If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels but do not have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

And if I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

And if I dole out all my possessions to feed others, and if I  ¹deliver up my body  ²that I may boast, but do not have love, I profit nothing.

 ¹Love suffers long. Love is kind; it is not jealous. Love does not brag and is not puffed up;

It does not behave unbecomingly and does not seek its own things; it is not provoked and does not take account of evil;

It does not rejoice because of unrighteousness, but rejoices with the  ¹truth;

It  ¹covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love  ¹never falls away. But whether prophecies, they will be rendered useless; or tongues, they will cease; or knowledge, it will be rendered useless.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

But  ¹when that which is  ²complete comes,  ³that which is in part will be rendered useless.

 ¹When I was a  ²child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I  ³reasoned as a child;  ⁴since I have become a man, I have done away with childish things.

For  ¹now we see  ²in a mirror  ³obscurely, but at  ⁴that time face to face;  ¹now I know in part, but at  ⁴that time I will fully know even as also I was fully known.

Now there abide  ¹faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

 ¹Pursue love, and  ²desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may  ³prophesy.

 ¹For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one hears, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

But he who prophesies speaks  ¹building up and encouragement and consolation to men.

He who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but he who prophesies  ¹builds up the church.

I desire that you all speak in tongues, but especially that you would prophesy; and greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, that the church may receive building up.

But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation or in knowledge or in prophecy or in teaching?

Yet even  ¹lifeless things, whether flute or harp, in giving a sound, if they give  ²no distinction in the tones, how will what is played on the flute or on the harp be known?

For also if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

So also you, unless you give with the tongue a word easy to understand, how will what is being said be known? For you will be speaking into the air.

There are perhaps many kinds of  ¹voices in the world, and not one is  ²without significance.

If then I do not know the  ¹meaning of the voice, I will be to him who is speaking a barbarian, and he who is speaking a  ²barbarian to me.

So also you, since you are zealous of  ¹spirits, seek that you may  ²excel for the  ³building up of the church.

Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my  ¹mind is unfruitful.

What then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray  ¹also  ²with the mind; I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing  ¹also  ²with the mind.

Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the  ¹unlearned in tongues say the  ²Amen at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?

For you give thanks well, but the other is not  ¹built up.

I thank God, I speak in tongues more than all of you,

But in the church I would rather speak  ¹five words  ²with my mind, that I might instruct others also, than  ¹ten thousand words in a tongue.

Brothers, do not be  ¹children in your  ²understanding, but in malice be babes and in your understanding be  ³full-grown.

In the  ¹law it is written,  ²“By those of other tongues and with the lips of others I will speak to this people; even so they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

So then tongues are for a  ¹sign, not to those who believe but to the unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign not to the unbelievers but to those who believe.

If therefore the whole church comes together in one place, and  ¹all speak in tongues, and some unlearned in tongues or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are  ²insane?

But if  ¹all prophesy and some unbeliever or unlearned person enters, he is  ²convicted by all, he is examined by all;

The secrets of his heart become manifest; and so falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that indeed  ¹God is among you.

What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one  ¹has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for  ²building up.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two, or at the most three, and in turn, and one should interpret;

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the  ¹church, and speak to himself and to God.

And as to prophets, two or three should speak, and the others  ¹discern.

But if something is revealed to another sitting by, the first should be silent.

For  ¹you can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be  ²encouraged.

And the  ¹spirits of prophets are subject to prophets;

For God is not a God of confusion but of  ¹peace.

 ²As in all the  ³churches of the saints,

The women should be silent  ¹in the churches, for they are not permitted to  ²speak; but they should be subject, even as the  ³law also says.

But if they desire to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

Or was it from you that the word of God went forth? Or  ¹did it reach only to you?

If anyone thinks he is a  ¹prophet or spiritual, let him fully know the things which I write to you, that they are the  ²commandment of the Lord.

But if anyone ignores this, let him ignore it.

So then, my brothers, desire earnestly the prophesying, and  ¹do not forbid the speaking in tongues.

But all things must be done becomingly and in  ¹order.

Now I make known to you, brothers, the  ¹gospel which I announced to you, which also you received, in which also you  ²stand,

Through which also you are  ¹being saved, if you hold fast the word which I announced to you as the gospel, unless you have believed in vain.

For I delivered to you, first of all, that which also I received, that  ¹Christ died for our sins according to the  ²Scriptures;

And that He was buried, and that He has been raised on the third day according to the Scriptures;

And that He  ¹appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve;

Then He appeared to over five hundred brothers at one time, of whom the majority remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;

Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;

And last of all He appeared to me also, as it were to one born prematurely.

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the  ¹grace of God I am what I am; and His grace unto me did not turn out to be in vain, but, on the contrary, I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet  ²not I but the grace of God which is with me.

Therefore whether it is I or they, so we preach and so you have believed.

