail; and whether [there be] prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;
9 for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;
10 and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part shall become useless.
11 When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;
12 for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;
13 and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.
I may speak a variety of language, or even as angels; but if I have no love, I have become merely blaring brass or a clashing cymbal.
I may have the gift of prophecy, I may fathom all mysteries, know everything, have all faith — enough to move mountains; but if I lack love, I'm of no value.
I could give away everything I own, I even hand over my body to be torched; but if I lack love, I've achieved nothing.
Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful,
not proud, rude or selfish, not easily agitated, and it keeps no list of wrongs.
Love does not gloat over other people’s failing/sin but delights in the truth.
Love always uplifts, trusts, hopes, persists.
Love never ends; but prophecies will stop, tongues will be taken away, knowledge will be discontinued.
For our knowledge is, and our prophecy is limited;
but when perfection arrives, what is limited will pass.
When I was a child, spoke, thought, and argued like a child; now that I have become an adult, I have finished with childish behavior.
For now we see distortion reflected, but finally it will be face to face. Now I have limited knowledge; then I will know fully, just as God has fully recognized me.
But presently, 3 things endure — trust, hope, and love. The most valuable of these is love.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;
2 and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;
3 and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
4 The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
5 doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,
6 rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;
7 all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.
8 The love doth never fail; and whether [there be] prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;
9 for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;
10 and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part shall become useless.
11 When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;
12 for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;
13 and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
This is one of those rare parts of the Bible that is genuinely uplifting and beautiful:
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I may speak a variety of language, or even as angels; but if I have no love, I have become merely blaring brass or a clashing cymbal.
I may have the gift of prophecy, I may fathom all mysteries, know everything, have all faith — enough to move mountains; but if I lack love, I'm of no value.
I could give away everything I own, I even hand over my body to be torched; but if I lack love, I've achieved nothing.
Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful,
not proud, rude or selfish, not easily agitated, and it keeps no list of wrongs.
Love does not gloat over other people’s failing/sin but delights in the truth.
Love always uplifts, trusts, hopes, persists.
Love never ends; but prophecies will stop, tongues will be taken away, knowledge will be discontinued.
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I may speak a variety of language, or even as angels; but if I have no love, I have become merely blaring brass or a clashing cymbal.
I may have the gift of prophecy, I may fathom all mysteries, know everything, have all faith — enough to move mountains; but if I lack love, I'm of no value.
I could give away everything I own, I even hand over my body to be torched; but if I lack love, I've achieved nothing.
Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful,
not proud, rude or selfish, not easily agitated, and it keeps no list of wrongs.
Love does not gloat over other people’s failing/sin but delights in the truth.
Love always uplifts, trusts, hopes, persists.
Love never ends; but prophecies will stop, tongues will be taken away, knowledge will be discontinued.
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"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Maksutov wrote:This is one of those rare parts of the Bible that is genuinely uplifting and beautiful:
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I may speak a variety of language, or even as angels; but if I have no love, I have become merely blaring brass or a clashing cymbal.
I may have the gift of prophecy, I may fathom all mysteries, know everything, have all faith — enough to move mountains; but if I lack love, I'm of no value.
I could give away everything I own, I even hand over my body to be torched; but if I lack love, I've achieved nothing.
Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful,
not proud, rude or selfish, not easily agitated, and it keeps no list of wrongs.
Love does not gloat over other people’s failing/sin but delights in the truth.
Love always uplifts, trusts, hopes, persists.
Love never ends; but prophecies will stop, tongues will be taken away, knowledge will be discontinued.
............................
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Re: Bible verse by verse
1 Corinthians 14:1-40
Pursue love! However, keep on eagerly seeking the things of the Spirit; and especially seek to be able to prophesy.
For someone speaking in a tongue is not speaking to people but to God, because no one can comprehend, since he is uttering mysteries in the power of the Spirit.
But someone prophesying is speaking to people, edifying, encouraging and comforting them.
A person speaking in a tongue edifies himself, but a person prophesying edifies the congregation.
I wish you would all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you would all prophesy. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless someone provides interpretation, so that the congregation can be edified.
Brethren, say I appoach you now speaking in tongues. How can I be of benefit to you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
Even with lifeless musical instruments, such as a flute or a harp, how will anyone recognize the melody if all notes are the same?
And if the bugle gives an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?
It’s the same regarding you: how will anyone know what you are saying unless you use your tongue to produce intelligible speech? You will be talking to the air!
There are undoubtedly all kinds of sounds in the world, and none is altogether meaningless;
but if I don’t know what a person’s sounds mean, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
Likewise with you: since you eagerly seek the things of the Spirit, seek especially what will help in edifying the congregation.
Therefore someone who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit does pray, but my mind is unproductive.
