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1 Corinthians · read by A.W. Tozer
89 verses, in order. Only the verses A.W. read aloud are shown.
1 Corinthians 1
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Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?Read from NKJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Gifts of the Spirit 3
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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Gifts of the Spirit 3
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but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,Read from KJV · The Voice of Eternal Wisdom
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but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.Read from KJV · The Voice of Eternal Wisdom
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For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.Read from NASB1995 · Holy Spirit Given From Heaven
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Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Gifts of the Spirit 3
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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.Read from KJV · (Titus - Part 17): The Duties of Employees
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He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,Read from KJV · (Titus - Part 17): The Duties of Employees
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so that no one may boast in His presence.Read from NKJV · (Titus - Part 17): The Duties of Employees
1 Corinthians 2
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When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.Read from KJV · (Reformation Within Protestantism): Radical Reformation Is Imperative
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For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.Read from NKJV · (Reformation Within Protestantism): Radical Reformation Is Imperative
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I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.Read from NASB1995 · (Reformation Within Protestantism): Radical Reformation Is Imperative
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My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,Read from KJV · (Reformation Within Protestantism): Radical Reformation Is Imperative
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so that your faith would not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.Read from KJV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Omniscience of God
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Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit Given From Heaven
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No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit Given From Heaven
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Rather, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him."Read from KJV · Holy Spirit Given From Heaven
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But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.Read from KJV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Omniscience of God
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For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit Given From Heaven
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The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone's judgment.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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"For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit Given From Heaven
1 Corinthians 3
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Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man's work.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
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If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.Read from KJV · (Deeper Spiritual Life): Three Classes of Man
1 Corinthians 4
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So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.Read from KJV · Kingdom of God Is Not in Words
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Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.Read from KJV · Kingdom of God Is Not in Words
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I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.Read from KJV · Kingdom of God Is Not in Words
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My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.Read from KJV · Kingdom of God Is Not in Words
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Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.Read from KJV · The Voice of Gods Judgement
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That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.Read from KJV · Kingdom of God Is Not in Words
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Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.Read from KJV · Kingdom of God Is Not in Words
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But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.Read from KJV · (Awake! Series): The Kingdom of God Lies Not in Words, but in Power
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.Read from NKJV · Kingdom of God Is Not in Words
1 Corinthians 5
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Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.Read from KJV · (Hebrews - Part 16): All Kinds of Twisting and Turning
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When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,Read from KJV · (Hebrews - Part 16): All Kinds of Twisting and Turning
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hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.Read from KJV · (Hebrews - Part 16): All Kinds of Twisting and Turning
1 Corinthians 10
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I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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They all ate the same spiritual foodRead from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: "The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry."Read from KJV · The Sin of Murmuring
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We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.Read from KJV · The Sin of Murmuring
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We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.Read from ESV · Risen With Christ
1 Corinthians 11
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Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.Read from KJV · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): The Church in the Rut
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For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.Read from KJV · (John - Part 46): The Last Supper: Jesus' True Humility
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That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.Read from KJV · The Communion of Saints
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Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.Read from KJV · The Communion of Saints
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But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.Read from KJV · The Communion of Saints
1 Corinthians 12
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Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Spiritual Gifts 2
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Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Spiritual Gifts 2
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There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.Read from NKJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Spiritual Gifts 2
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There are different ministries, but the same Lord.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Gifts of the Spirit 3
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There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Spiritual Gifts 2
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Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Gifts of the Spirit 1
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To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,Read from KJV · (John - Part 49): He That Believeth on me... Greater Works Than These Shall He Do
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to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,Read from KJV · (John - Part 49): He That Believeth on me... Greater Works Than These Shall He Do
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to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Gifts of the Spirit 1
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The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Gifts of the Spirit 3
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Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.Read from KJV · (John - Part 49): He That Believeth on me... Greater Works Than These Shall He Do
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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?Read from NKJV · (Spiritual Gifts): Gifts of the Spirit 1
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Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?Read from KJV · (John - Part 49): He That Believeth on me... Greater Works Than These Shall He Do
1 Corinthians 13
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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Read from ESV · Personal Victory for the New Year
1 Corinthians 15
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For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,Read from KJV · Personal Victory for the New Year
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that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,Read from NKJV · Personal Victory for the New Year
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But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 6): Reign of Christ a Divine Imperative
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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 6): Reign of Christ a Divine Imperative
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For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 6): Reign of Christ a Divine Imperative
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But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 6): Reign of Christ a Divine Imperative
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Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 6): Reign of Christ a Divine Imperative
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For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 6): Reign of Christ a Divine Imperative
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The last enemy to be destroyed is death.Read from ESV · (John - Part 36): What Is Death - Death Says No and Christ Says Yes
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If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 29)： False Teaching On Obscure Teaching
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So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being;" the last Adam a life-giving spirit.Read from KJV · (John - Part 14): Ye Must Be Born Again (The Once Born and the Twice Born)
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The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.Read from KJV · (John - Part 14): Ye Must Be Born Again (The Once Born and the Twice Born)
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Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 13): When the Seven Trumpets Sound
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in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 13): When the Seven Trumpets Sound