1 Corinthians 12:1-16:24 As concernynge spirituall giftes (brethren) I wolde not that ye were ignoraunt.

Coverdale⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ As concernynge spirituall giftes (brethren) I wolde not that ye were ignoraunt. ² Ye knowe that ye were Heythe and wente youre wayes vnto dome Idols, eue as ye were led. ³ Wherfore I declare vnto you, that no man speakynge thorow the sprete of God, defyeth Iesus. And no man can saye that Iesus is the LORDE, but by the holy goost. ⁴ There are dyuerse giftes, yet but one sprete: ⁵ and there are dyuerse offices, yet but one LORDE: ⁶ and there are dyuerse operacions yet is there but one God, which worketh all in all. ⁷ The giftes of the sprete are geuen vnto euery man to profit the cogregacion. ⁸ To one is geuen thorow the sprete the vtteraunce of wissdome: to another is geuen the vtteraunce of knowlege acordinge to the same sprete: ⁹ to another, faith in the same sprete: to another, the giftes of healinge in the same sprete: ¹⁰ to another, power to do miracles: to another, prophecienge: to another, iudgment to discerne spretes: to another, dyuerse tunges: to another, the interpretacion of tunges. ¹¹ These all doth ye same onely sprete worke, and distributeth vnto euery man, acordinge as he will. ¹² For as the body is one, and hath yet many membres, neuertheles all the membres of the body though they be many, are yet but one body: euen so Christ also. ¹³ For we are all baptysed in one sprete to be one body, whether we be Iewes or Gentyles, whether we be bonde or fre, and haue all dronke of one sprete. ¹⁴ For the body also is not one membre, but many. ¹⁵ Yf the fote saye: I am not ye hande, therfore am I not a membre of the body,is he therfore not a membre of ye body? ¹⁶ And yf the eare saye: I am not the eye, therfore am I not a membre of the body, is he therfore not a membre of the body? ¹⁷ Yf all the body were an eye, where were then the hearinge? Yf all were hearinge, where then the smellinge? ¹⁸ But now hath God set the membres, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased him. ¹⁹ Neuertheles yf all the mebres were one membre, where were then the body? ²⁰ But now are the membres many, yet is the body but one. ²¹ The eye can not saye vnto the hande: I haue no nede of the: or agayne the heade vnto the fete, I haue no nede of you: ²² but rather a greate deale the mebres of the body which seme to be most feble, are most necessary: ²³ and vpon those membres of the body which we thinke least honest, put we most honestie on: and oure vncomly partes haue most beutye on. ²⁴ For oure honest membres neade it not. But God hath so measured ye body, and geuen most honoure vnto that mebre which had nede, ²⁵ that there shulde be no stryfe in the body, but that the membres shulde indifferently care one for another. And yf one membre suffre, all the membres suffre with him: ²⁶ and yf one membre be had in honoure, all the membres are glad with him also. ²⁷ But ye are the body of Christ, and membres, euery one of another. ²⁸ And God hath ordeyned in the congregacion, first the Apostles, secodly prophetes, thirdly teachers, then doers of miracles, after that the giftes of healinge, helpers, gouerners, dyuerse tunges. ²⁹ Are they all Apostles? Are they all prophetes? Are they all teachers? Are they all doers of miracles? ³⁰ Haue they all the giftes of healinge? Speake they all with tunges? Can they all interprete? ³¹ But covet ye the best giftes. And yet shewe I you a more excellent waye. ¹³ ¹ Though I spake with the tunges of men and angels, and yet had not loue, I were euen as sowndinge brasse, or as a tynklinge Cymball. ² And though I coulde prophecy, & vnderstode all secretes, and all knowlege, and had all faith, so that I coulde moue moutaynes out of their places, and yet had not loue, I were nothinge. ³ And though I bestowed all my goodes to fede ye poore, and though I gaue my body euen that I burned, and yet haue not loue, it profiteth me nothinge. ⁴ Loue is pacient & curteous, loue envyeth not, loue doth not frowardly, is not puft vp, dealeth not dishonestly, ⁵ seketh not hir