So, what about it? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
Otherwise, if you are giving thanks with your spirit, how will someone who has not yet received much instruction be able to say, “So be it,” when you have finished giving thanks, since he doesn't comprehend?
For undoubtedly you are giving thanks very nicely, but the other person is not being edified.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
but in a congregation meeting I would rather say 5 words with my mind in order to instruct others than 10,000 words in a tongue!
Brethren, don’t be children in your thinking. In evil, be like infants; but in your thinking, mature.
In the Law it is written, “By other tongues, by the lips of foreigner, I will speak to this people. But even then they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord.
So tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.
So if the whole congregation comes together with everybody speaking in tongues, and uninstructed people or unbelievers come in, won’t they say you’re nuts?
But if you all prophesy, and some unbeliever or uninstructed person enters, he is convicted of sin and brought under judgment everyone,
and the secrets of his heart are exposed; so he falls on his face and worships God, saying, “God is really here among you!”
What is our conclusion, brethren? Whenever you come together, let everyone be ready with a song or a teaching or a revelation, or ready to use his gift of tongues or give an interpretation; but let everything be for guidance.
If the gift of tongues is exercised, let it be by 2 or at most 3, and each in turn; and let someone interpret.
And if there is no one present who can interpret, let the people who speak in tongues keep silent when the congregation meets — they can speak to themselves and to God.
Let 2 or 3 prophets speak, while the others ponder what is said.
And if something is revealed to a prophet who is seated, let the first one be silent.
For you can all prophesy one by one, with the result that all will learn something and all will be encouraged.
Also, the prophets’ spirits are under the prophets’ control;
for God is not a God of chaos but of peace.
As in all the congregations of God’s people,
let the wives remain silent when the congregation meets; they are certainly not permitted to speak out. Rather, let them remain subordinate, as also the Law says;
and if there is something they want to know, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to blurt out during a congregational meeting.
Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?
If anyone thinks he is a prophet or is endowed with the Spirit, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is a command of the Lord.
But if someone doesn’t recognize this, then let him remain unrecognized.
So, brethren, eagerly seek to prophesy; and do not forbid speaking in tongues;
but let all things be done in a proper and orderly way.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,
2 for he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;
3 and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;
4 he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify;
5 and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
6 And now, brethren, if I may come unto you speaking tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in teaching?
7 yet the things without life giving sound -- whether pipe or harp -- if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?
8 for if also an uncertain sound a trumpet may give, who shall prepare himself for battle?
9 so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give -- how shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,
11 if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;
12 so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;
13 wherefore he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- let him pray that he may interpret;
14 for if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;
16 since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known?
17 for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
18 I give thanks to my God -- more than you all with tongues speaking --
19 but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an [unknown] tongue.
20 Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
21 in the law it hath been written, that, `With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;'
22 so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy [is] not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,
23 If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 and if all may prophecy, and any one may come in, an unbeliever or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is discerned by all,
25 and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon [his] face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.
26 What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up;
27 if an [unknown] tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;
28 and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.
29 And prophets -- let two or three speak, and let the others discern,
30 and if to another sitting [anything] may be revealed, let the first be silent;
31 for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,
32 and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,
33 for God is not [a God] of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.
34 Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;
35 and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.
36 From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?
37 if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you -- that of the Lord they are commands;
38 and if any one is ignorant -- let him be ignorant;
39 so that, brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and to speak with tongues do not forbid;
40 let all things be done decently and in order.
Pursue love! However, keep on eagerly seeking the things of the Spirit; and especially seek to be able to prophesy.
For someone speaking in a tongue is not speaking to people but to God, because no one can comprehend, since he is uttering mysteries in the power of the Spirit.
But someone prophesying is speaking to people, edifying, encouraging and comforting them.
A person speaking in a tongue edifies himself, but a person prophesying edifies the congregation.
I wish you would all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you would all prophesy. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless someone provides interpretation, so that the congregation can be edified.
Brethren, say I appoach you now speaking in tongues. How can I be of benefit to you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
Even with lifeless musical instruments, such as a flute or a harp, how will anyone recognize the melody if all notes are the same?
And if the bugle gives an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?
It’s the same regarding you: how will anyone know what you are saying unless you use your tongue to produce intelligible speech? You will be talking to the air!
There are undoubtedly all kinds of sounds in the world, and none is altogether meaningless;
but if I don’t know what a person’s sounds mean, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
Likewise with you: since you eagerly seek the things of the Spirit, seek especially what will help in edifying the congregation.
Therefore someone who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit does pray, but my mind is unproductive.
So, what about it? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
Otherwise, if you are giving thanks with your spirit, how will someone who has not yet received much instruction be able to say, “So be it,” when you have finished giving thanks, since he doesn't comprehend?
For undoubtedly you are giving thanks very nicely, but the other person is not being edified.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
but in a congregation meeting I would rather say 5 words with my mind in order to instruct others than 10,000 words in a tongue!
