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that do examine me is this, 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? ·

5 Have we not power to lead about a fifter, a wife, as well as other apoftles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

7¶ Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock,

and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

8 Say I these things as a man? or faith not the law the fame alfo?

9 For it is written in the law of Mofes, Thou, fhalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care

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of this power over you, are not we rather? nevertheless we have not used this power; but fuffer all things, left we fhould hinder the gofpel of Christ.

13 Do ye not know that they which inifter about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

14 Even fo hath the Lord ordained, that they which, preach the gospel fhould live of the gospel.

15 But I have ufed none of thefe things neither have I written thee things that it fhould be fo done unto me?” for it were better for me to die, than that any man fhould make my glorying void...

16 For though I preach the gofpel, I have nothing to glory of: for neceffity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the gofpel!

17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if againft my will, a difpenfation of the gospel is committed unto me.

18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gofpel, I may make the gospel of Chrift without charge, that I abufe not my power in the gofpel.

19 For though I be free not as one that beateth the from all men, yet have I air: made myself fervant unto all, that I might gain the

more.

27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; left that by any

20 And unto the Jews Imeans, when I have preachbecame as a Jew, that I ed to others, I myself should might gain the Jews; to be a cast-away. them that are under the law, as under the law, that I

might gain them that are

under the law;

21 To them that are without law, as without law, being not without law to God, but under the law to Chrift, that I might gain them that are without law.

22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means fave fome.

23 And this I do for the gofpel's fake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

24 ¶ Know ye not that they which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize? fo run that ye may obtain.

25 And every man that ftriveth for the maftery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

26 I therefore fo run, not as uncertainly; fo fight I,

CHAP. XIII.

THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men

and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as founding brafs, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and underftand all myfteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I beftow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4¶ Charity fuffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itfelf, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unfeemly, feeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; 7 Beareth

what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in

vain.

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth: 3¶ For I delivered unto but whether there be pro- you firft of all that which I phecies, they fhall fail; whe-alfö received, how that Chrift ther there be tongues, they died for our fins, according fhall ceafe; whether there to the fcriptures; be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 For we know in part, and we prophefy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part fhall be done away.

II When I was a child, I fpake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we fee through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then fhall I know even as also I am known.

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, thefe three; but the greateft of thefe is charity.

CHAP. XV. "Oreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gofpel which I preached unto

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4 And that he was buried, and that he rofe again the third day, according to the scriptures:

5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

6 After that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once: of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but fome are fallen afleep.

After that he was feen of James; then of all the apoftles.

8 And laft of all he was feen of me alfo, as of one born out of due time.

9 For I am the least of the apoftles, that am not meet to be called an apoftle, becaufe I perfecuted the church of God.

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not

you, which alfo ye have re-I, but the grace of God which was with me.

ceived, and wherein ye ftand;

2 By which alfo ye are faved, if ye keep in memory

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and fo ye believed.

12 Now if Chrift, be preached that he rofe from the dead, how fay fome among you that there is no refurrection of the dead?

13 But if there be no refurrection of the dead, then is Chrift not rifen:

14. And if Chrift be not rifen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is alfo vain.

15 Yea, and we are found falfe witnesses of God; because we have teftified of God that he raised up Chrift: whom he raised not up, if fo be that the dead rife not.

16 For if the dead rife not, then is not Chrift raised:

17 And if Chrift be not raifed, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your fins.

18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

19 If in this life only we have hope in Chrift, we are of all men moft miferable.

20 But now is Chrift risen from the dead, and become the firft-fruits of them that flept.

21 For fince by man came death, by man came alfo the refurrection of the

dead.

22 For as in Adam all die, even fo in Chrift fhall

all be made alive.

23 But every man in his own order: Chrift the firstfruits; afterward they that are Chrift's at his coming.

24 Then cometh the end,. when he fhall have delivered" up the kingdom to God even the Father; when he fhallTM have put down all rule and all authority and power.

25 For he must reign till. he hath put all enemies under his feet.

26 The last enemy that fhall be deftroyed is death.

27 For he hath put all' things under his feet. But when he faith all things are put under him, it is manifeft that he is excepted which did put all things under him.

28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then fhall the Son alfo himself be fubject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

29 Elfe what fhall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

31 I proteft by your rejoicing which I have in Chrift Jefus our Lord, I die daily.

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32 If after the manner of

men

men I have fought with beafts at Ephefus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rife not? Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

34 Awake to righteoufnefs, and fin not; for fome have not the knowledge of God. I fpeak this to your fhame.

35 But fome man will fay, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou foweft is not quickened, except it die :

37 And that which thou foweft, thou foweft not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of fome other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleafed him, and to every feed his own body.

39 All flesh is not the fame flesh but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fifhes, and another of birds.

40 There are alfo celeftial bodies, and bodies terreftrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the

terreftrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the fun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the ftars: for one ftar differeth from another ftar in glory.

42 So alfo is the refurrection of the dead. It is fown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption :

43 It is fown in difhonour; it is raised in glory: it is fown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is fown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

45 And fo it is written, The first man Adam was made a living foul; the laft Adam was made a quickening fpirit.

46 Howbeit that was not firft which is fpiritual, but that which is natural and afterward that which is fpiritual.

47 The firft man is of the earth, earthy: the fecond man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, fuch are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, fuch are they alfo that are heavenly.

49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we

fhall

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