But if Christ is proclaimed that He has been raised from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is  ¹no resurrection of the dead?

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is vain; your faith is  ¹vain also.

And also we are found to be false witnesses of God because we have testified concerning God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if indeed the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is  ¹futile; you are  ²still in your sins.

Then also those who have  ¹fallen asleep in Christ have  ²perished.

If it is  ¹only that we have hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most miserable.

 ¹But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the  ²firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

For since through  ¹man came death, through  ²man also came the resurrection of the dead.

For just as in Adam all  ¹die, so also in Christ all will be  ²made alive.

But each one in his own order: the  ¹firstfruits, Christ; then  ²those who are Christ's at His coming;

Then the  ¹end,  ²when He  ³delivers up the kingdom to His God and Father,  ²once He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

For He must  ¹reign until God puts all His enemies under His feet.

Death, the last enemy, is  ¹being abolished.

For  ¹He has subjected all things under  ²His feet. But when  ¹He says that all things are subjected, it is evident that all things are except  ¹Him who has subjected all things to  ²Him.

And when all things have been subjected to  ¹Him, then the  ²Son Himself also will be subjected to  ³Him who has subjected all things to  ¹Him, that God may be  ⁴all in all.

 ¹Otherwise what shall they who are  ²baptized for the dead do? If the dead are actually not raised, why then are they baptized for them?

Why also do we brave danger every hour?

I protest by the  ¹boasting in you, brothers, which I have  ²in Christ Jesus our Lord, I  ¹die daily.

If  ¹after the manner of men I fought with  ²wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised,  ³let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

Do not be deceived:  ¹Evil  ²companionships corrupt good morals.

 ¹Awake from the drunken stupor righteously and do not sin, for some of you  ²are ignorant of God. I speak to your shame.

But someone will say, How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?

Foolish man,  ¹what you sow is not made alive unless it dies;

And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of some other of the rest.

But God gives it a body even as He willed, and to each of the seeds its own  ¹body.

 ¹All flesh is not the same flesh, but one is of men, and another flesh is of cattle, and another is of birds, and another is of fish.

There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly is another.

There is another glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

It is sown a  ¹soulish body, it is raised a  ¹spiritual body. If there is a soulish body, there is also a spiritual one.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living  ¹soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving  ¹Spirit.

But  ¹the spiritual is not first but  ²the soulish, then the spiritual:

The first man is  ¹out of the earth, earthy; the  ²second man is  ³out of heaven.

As  ¹the earthy is, such are  ²they also that are earthy; and as  ³the heavenly is, such are  ⁴they also that are heavenly.

And even as we have borne the  ¹image of the earthy, we will also bear the  ¹image of the heavenly.

Now this I say, brothers, that  ¹flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

Behold, I tell you a  ¹mystery: We will not all  ²sleep, but we will all be  ³changed,

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the  ¹last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the  ²dead will be raised incorruptible, and  ³we will be changed.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and  ¹this mortal must put on immortality.

And  ¹when this corruptible will put on incorruption and this mortal will put on immortality, then the word which is written will come to pass, “Death has been swallowed up  ²unto  ³victory.”

 ¹Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

The  ¹sting of death is sin, and the  ²power of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God who gives us the  ¹victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be  ¹steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the  ²work of the Lord, knowing that your  ³labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Now concerning the  ¹collection for the saints,  ²just as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also do.

On the  ¹first day of the week each one of you should lay aside in store to himself whatever he may have been prospered, that no collections be made when I come.

And when I arrive, whomever you approve, I will send them with letters to carry your  ¹gift to Jerusalem;

And if it is fitting for me also to go, they will go with me.

Now I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia, for I will pass through Macedonia.

And perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, that you may send me forward wherever I may go.

For I do not wish to see you now just in passing, for I am hoping to remain with you for some time, if the Lord permits.

But I will remain in  ¹Ephesus until Pentecost,

For a door is opened to me, great and efficacious, and there are many opposers.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; for he is working the work of the Lord, even as I am.

Let no one therefore despise him, but send him forward in peace that he may come to me; for I am awaiting him with the brothers.

And  ¹concerning our brother Apollos,  ²I urged him many times to come to you with the brothers; yet it was not at all his desire to come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.

Watch,  ¹stand firm in the  ²faith, be  ³full-grown men, be strong.

Let all your matters be done in  ¹love.

Now I exhort you, brothers: You know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and they have set themselves to minister to the saints;

You also be subject to such ones, and to everyone co-working and laboring.

Now I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these have filled up the lack caused by your absence;

For they  ¹refreshed my  ²spirit and yours. Acknowledge therefore such ones.

The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you much in the Lord, with the  ¹church, which is in their house.

All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

 ¹The greeting in my own hand — Paul.

If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be  ¹accursed!  ²The Lord comes!

The  ¹grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

My  ¹love in Christ Jesus be with you all.