Brethren, don’t be children in your thinking. In evil, be like infants; but in your thinking, mature.
In the Law it is written, “By other tongues, by the lips of foreigner, I will speak to this people. But even then they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord.
So tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.
So if the whole congregation comes together with everybody speaking in tongues, and uninstructed people or unbelievers come in, won’t they say you’re nuts?
But if you all prophesy, and some unbeliever or uninstructed person enters, he is convicted of sin and brought under judgment everyone,
and the secrets of his heart are exposed; so he falls on his face and worships God, saying, “God is really here among you!”
What is our conclusion, brethren? Whenever you come together, let everyone be ready with a song or a teaching or a revelation, or ready to use his gift of tongues or give an interpretation; but let everything be for guidance.
If the gift of tongues is exercised, let it be by 2 or at most 3, and each in turn; and let someone interpret.
And if there is no one present who can interpret, let the people who speak in tongues keep silent when the congregation meets — they can speak to themselves and to God.
Let 2 or 3 prophets speak, while the others ponder what is said.
And if something is revealed to a prophet who is seated, let the first one be silent.
For you can all prophesy one by one, with the result that all will learn something and all will be encouraged.
Also, the prophets’ spirits are under the prophets’ control;
for God is not a God of chaos but of peace.
As in all the congregations of God’s people,
let the wives remain silent when the congregation meets; they are certainly not permitted to speak out. Rather, let them remain subordinate, as also the Law says;
and if there is something they want to know, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to blurt out during a congregational meeting.
Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?
If anyone thinks he is a prophet or is endowed with the Spirit, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is a command of the Lord.
But if someone doesn’t recognize this, then let him remain unrecognized.
So, brethren, eagerly seek to prophesy; and do not forbid speaking in tongues;
but let all things be done in a proper and orderly way.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,
2 for he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;
3 and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;
4 he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify;
5 and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
6 And now, brethren, if I may come unto you speaking tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in teaching?
7 yet the things without life giving sound -- whether pipe or harp -- if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?
8 for if also an uncertain sound a trumpet may give, who shall prepare himself for battle?
9 so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give -- how shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,
11 if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;
12 so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;
13 wherefore he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- let him pray that he may interpret;
14 for if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;
16 since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known?
17 for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
18 I give thanks to my God -- more than you all with tongues speaking --
19 but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an [unknown] tongue.
20 Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
21 in the law it hath been written, that, `With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;'
22 so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy [is] not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,
23 If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 and if all may prophecy, and any one may come in, an unbeliever or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is discerned by all,
25 and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon [his] face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.
26 What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up;
27 if an [unknown] tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;
28 and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.
29 And prophets -- let two or three speak, and let the others discern,
30 and if to another sitting [anything] may be revealed, let the first be silent;
31 for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,
32 and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,
33 for God is not [a God] of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.
34 Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;
35 and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.
36 From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?
37 if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you -- that of the Lord they are commands;
38 and if any one is ignorant -- let him be ignorant;
39 so that, brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and to speak with tongues do not forbid;
40 let all things be done decently and in order.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
1 Corinthians 15:1-58
Now, brethren, I must remind you of the Good Message which I proclaimed to you, and which you received, and on which you have taken your stand,
and by which you are saved — provided you continue holding fast to the message I proclaimed to you. For if you don’t, your trust will have been in vain.
For among the first things I passed on to you was what I also accepted, namely this: the Messiah died for our sins, in accordance with what the scripture says;
and He was buried; and He was raised on the third day, in accordance with what the scripture says;
and He was observed by Cephas, then by the 12;
and afterwards He was observed by more than 500 brethren at once, the majority of whom are still alive at this time, though some have passed on.
Later he was seen by James, then by all the apostles;
and last of all He was seen by me, even though I was born at the wrong time.
For I am the least of all the apostles, unfit to be even called one, because I persecuted the Messianic Community of God.
But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace towards me was not in vain; quite the contrary, I have worked harder than all of them, although it was not my will but the grace of God with me.
Anyhow, whether I or they, this is what we proclaim, and this is what you believed.
But if it has been proclaimed that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how come some of you are saying there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then the Messiah has not risen;
and if the Messiah has not been raised, then what we proclaim is idiotic; also your trust is idiotic;
furthermore, we are then revealed as false witnesses for God in having testified that God raised up the Messiah, whom He did not raise if it is fact that the dead aren't raised.
For if the dead aren't raised, then the Messiah has not been raised either;
and if the Messiah has not been raised, your trust is worthless, and you are still lost in your sins.
Also, if this be the case, those who died in union with the Messiah are lost.
If it is only for this life that we have put our hope in the Messiah, we are more pitiable than anyone.
But the fact is that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have died.
For since death came through "Adam", also the resurrection of the dead has come through "Jesus".
For just as in connection with Adam all die, so in connection with the Messiah all will be made alive.
