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1 Corinthians · read by William MacDonald
309 verses, in order. Only the verses William read aloud are shown.
1 Corinthians 1
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Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 3
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ."Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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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 · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 2
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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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 NASB1995 · The Omnipresent One
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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 ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-02 1 Cor 1:26-2:5
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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 NKJV · Introduction to Judges
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-02 1 Cor 1:26-2:5
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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 NKJV · Introduction to Judges
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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 NKJV · Introduction to Judges
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Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."Read from NKJV · Introduction to Judges
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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-02 1 Cor 1:26-2:5
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For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-02 1 Cor 1:26-2:5
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I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-02 1 Cor 1:26-2:5
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-02 1 Cor 1:26-2:5
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so that your faith would not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-02 1 Cor 1:26-2:5
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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 10
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None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.Read from NKJV · Skyland Conference 1988 (Two Kingdoms) - Part 3
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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 1
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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 · Holy Spirit 1
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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 · Holy Spirit 10
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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 · Holy Spirit 10
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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 · Bristol Conference 1964 (Apostasy) - Part 3
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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 10
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The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone's judgment.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 10
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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 NKJV · Skyland Conference 1988 (Two Kingdoms) - Part 3
1 Corinthians 3
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Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.Read from NKJV · Cmml Missionary Conference 1995-09 Marks of Spirituality
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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 NKJV · Cmml Missionary Conference 1995-09 Marks of Spirituality
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for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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For when one of you says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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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 NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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Do you not know that you yourselves are God's temple, and that God's Spirit dwells in you?Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 1
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Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,Read from NKJV · Cmml Missionary Conference 1995-09 Marks of Spirituality
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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 · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-03 1 Cor 4:1-13
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I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
1 Corinthians 5
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It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father's wife.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-04 1 Cor 4:14-5:7
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I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-05 1 Cor 5:8-13
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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?Read from KJV · Building Communication Skills
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I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-06 1 Cor 6:1-11
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"Food for the stomach and the stomach for food," but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.Read from NKJV · Joseph Reminds Me of Jesus-02
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By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.Read from ESV · Joseph Reminds Me of Jesus-02
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Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!Read from NKJV · The Benefits of Calvary Everlasting Life
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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 NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
1 Corinthians 7
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Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1962 - Part 2
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those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
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In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-07 1 Cor 7:25-39
1 Corinthians 8
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For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),Read from NKJV · Skyland Conference 1988 (Two Kingdoms) - Part 2
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yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.Read from KJV · Discipleship a Story of Two Kingdoms
1 Corinthians 9
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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.Read from KJV · A Castaway
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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 · Self Control or Castaways Missions Conf. 1985
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Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.Read from KJV · A Castaway
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No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.Read from KJV · Self Control or Castaways Missions Conf. 1985
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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.Read from KJV · Insights
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.Read from KJV · Deliverance From Indwelling Sin ~ Romans 7:15
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I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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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 Attributes of God - Part 1
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Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?Read from KJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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for, "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof."Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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But if someone tells you, "This food was offered to idols," then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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the other one's conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else's conscience?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.Read from KJV · (Audio Book) Doing All For the Glory of God (Clip)
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Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
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as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-08 1 Cor 10
1 Corinthians 11
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You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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Doesn't nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,Read from NASB1995 · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NASB1995 · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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Don't you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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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 · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
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If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-09 1 Cor 11
1 Corinthians 12
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Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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There are different ministries, but the same Lord.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.Read from KJV · Knowing Our Gift
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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 · How to Discover Your Gift
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to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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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 NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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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 NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.Read from NASB1995 · Automony of the Local Church
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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 · Automony of the Local Church
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And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.Read from NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?Read from KJV · Knowing Our Gift
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But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.Read from KJV · Automony of the Local Church
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The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you." Nor can the head say to the feet, "I do not need you."Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,Read from NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,Read from NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,Read from NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 6
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If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.Read from NASB1995 · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-10 1 Cor 12
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And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 5
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But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.Read from KJV · Gifts in the Body of Christ ~ Romans 12
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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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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 · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 6
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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 7
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Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 7
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And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
1 Corinthians 14
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But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 8
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I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone's language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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It is written in the Law: "By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord."Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.Read from NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 7
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Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-11 1 Cor 13
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If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord's command.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 8
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So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 7
1 Corinthians 15
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Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.Read from NKJV · The Resurrection of Christ
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By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.Read from NKJV · The Resurrection of Christ
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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 NKJV · The Resurrection of Christ
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that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,Read from NKJV · The Resurrection of Christ
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After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?Read from NASB1995 · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.Read from NKJV · The Resurrection of Christ
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And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.Read from NKJV · The Resurrection of Christ
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Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.Read from NKJV · The Resurrection of Christ
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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.Read from KJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-12 1 Cor 15
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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 NKJV · Calvary Chapel Modesto, Ca 1 2 of 3
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I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.Read from KJV · Lake Geneva Bible Conference 1984-07 1 Peter
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If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."Read from NKJV · Calvary Chapel Modesto, Ca 1 2 of 3
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Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good character."Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?"Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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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 NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—Read from KJV · Signs of the Times Matt 24:3-21
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For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-13 1 Cor 15
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But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians 15 1 Cor 15:50-58
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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.Read from KJV · Gwh-Ladies Missionary Seminar-1985 Verses to Cope With Crises
1 Corinthians 16
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Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you; for I will be going through Macedonia.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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For they refreshed my spirit and yours as well. Show your appreciation, therefore, to such men.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.Read from NASB1995 · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!Read from NKJV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16
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My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.Read from ESV · Studies in 1 Corinthians-14 1 Cor 16