awne, is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell, ⁶ reioyseth not ouer iniquyte, but reioyseth in the trueth, ⁷ beareth all thinges, beleueth all thinges, hopeth all thinges, suffreth all thinges. ⁸ Though prophecienges fayle, or tunges ceasse, or knowlege perishe, yet loue falleth neuer awaye. ⁹ For oure knowlege is vnparfecte, and oure prophecienge is vnparfecte. ¹⁰ But wha that which is perfecte, commeth, then shal the vnparfecte be done awaye. ¹¹ Whan I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I vnderstode as a childe, I ymagined as a childe. But as soone as I was a man, I put awaye childishnes. ¹² Now we se thorow a glasse in a darke speakynge, but the shal we se face to face. Now I knowe vnperfectly: but the shal I knowe eue as I am knowne. ¹³ Now abydeth faith, hope, loue, these thre: but the greatest of these is loue. ¹⁴ ¹ Laboure for loue. Couet spirituall giftes, but specially that ye maye prophecye. ² For he yt speaketh with tunges, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him. Howbeit in ye sprete he speaketh misteries. ³ But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto men to edifienge, & to exhortacion, and to coforte. ⁴ He that speaketh with tunges, edifieth himselfe: but he that prophecieth, edifieth the cogregacion. ⁵ I wolde that ye all spake with tunges, but rather that ye prophecied. For greater is he that prophecieth, then he that speaketh wt tuges: excepte he also expounde it, that the congregacion maye haue edifienge. ⁶ But now brethren yf I come vnto you, and speake with tunges, what shal I profet you, excepte I speake vnto you ether by reuelacion or by knowlege, or by prophecienge, or by doctryne? ⁷ Likewyse is it also in ye thinges that geue sounde, and yet lyue not: whether it be a pype or an harpe, excepte they geue distyncte soundes from them, how shal it be knowne what is pyped or harped? ⁸ And yf the trope geue an vncertayne sounde, who wil prepare himselfe to the battayll? ⁹ Euen so ye likewyse, whan ye speake with tunges, excepte ye speake playne wordes, how shal it be knowne what is spoke? for ye shal but speake in ye ayre. ¹⁰ So many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde, and none of them is without significacion. ¹¹ Yf I knowe not now what ye voyce meaneth, I shalbe an aleaunt vnto him that speaketh: & he that speaketh, shalbe an aleaut vnto me. ¹² Eue so ye (for so moch as ye couet spirituall giftes (seke yt ye maye haue plentye to the edifienge of the congregacion. ¹³ Wherfore let him that speaketh wt tunges, praye, that he maye interprete also. ¹⁴ Yf I praye with tunges, my sprete prayeth, but my vnderstodinge bryngeth no man frute. ¹⁵ How shal it be then? Namely thus: I wil praye with ye sprete, and wil praye with the vnderstodinge also: I wil synge psalmes in the sprete, and wil synge spalmes with ye vnderstondinge also. ¹⁶ But whan thou geuest thankes with ye sprete, how shal he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned, saye Ame at thy geuynge of thankes, seynge he knoweth not what thou sayest? ¹⁷ Thou geuest well thankes, but the other is not edifyed. ¹⁸ I thanke my God, that I speake with tunges more then ye all. ¹⁹ Yet had I leuer in the cogregacion to speake fyue wordes with my vnderstondinge yt I maye enfourme other also, rather then ten thousande wordes with tunges. ²⁰ Brethren be not children in vnderstondinge, howbeit as concerninge maliciousnes be childre, but in vnderstondinge be parfecte. ²¹ In the lawe it is wrytten: With other tunges and with other lippes wyl I speake vnto this people, and yet shal they not so heare me, sayeth the LORDE ²² Therfore are tunges for a token, not to the that beleue, but to them that beleue not. Contrary wyse, prophecienge, not to them that beleue not, but to them which beleue. ²³ Yf the whole cogregacion now came together in to one place, & spake all with tunges, and there came in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not, shulde they not saye, that ye were out of youre wyttes? ²⁴ But yff all prophecied, and there came in one yt beleueth not, or one vnlerned, he shulde be rebuked of them all, and iudged of all, ²⁵ and so shulde