But each in his own order: the Messiah is the firstfruits; then those who belong to the Messiah, at the time of His coming;
then the culmination, when He hands over the Kingdom to God the Father, after having put an end to every rulership, yes, to every authority and power.
For He must rule until he puts all his enemies under His feet.
The last enemy to be done away with will be death,
for “He put everything in subjection under his feet.”But when it says that “everything” has been subjected, obviously the word does not include God, who is Himself the one subjecting everything to the Messiah.
Now when everything has been subjected to the Son, then he will subject himself to God, who subjected everything to Him; so that God may be everything in everyone.
Were it otherwise, what would the people accomplish who immersed on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why would anyone bother?
Concerning us , for that matter why do we keep facing danger hour by hour?
Brethren, by the right to be proud which the Messiah Jesus our Lord gives me, I solemnly tell you that I die every day.
If my fighting with “wild beasts” in Ephesus was done merely on a human basis, what do I gain by it? If dead people are not raised, we might as well live by the saying, “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Don’t be fooled. “Bad company ruins good character.”
Come to your senses! Live correctly and stop sinning! There are some people who lack knowledge of God — I reveal this to your shame.
But someone will ask, “In what manner are the dead raised? What sort of body do they have?”
Stupid! When you sow a seed, it doesn’t come alive unless it first dies.
Also, what you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare seed of, say, wheat or something else;
but God provides the body He intended for it; and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.
Not all living matter is the same living matter; on the contrary, there is one kind for human beings, another kind of living matter for animals, another for birds and another for fish.
Further, there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the beauty of heavenly bodies is one thing, while the beauty of earthly bodies is different.
The sun has one style of beauty, the moon another, the stars yet another; indeed, each star has its own individual style of beauty.
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. When the body is “sown,” it rots; when it is raised, it cannot decay.
When sown, it is without dignity; when raised, it will be beautiful. When sown, it is weak; when raised, it will be strong.
When sown, it is an ordinary human body; when raised, it will be a body controlled by the Spirit. If there is an ordinary human body, there is also a body controlled by the Spirit.
In fact, the scripture says: Adam, the first man, became a living human being; but the last “Adam” has become a life-giving Spirit.
Note, however, that the body from the Spirit did not arrive initially, but the ordinary human one; the one from the Spirit comes afterwards.
The 1st man comes from the earth, made of dust; the 2nd man comes from heaven.
People born of dust are like the man of dust, and people born from heaven are like the man from heaven;
and just as we bear the image of the man of dust, so also we will bear the image of the man from heaven.
Let me say this, brethren: flesh and blood cannot share in the Kingdom of God, nor can something that decays share in what does not rot.
Look, I will tell you a secret — not all "believers" will die! But we will all be changed!
It will take but a moment, the blink of an eye, at the final trumpet. For the horn will sound, and the dead will be raised to live forever, and we too will be changed.
For this material which can decay must be clothed with imperishability, this which is mortal must be clothed with immortality.
When what rots puts on imperishability and what is mortal puts on immortality, then this passage in the scripture will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory.
“Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your pain?”
The sting of death is sin; and sin draws its power from the Law;
but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus the Messiah!
So, my dear brethren, stand firm and immovable, always doing the Lord’s work as vigorously as you can, knowing that united with the Lord your efforts are not for nothing.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood,
2 through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,
3 for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,
4 and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,
6 afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;
7 afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,
9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,
10 and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that [is] towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that [is] with me;
11 whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe.
12 And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons?
13 and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen;
14 and if Christ hath not risen, then void [is] our preaching, and void also your faith,
15 and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;
16 for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,
17 and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;
18 then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;
19 if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.
20 And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead -- the first-fruits of those sleeping he became,
21 for since through man [is] the death, also through man [is] a rising again of the dead,
22 for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,
23 and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ's, in his presence,
24 then -- the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power --
25 for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet --
26 the last enemy is done away -- death;
27 for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, [it is] evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,
28 and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.
29 Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?
30 why also do we stand in peril every hour?
31 Every day do I die, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord:
32 if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!
33 Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
34 awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say [it].
35 But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?
36 unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;
37 and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,
38 and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.
39 All flesh [is] not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;
40 and [there are] heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one [is] the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;
41 one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory.
42 So also [is] the rising again 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 a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;
45 so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam [is] for a life-giving spirit,
46 but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterwards that which [is] spiritual.
47 The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;
48 as [is] the earthy, such [are] also the earthy; and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] also the heavenly;
49 and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.
50 And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;
51 lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we -- we shall be changed:
53 for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;
54 and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up -- to
victory;
55 where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'
56 and the sting of the death [is] the sin, and the power of the sin the law;
57 and to God -- thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;
58 so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
Now, brethren, I must remind you of the Good Message which I proclaimed to you, and which you received, and on which you have taken your stand,
and by which you are saved — provided you continue holding fast to the message I proclaimed to you. For if you don’t, your trust will have been in vain.
