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1 Corinthians · read by G.W. North
106 verses, in order. Only the verses G.W. read aloud are shown.
1 Corinthians 1
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · Glory in the Lord
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I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.Read from KJV · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.Read from NKJV · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.Read from ESV · Fellowship
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I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,Read from KJV · Fellowship
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Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.Read from KJV · The Cross (1 of 2) Power, Liberty, Oneness
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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.Read from KJV · Fellowship
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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.Read from KJV · Glory in the Lord
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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 KJV · Fellowship
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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 · Fellowship
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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 · Fellowship
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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 · Fellowship
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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 · Fellowship
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It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.Read from KJV · Fellowship
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 · Glory in the Lord
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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 · The Spirit of the Body
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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 · The Spirit of the Body
1 Corinthians 3
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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 · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.Read from KJV · Normal Life
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By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.Read from KJV · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · Normal Life
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If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,Read from KJV · Normal Life
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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 · Normal Life
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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 · Normal Life
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If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.Read from KJV · Normal Life
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whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,Read from NKJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
1 Corinthians 4
1 Corinthians 5
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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 · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 2
1 Corinthians 6
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If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,Read from KJV · Fellowship
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nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.Read from KJV · Fellowship
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By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.Read from KJV · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 2
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Or don't you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."Read from KJV · The Body
1 Corinthians 7
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Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.Read from KJV · Question Re Divorce and Remarriage
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To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.Read from KJV · Question Re Divorce and Remarriage
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And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.Read from KJV · Question Re Divorce and Remarriage
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But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.Read from KJV · Question Re Divorce and Remarriage
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But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.Read from KJV · Question Re Divorce and Remarriage
1 Corinthians 9
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Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.Read from KJV · The Body
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Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.Read from KJV · The Body
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 · Spirit, Water, Blood
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They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.Read from KJV · Spirit, Water, Blood
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I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
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Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?Read from NKJV · The Body
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Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.Read from KJV · The Body
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Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—Read from KJV · The Great Truth of the Body
1 Corinthians 11
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You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
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Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.Read from NKJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
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And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
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Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
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For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
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For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,Read from KJV · The Communion 3 - the Blood
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and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."Read from KJV · Principles of Church-Gathering
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In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."Read from KJV · The Body
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Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.Read from KJV · The Body
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Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.Read from KJV · The Body
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For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.Read from KJV · The Body
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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 Body
1 Corinthians 12
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Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.Read from KJV · The Manifestation of the Spirit
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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 · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.Read from KJV · The Manifestation of the Spirit
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Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.Read from KJV · The Body
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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 · The Manifestation of the Spirit
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to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,Read from KJV · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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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 · The Manifestation of the Spirit
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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 · The Spirit of the Body
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For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.Read from KJV · The Body
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If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.Read from KJV · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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If they were all one part, where would the body be?Read from KJV · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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As it is, there are many parts, but one body.Read from KJV · The Church - the Body - Gifts of the Spirit
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But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.Read from KJV · The Spirit of the Body
1 Corinthians 13
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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.Read from KJV · The Spirit of the Body
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If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.Read from NKJV · The Spirit of the Body
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If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.Read from KJV · The Spirit of the Body
1 Corinthians 14
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Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.Read from KJV · The Manifestation of the Spirit
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 · Glory in the Lord
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Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.Read from KJV · A Spiritual Body
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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 · A Spiritual Body
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The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.Read from KJV · A Spiritual Body
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The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.Read from KJV · Living in the Land - Part 1
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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.Read from NKJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