the secrete of his hert be opened, and so shulde he fall downe vpon his face, worshippinge God, and knowleginge, that of a trueth God is in you. ²⁶ How is it then brethren? Whan ye come together, euery one hath a psalme, hath doctryne, hath a tunge, hath a reuelacion, hath an interpretacion. Let all be done to edifyenge. ²⁷ Yf eny ma speake with tunges, let him do it him selfe beynge the seconde, or at the most him selfe beynge ye thirde, and one after another, and let one interprete it. ²⁸ But yf there be not an interpreter, then let him kepe sylence in the congregacion, howbeit let him speake to himselfe and to God. ²⁹ As for the prophetes, let two or thre speake and let the other iudge. ³⁰ But yf eny reuelacion be made vnto another that sytteth, then let the first holde his peace. ³¹ Ye maye all prophecye one after another that they all maye lerne, and that all maye haue comforte. ³² And the spretes of the prophetes are subiecte vnto the prophetes. ³³ For God is not a God off discension, but off peace, like as in all congregacions off the sayntes. ³⁴ Let youre wyues kepe sylence in the cogregacion, for it shal not be permytted vnto the to speake, but to be vnder obedience, as ye lawe sayeth also. ³⁵ But yf they wyll lerne eny thinge, let them axe their hussbades at home. For it becommeth not weme to speake in the congregacion. ³⁶ Or spronge the worde of God from amonge you? Or is it come vnto you onely? ³⁷ Yf eny man thynke himselfe to be a prophet, or spirituall, let him knowe what I wryte vnto you, for they are the commaundementes of the LORDE. ³⁸ But yf eny man be ignoraunt, let him be ignoraunt. ³⁹ Wherfore brethren, couet to prophecye, and forbyd not to speake with tunges. ⁴⁰ Let all thinges be done honestly and in order. ¹⁵ ¹ I declare vnto you brethren, the Gospell that I haue preached vnto you (which ye haue also accepted, and in the which ye stode, ² by the which also ye are saued) after what maner I preached it vnto you, yf ye haue kepte it, excepte ye haue beleued in vayne. ³ For first of all I delyuered vnto you that which I also receaued, how that Christ dyed for oure synnes acordinge to the scriptures, ⁴ and that he was buried, and that he rose agayne ye thirde daye acordinge to the scriptures, ⁵ and that he was sene of Cephas, then of the twolue: ⁶ after that was he sene of mo then fyue hundreth brethren at once, wherof there are yet many alyue, but some are fallen aslepe. ⁷ Afterwarde was he sene of Iames, then of all the Apostles. ⁸ Last of all was he sene of me also, as of one borne out of due tyme. ⁹ For I am ye leest of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the congregacion of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace in me hath not bene vayne, but I haue laboured more then they all: howbeit not I but the grace of God which is wt me. ¹¹ Now whether it be I or they, thus haue we preached, and thus haue ye beleued. ¹² But yf Christ be preached, that he is rysen from the deed, how saye then some amoge you, that there is no resurreccion of the deed? ¹³ Yf there be no resurreccio of the deed, then is Christ not rysen. ¹⁴ Yf Christ be not rysen, then is oure preachinge in vayne,and youre faith is also in vayne: ¹⁵ yee and we are founde false witnesses of God, because we haue testified agaynst God, that he hath raysed vp Christ, whom he hath not raysed vp, yf the deed ryse not agayne. ¹⁶ For yf the deed ryse not agayne, the is Christ also not rysen agayne. ¹⁷ But yf Christ be not rysen agayne, then is youre faith in vayne, and ye are yet in youre synnes: ¹⁸ they also that are falle a slepe in Christ, are perished. ¹⁹ Yf in this life onely we hope on Christ, then are we of all men the most miserable. ²⁰ But now is Christ rysen from the deed, and is become ye first frutes of them that slepe. ²¹ For by one man commeth death, and by one man the resurreccion of the deed. ²² For as they all dye in Adam, so shal they all be made alyue in Christ, ²³ but euery one in his order. The first is Christ, then they that beloge vnto Christ, whan he commeth. ²⁴ Then the ende, wha he shal delyuer vp the kyngdome vnto God the father, whan he shal