For among the first things I passed on to you was what I also accepted, namely this: the Messiah died for our sins, in accordance with what the scripture says;
and He was buried; and He was raised on the third day, in accordance with what the scripture says;
and He was observed by Cephas, then by the 12;
and afterwards He was observed by more than 500 brethren at once, the majority of whom are still alive at this time, though some have passed on.
Later he was seen by James, then by all the apostles;
and last of all He was seen by me, even though I was born at the wrong time.
For I am the least of all the apostles, unfit to be even called one, because I persecuted the Messianic Community of God.
But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace towards me was not in vain; quite the contrary, I have worked harder than all of them, although it was not my will but the grace of God with me.
Anyhow, whether I or they, this is what we proclaim, and this is what you believed.
But if it has been proclaimed that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how come some of you are saying there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then the Messiah has not risen;
and if the Messiah has not been raised, then what we proclaim is idiotic; also your trust is idiotic;
furthermore, we are then revealed as false witnesses for God in having testified that God raised up the Messiah, whom He did not raise if it is fact that the dead aren't raised.
For if the dead aren't raised, then the Messiah has not been raised either;
and if the Messiah has not been raised, your trust is worthless, and you are still lost in your sins.
Also, if this be the case, those who died in union with the Messiah are lost.
If it is only for this life that we have put our hope in the Messiah, we are more pitiable than anyone.
But the fact is that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have died.
For since death came through "Adam", also the resurrection of the dead has come through "Jesus".
For just as in connection with Adam all die, so in connection with the Messiah all will be made alive.
But each in his own order: the Messiah is the firstfruits; then those who belong to the Messiah, at the time of His coming;
then the culmination, when He hands over the Kingdom to God the Father, after having put an end to every rulership, yes, to every authority and power.
For He must rule until he puts all his enemies under His feet.
The last enemy to be done away with will be death,
for “He put everything in subjection under his feet.”But when it says that “everything” has been subjected, obviously the word does not include God, who is Himself the one subjecting everything to the Messiah.
Now when everything has been subjected to the Son, then he will subject himself to God, who subjected everything to Him; so that God may be everything in everyone.
Were it otherwise, what would the people accomplish who immersed on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why would anyone bother?
Concerning us , for that matter why do we keep facing danger hour by hour?
Brethren, by the right to be proud which the Messiah Jesus our Lord gives me, I solemnly tell you that I die every day.
If my fighting with “wild beasts” in Ephesus was done merely on a human basis, what do I gain by it? If dead people are not raised, we might as well live by the saying, “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Don’t be fooled. “Bad company ruins good character.”
Come to your senses! Live correctly and stop sinning! There are some people who lack knowledge of God — I reveal this to your shame.
But someone will ask, “In what manner are the dead raised? What sort of body do they have?”
Stupid! When you sow a seed, it doesn’t come alive unless it first dies.
Also, what you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare seed of, say, wheat or something else;
but God provides the body He intended for it; and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.
Not all living matter is the same living matter; on the contrary, there is one kind for human beings, another kind of living matter for animals, another for birds and another for fish.
Further, there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the beauty of heavenly bodies is one thing, while the beauty of earthly bodies is different.
The sun has one style of beauty, the moon another, the stars yet another; indeed, each star has its own individual style of beauty.
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. When the body is “sown,” it rots; when it is raised, it cannot decay.
When sown, it is without dignity; when raised, it will be beautiful. When sown, it is weak; when raised, it will be strong.
When sown, it is an ordinary human body; when raised, it will be a body controlled by the Spirit. If there is an ordinary human body, there is also a body controlled by the Spirit.
In fact, the scripture says: Adam, the first man, became a living human being; but the last “Adam” has become a life-giving Spirit.
Note, however, that the body from the Spirit did not arrive initially, but the ordinary human one; the one from the Spirit comes afterwards.
The 1st man comes from the earth, made of dust; the 2nd man comes from heaven.
People born of dust are like the man of dust, and people born from heaven are like the man from heaven;
and just as we bear the image of the man of dust, so also we will bear the image of the man from heaven.
Let me say this, brethren: flesh and blood cannot share in the Kingdom of God, nor can something that decays share in what does not rot.
Look, I will tell you a secret — not all "believers" will die! But we will all be changed!
It will take but a moment, the blink of an eye, at the final trumpet. For the horn will sound, and the dead will be raised to live forever, and we too will be changed.
For this material which can decay must be clothed with imperishability, this which is mortal must be clothed with immortality.
When what rots puts on imperishability and what is mortal puts on immortality, then this passage in the scripture will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory.
“Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your pain?”
The sting of death is sin; and sin draws its power from the Law;
but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus the Messiah!
