The Bible, King James version, Book 46: 1 Corinthians
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This eBook was produced by David Widger [widger@cecomet.net]
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992
and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.
Book 46 1 Corinthians
46:001:001 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will
of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
46:001:002 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are
sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that
in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both their's and our's:
46:001:003 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from
the Lord Jesus Christ.
46:001:004 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God
which is given you by Jesus Christ;
46:001:005 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance,
and in all knowledge;
46:001:006 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
46:001:007 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ:
46:001:008 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be
blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
46:001:009 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
46:001:010 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together
in the same mind and in the same judgment.
46:001:011 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them
which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions
among you.
46:001:012 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and
I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
46:001:013 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye
baptized in the name of Paul?
46:001:014 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and
Gaius;
46:001:015 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
46:001:016 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I
know not whether I baptized any other.
46:001:017 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel:
not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be
made of none effect.
46:001:018 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of
God.
46:001:019 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and
will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
46:001:020 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer
of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this
world?
46:001:021 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew
not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to
save them that believe.
46:001:022 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
46:001:023 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
46:001:024 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ
the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
46:001:025 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the
weakness of God is stronger than men.
46:001:026 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men
after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
46:001:027 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to
confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the
world to confound the things which are mighty;
46:001:028 And base things of the world, and things which are despised,
hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to
nought things that are:
46:001:029 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
46:001:030 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
46:001:031 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him
glory in the Lord.
46:002:001 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency
of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of
God.
46:002:002 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him crucified.
46:002:003 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much
trembling.
46:002:004 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of
man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
46:002:005 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in
the power of God.
46:002:006 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not
the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world,
that come to nought:
46:002:007 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
46:002:008 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they
known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
46:002:009 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love him.
46:002:010 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
46:002:011 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of
man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man,
but the Spirit of God.
46:002:012 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the
spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of God.
46:002:013 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's
wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
spiritual things with spiritual.
46:002:014 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of
God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned.
46:002:015 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is
judged of no man.
46:002:016 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct
him? But we have the mind of Christ.
46:003:001 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual,
but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
46:003:002 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye
were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
46:003:003 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying,
and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
46:003:004 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of
Apollos; are ye not carnal?
46:003:005 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
46:003:006 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
46:003:007 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that
watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
46:003:008 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every
man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
46:003:009 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's
husbandry, ye are God's building.
46:003:010 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a
wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another
buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth
thereupon.
46:003:011 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which
is Jesus Christ.
46:003:012 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver,
precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
46:003:013 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall
declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire
shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
46:003:014 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he
shall receive a reward.
46:003:015 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but
he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
46:003:016 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit
of God dwelleth in you?
46:003:017 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
46:003:018 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be
wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be
wise.
46:003:019 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it
is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
46:003:020 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that
they are vain.
46:003:021 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
46:003:022 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or
death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
46:003:023 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
46:004:001 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and
stewards of the mysteries of God.
46:004:002 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found
faithful.
46:004:003 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged
of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
46:004:004 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified:
but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
46:004:005 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come,
who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness,
and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then
shall every man have praise of God.
46:004:006 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to
myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in
us not to think of men above that which is written, that no
one of you be puffed up for one against another.
46:004:007 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou
that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why
dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
46:004:008 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings
without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also
might reign with you.
46:004:009 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as
it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto
the world, and to angels, and to men.
46:004:010 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we
are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are
despised.
46:004:011 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and
are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain
dwellingplace;
46:004:012 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we
bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
46:004:013 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the
world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
46:004:014 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons
I warn you.
46:004:015 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet
have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten
you through the gospel.
46:004:016 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
46:004:017 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my
beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you
into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach
every where in every church.
46:004:018 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
46:004:019 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will
know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the
power.
46:004:020 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
46:004:021 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love,
and in the spirit of meekness?
46:005:001 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you,
and such fornication as is not so much as named among the
Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
46:005:002 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he
that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
46:005:003 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have
judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that
hath so done this deed,
46:005:004 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered
together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus
Christ,
46:005:005 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the
flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord
Jesus.
46:005:006 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven
leaveneth the whole lump?
46:005:007 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump,
as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is
sacrificed for us:
46:005:008 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither
with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
46:005:009 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with
fornicators:
46:005:010 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with
the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then
must ye needs go out of the world.
46:005:011 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any
man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or
an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner;
with such an one no not to eat.
46:005:012 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do
not ye judge them that are within?
46:005:013 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from
among yourselves that wicked person.
46:006:001 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law
before the unjust, and not before the saints?
46:006:002 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if
the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the
smallest matters?
46:006:003 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things
that pertain to this life?
46:006:004 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life,
set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
46:006:005 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man
among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his
brethren?
46:006:006 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the
unbelievers.
46:006:007 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye
go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong?
why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
46:006:008 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
46:006:009 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom
of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with
mankind,
46:006:010 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
46:006:011 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
46:006:012 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not
expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be
brought under the power of any.
46:006:013 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall
destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication,
but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
46:006:014 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up
us by his own power.
46:006:015 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall
I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members
of an harlot? God forbid.
46:006:016 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one
body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
46:006:017 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
46:006:018 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the
body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his
own body.
46:006:019 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy
Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not
your own?
46:006:020 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
46:007:001 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good
for a man not to touch a woman.
46:007:002 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own
wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
46:007:003 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and
likewise also the wife unto the husband.
46:007:004 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and
likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but
the wife.
46:007:005 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a
time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and
come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your
incontinency.
46:007:006 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
46:007:007 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man
hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and
another after that.
46:007:008 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for
them if they abide even as I.
46:007:009 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better
to marry than to burn.
46:007:010 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let
not the wife depart from her husband:
46:007:011 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be
reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away
his wife.
46:007:012 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a
wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him,
let him not put her away.
46:007:013 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if
he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
46:007:014 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your
children unclean; but now are they holy.
46:007:015 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a
sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called
us to peace.
46:007:016 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy
husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save
thy wife?
46:007:017 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath
called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all
churches.
46:007:018 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become
uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be
circumcised.
46:007:019 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but
the keeping of the commandments of God.
46:007:020 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
46:007:021 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou
mayest be made free, use it rather.
46:007:022 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the
Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free,
is Christ's servant.
46:007:023 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
46:007:024 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide
with God.
46:007:025 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet
I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the
Lord to be faithful.
46:007:026 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present
distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
46:007:027 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou
loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
46:007:028 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin
marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have
trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
46:007:029 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,
that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
46:007:030 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that
rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as
though they possessed not;
46:007:031 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the
fashion of this world passeth away.
46:007:032 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried
careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may
please the Lord:
46:007:033 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the
world, how he may please his wife.
46:007:034 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The
unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she
may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is
married careth for the things of the world, how she may please
her husband.
46:007:035 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a
snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may
attend upon the Lord without distraction.
46:007:036 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward
his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so
require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them
marry.
46:007:037 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no
necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so
decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
46:007:038 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that
giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
46:007:039 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth;
but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to
whom she will; only in the Lord.
46:007:040 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I
think also that I have the Spirit of God.
46:008:001 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all
have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
46:008:002 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth
nothing yet as he ought to know.
46:008:003 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
46:008:004 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are
offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is
nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but
one.
46:008:005 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or
in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
46:008:006 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all
things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are
all things, and we by him.
46:008:007 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some
with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing
offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is
defiled.