So, my dear brethren, stand firm and immovable, always doing the Lord’s work as vigorously as you can, knowing that united with the Lord your efforts are not for nothing.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood,
2 through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,
3 for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,
4 and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,
6 afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;
7 afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,
9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,
10 and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that [is] towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that [is] with me;
11 whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe.
12 And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons?
13 and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen;
14 and if Christ hath not risen, then void [is] our preaching, and void also your faith,
15 and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;
16 for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,
17 and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;
18 then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;
19 if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.
20 And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead -- the first-fruits of those sleeping he became,
21 for since through man [is] the death, also through man [is] a rising again of the dead,
22 for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,
23 and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ's, in his presence,
24 then -- the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power --
25 for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet --
26 the last enemy is done away -- death;
27 for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, [it is] evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,
28 and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.
29 Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?
30 why also do we stand in peril every hour?
31 Every day do I die, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord:
32 if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!
33 Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
34 awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say [it].
35 But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?
36 unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;
37 and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,
38 and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.
39 All flesh [is] not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;
40 and [there are] heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one [is] the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;
41 one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory.
42 So also [is] the rising again 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 a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;
45 so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam [is] for a life-giving spirit,
46 but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterwards that which [is] spiritual.
47 The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;
48 as [is] the earthy, such [are] also the earthy; and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] also the heavenly;
49 and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.
50 And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;
51 lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we -- we shall be changed:
53 for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;
54 and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up -- to
victory;
55 where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'
56 and the sting of the death [is] the sin, and the power of the sin the law;
57 and to God -- thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;
58 so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
1 Corinthians 16:1-24
Now, in regard to the collection being made for God’s people: you are to do the same as I directed the congregations in Galatia.
Every week, on Sunday, each of you should set some money aside, according to his resources, and save it up; so that when I come I won’t have to do fundraising.
And when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the people you have approved, and I will send them to transport your gift to Jerusalem.
If it seems appropriate that I go too, they will go along with me.
I will visit you after I have gone through Macedonia, for I am intending to pass through Macedonia,
and I may stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me continue my travels wherever I may head.
For I don’t want to see you now, when I am only passing through; because I am hoping to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
But I will remain at Ephesus until Pentecost,
because a great and important door has opened for my work, and there are many people opposing me.
If Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to be afraid of while he is with you; for he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.
So let no one treat him with disrespect. Help him on his way in peace, so that he will return to me, for the brethen and I are expecting him.
As for brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to go and visit you along with the other brethren; and although it was not at all his desire to come at this time, he will come when he has the opportunity.
Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, behave like men, grow strong.
Let everything you do be done in love.
Now, brothers, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first people in Achaia to put their trust in the Messiah, and they have devoted themselves to serving God’s people.
I urge you to submit yourselves to people like these and to everyone who works and toils with them.
I am glad that Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus are here, because they have helped make up for your absence.
They have refreshed my spirit, just as they have yours. I want you to show appreciation for people like these.
The congregations in the province of Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you in union with the Lord, as does the congregation that meets in their house.
All the brethren send you their greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Now, I Paul, greet you in my own handwriting.
If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse on him! Our Lord, come!
May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
My love is with you all, united with the Messiah Jesus.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And concerning the collection that [is] for the saints, as I directed to the assemblies of Galatia, so also ye -- do ye;
2 on every first [day] of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;
3 and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;
4 and if it be meet for me also to go, with me they shall go.
5 And I will come unto you, when I pass through Macedonia -- for Macedonia I do pass through --
6 and with you, it may be, I will abide, or even winter, that ye may send me forward whithersoever I go,
7 for I do not wish to see you now in the passing, but I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord may permit;
8 and I will remain in Ephesus till the Pentecost,
9 for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders [are] many.
10 And if Timotheus may come, see that he may become without fear with you, for the work of the Lord he doth work, even as I,
11 no one, then, may despise him; and send ye him forward in peace, that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brethren;
12 and concerning Apollos our brother, much I did entreat him that he may come unto you with the brethren, and it was not at all [his] will that he may come now, and he will come when he may find convenient.
13 Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
14 let all your things be done in love.
15 And I entreat you, brethren, ye have known the household of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruit of Achaia, and to the ministration to the saints they did set themselves --
16 that ye also be subject to such, and to every one who is working with [us] and labouring;
17 and I rejoice over the presence of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, because the lack of you did these fill up;
18 for they did refresh my spirit and yours; acknowledge ye, therefore, those who [are] such.
19 Salute you do the assemblies of Asia; salute you much in the Lord do Aquilas and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house;
20 salute you do all the brethren; salute ye one another in an holy kiss.
21 The salutation of [me] Paul with my hand;
22 if any one doth not love the Lord Jesus Christ -- let him be anathema! The Lord hath come!
23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ [is] with you;
24 my love [is] with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Now, in regard to the collection being made for God’s people: you are to do the same as I directed the congregations in Galatia.
Every week, on Sunday, each of you should set some money aside, according to his resources, and save it up; so that when I come I won’t have to do fundraising.
And when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the people you have approved, and I will send them to transport your gift to Jerusalem.
If it seems appropriate that I go too, they will go along with me.
I will visit you after I have gone through Macedonia, for I am intending to pass through Macedonia,
and I may stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me continue my travels wherever I may head.
For I don’t want to see you now, when I am only passing through; because I am hoping to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
But I will remain at Ephesus until Pentecost,
because a great and important door has opened for my work, and there are many people opposing me.
If Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to be afraid of while he is with you; for he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.
So let no one treat him with disrespect. Help him on his way in peace, so that he will return to me, for the brethen and I are expecting him.
As for brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to go and visit you along with the other brethren; and although it was not at all his desire to come at this time, he will come when he has the opportunity.
Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, behave like men, grow strong.
Let everything you do be done in love.
Now, brothers, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first people in Achaia to put their trust in the Messiah, and they have devoted themselves to serving God’s people.
I urge you to submit yourselves to people like these and to everyone who works and toils with them.
I am glad that Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus are here, because they have helped make up for your absence.
They have refreshed my spirit, just as they have yours. I want you to show appreciation for people like these.
The congregations in the province of Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you in union with the Lord, as does the congregation that meets in their house.
All the brethren send you their greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Now, I Paul, greet you in my own handwriting.
If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse on him! Our Lord, come!
May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
My love is with you all, united with the Messiah Jesus.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And concerning the collection that [is] for the saints, as I directed to the assemblies of Galatia, so also ye -- do ye;
2 on every first [day] of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;
3 and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;
4 and if it be meet for me also to go, with me they shall go.
5 And I will come unto you, when I pass through Macedonia -- for Macedonia I do pass through --
6 and with you, it may be, I will abide, or even winter, that ye may send me forward whithersoever I go,
7 for I do not wish to see you now in the passing, but I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord may permit;
8 and I will remain in Ephesus till the Pentecost,
9 for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders [are] many.
10 And if Timotheus may come, see that he may become without fear with you, for the work of the Lord he doth work, even as I,
11 no one, then, may despise him; and send ye him forward in peace, that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brethren;
12 and concerning Apollos our brother, much I did entreat him that he may come unto you with the brethren, and it was not at all [his] will that he may come now, and he will come when he may find convenient.
13 Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
14 let all your things be done in love.
15 And I entreat you, brethren, ye have known the household of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruit of Achaia, and to the ministration to the saints they did set themselves --
16 that ye also be subject to such, and to every one who is working with [us] and labouring;
17 and I rejoice over the presence of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, because the lack of you did these fill up;
18 for they did refresh my spirit and yours; acknowledge ye, therefore, those who [are] such.
19 Salute you do the assemblies of Asia; salute you much in the Lord do Aquilas and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house;
20 salute you do all the brethren; salute ye one another in an holy kiss.
21 The salutation of [me] Paul with my hand;
22 if any one doth not love the Lord Jesus Christ -- let him be anathema! The Lord hath come!
23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ [is] with you;
24 my love [is] with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
2 Corinthians 1:1-24
From: Paul, through God’s will of the Messiah Jesus, and brother Timothy To: God’s Messianic community in Corinth, along with all God’s people throughout Achaia:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus the Messiah.
Praised be God, Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, compassionate Father, God of all encouragement and comfort;
who encourages us through all our trials, so that we can encourage others in whatever trials they may deal with the same encouragement we ourselves have received from God.
For just as the Messiah’s sufferings overflow into us, so through the Messiah our encouragement also overflows.
So if we have trials, it is for your encouragement and deliverance; and if we are encouraged, that should encourage you when you have to endure sufferings like those we are experiencing.
Additionally, our hope for you remains firm, because we know that as you share in the sufferings, you will also share in the encouragement.
Brethren, we want you to realize the trials we have undergone in the province of Asia. The burden laid on us was so beyond what we could deal with that we even despaired of living through it.
In our hearts we felt we were under sentence of death. However, this was to get us to rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead!
He rescued us from such deadly peril, and he will rescue us again! The one in whom we have placed our hope will indeed continue to save us.
And you must add your help by praying for us; for the more people there are praying, the more people there will be to give thanks when their prayer for us is answered.
For we take pride in this: that our conscience assures us that in our dealings with the world, and especially with you, we have conducted ourselves with frankness and godly pureness of motive — not by worldly wisdom but by God-given grace.
There are no hidden meanings in our letters other than what you can read and understand; and my hope is that you will fully comprehend,
as indeed you have already understood us in part; so that on the Day of our Lord Jesus you can be as proud of us as we are of you.
So sure was I of this that I had planned to come and see you, so that you might have the benefit of a second visit.
I wanted to visit you on my way both to and from Macedonia, and then have you send me on my way to Judah.
Did I make these plans lightly? Or do I make plans the way a worldly man does, ready to say, “Yes, yes,” and “No, no,” at the same time?
As surely as God is trustworthy, we don’t say “Yes” when we mean “No.”
For the Son of God, the Messiah Jesus, who was proclaimed among you through us — that is, through me, Silvanus and Timothy — was not a yes-and-no man; on the contrary, with Him it is always “Yes!”
For however many promises God has made, they all find their “Yes” in connection with Him; that is why it is through Him that we say the “So be it” when we give glory to God.
Additionally, it is God who sets both us and you in firm union with the Messiah; he has anointed us,
placed His seal on us, and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee for the future.
I call God to witness — He knows what my life is like — that the reason I held back from coming to Corinth was for your consideration!
We are not trying to dictate how you must live out your trust in the Messiah, for in your trust you are holding fast. Rather, we are working with you for your own happiness.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
3 Blessed [is] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,
4 who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;
5 because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;
6 and whether we be in tribulation, [it is] for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation;
7 and our hope [is] stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings -- so also of the comfort.
8 For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above [our] power, so that we despaired even of life;
9 but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,
10 who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;
11 ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.
12 For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;
13 for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,
14 according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye [are] ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;
15 and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,
16 and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.
17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?
18 and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,
19 for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached -- through me and Silvanus and Timotheus -- did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes;
20 for as many as [are] promises of God, in him [are] the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;
21 and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and did anoint us, [is] God,
22 who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;
24 not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.
From: Paul, through God’s will of the Messiah Jesus, and brother Timothy To: God’s Messianic community in Corinth, along with all God’s people throughout Achaia:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus the Messiah.
Praised be God, Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, compassionate Father, God of all encouragement and comfort;
who encourages us through all our trials, so that we can encourage others in whatever trials they may deal with the same encouragement we ourselves have received from God.
For just as the Messiah’s sufferings overflow into us, so through the Messiah our encouragement also overflows.
So if we have trials, it is for your encouragement and deliverance; and if we are encouraged, that should encourage you when you have to endure sufferings like those we are experiencing.
Additionally, our hope for you remains firm, because we know that as you share in the sufferings, you will also share in the encouragement.
Brethren, we want you to realize the trials we have undergone in the province of Asia. The burden laid on us was so beyond what we could deal with that we even despaired of living through it.
In our hearts we felt we were under sentence of death. However, this was to get us to rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead!
He rescued us from such deadly peril, and he will rescue us again! The one in whom we have placed our hope will indeed continue to save us.
And you must add your help by praying for us; for the more people there are praying, the more people there will be to give thanks when their prayer for us is answered.
For we take pride in this: that our conscience assures us that in our dealings with the world, and especially with you, we have conducted ourselves with frankness and godly pureness of motive — not by worldly wisdom but by God-given grace.
There are no hidden meanings in our letters other than what you can read and understand; and my hope is that you will fully comprehend,
as indeed you have already understood us in part; so that on the Day of our Lord Jesus you can be as proud of us as we are of you.
So sure was I of this that I had planned to come and see you, so that you might have the benefit of a second visit.
I wanted to visit you on my way both to and from Macedonia, and then have you send me on my way to Judah.
Did I make these plans lightly? Or do I make plans the way a worldly man does, ready to say, “Yes, yes,” and “No, no,” at the same time?
As surely as God is trustworthy, we don’t say “Yes” when we mean “No.”
For the Son of God, the Messiah Jesus, who was proclaimed among you through us — that is, through me, Silvanus and Timothy — was not a yes-and-no man; on the contrary, with Him it is always “Yes!”
For however many promises God has made, they all find their “Yes” in connection with Him; that is why it is through Him that we say the “So be it” when we give glory to God.
Additionally, it is God who sets both us and you in firm union with the Messiah; he has anointed us,
placed His seal on us, and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee for the future.
I call God to witness — He knows what my life is like — that the reason I held back from coming to Corinth was for your consideration!
We are not trying to dictate how you must live out your trust in the Messiah, for in your trust you are holding fast. Rather, we are working with you for your own happiness.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
3 Blessed [is] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,
4 who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;
5 because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;
6 and whether we be in tribulation, [it is] for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation;
7 and our hope [is] stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings -- so also of the comfort.
8 For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above [our] power, so that we despaired even of life;
9 but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,
10 who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;
11 ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.
12 For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;
13 for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,
14 according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye [are] ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;
15 and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,
16 and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.
17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?
18 and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,
19 for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached -- through me and Silvanus and Timotheus -- did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes;
20 for as many as [are] promises of God, in him [are] the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;
21 and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and did anoint us, [is] God,
22 who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;
24 not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.