put downe all rule, and all superiorite, & power. ²⁵ For he must raygne, tyll he haue put all his enemies vnder his fete. ²⁶ The last enemye that shal be destroyed, is death, ²⁷ for he hath put all thinges vnder his fete. But wha he sayeth, that all thinges are put vnder him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which put all thinges vnder him. ²⁸ Whan all thinges shalbe subdued vnto him, then shal the sonne himselfe also be subiecte vnto him, which put all thinges vnder him, that God maye be all in all. ²⁹ Or els what do they which are baptised ouer ye deed, yf the deed ryse not at all? Why are they then baptysed ouer the deed? ³⁰ And why stonde we in ioperdy euery houre? ³¹ By oure reioysinge which I haue in Christ Iesu or LORDE, I dye daylie. ³² That I haue foughte with beestes at Ephesus after ye maner of men, what helpeth it me, yf the deed ryse not agayne? Let vs eate and drynke, for tomorow we shal dye. ³³ Be not ye disceaued. Euell speakinges corruppe good maners. ³⁴ Awake righte vp, and synne not: for some haue not ye knowlege of God. This I saye to youre shame. ³⁵ But some man mighte saye: How shal the deed aryse? And with what maner off body shal they come? ³⁶ Thou foole, yt which thou sowest is not quyckened, excepte it dye. ³⁷ And what sowest thou? thou sowest not ye body that shalbe, but a bare corne, namely of wheate, or of some other. ³⁸ But God geueth it a body as he wil, and vnto euery one of ye sedes his owne body. ³⁹ All flesshe is not one maner of flesshe, but there is one maner flesshe of men, another of beastes, another of fisshes, another of byrdes. ⁴⁰ And there are heauenly bodies, and there are earthy bodies: but the heauenly haue one glory, and ye earthy another. ⁴¹ The Sonne hath one clearnes, the Moone hath another clearnesse, and the starres haue another clearnesse, for one starre excelleth another in clearnesse: ⁴² Euen so the resurreccion of the deed. It is sowne in corrupcion,and shal ryse in vncorrupcion: ⁴³ It is sowne in dishonoure, & shal ryse in glory:It is sowne in weaknesse, and shal ryse in power: It is sowne a naturall body, & shal ryse a spirituall body. ⁴⁴ Yf there be a naturall body, there is a spirituall body also. ⁴⁵ As it is wrytten: The first man Adam was made in to a naturall life, and the last Ada in to a spiritual life. ⁴⁶ Howbeit the spirituall body is not the first, but ye naturall, and then the spirituall. ⁴⁷ The first man is of the earth, earthy: ye seconde ma is fro heaue, heauely. ⁴⁸ As the earthy is, soch are they also that are earthy: and as ye heauenly is, soch are they also yt are heauenly. ⁴⁹ And as we haue borne the ymage of the earthy, so shal we beare the ymage of the heauenly also. ⁵⁰ This I saye brethren, that flesh & bloude can not inheret ye kyngdome of God: nether shal corrupcion inheret vncorrupcion. ⁵¹ Beholde, I saye vnto you a mystery: We shal not all slepe, but we shall all be chaunged, ⁵² and that sodenly and in the twinklynge of an eye, at the tyme of the last trompe. For the trompe shal blowe, and the deed shal ryse vncorruptible, and we shalbe chaunged. ⁵³ For this corruptible must put on vncorrupcion, and this mortall must put on immortalite. ⁵⁴ But whan this corruptible shal put on vncorrupcion, and this mortall shal put on immortalite, the shal the worde be fulfylled that is wrytte: ⁵⁵ Death is swalowed vp in victory. Death, where is thy stynge? Hell, where is yi victory? ⁵⁶ The stynge of death is synne: The strength of synne is the lawe. ⁵⁷ But thankes be vnto God, which hath geue vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ. ⁵⁸ Therfore my deare brethre, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, & all waye riche in the worke of the LORDE, for as moch as ye knowe, that youre laboure is not in vayne in the LORDE. ¹⁶ ¹ Concernynge the gadderynge that is made for the sayntes, as I haue ordeyned in the congregacions of Galacia, euen so do ye also. ² Vpon some Sabbath daye let euery one of you put aside by him selfe, and laye vp what so euer he thinketh mete, that the colleccion be not to gather whan I come. ³ Whan I am come, whom so euer ye shal alowe by youre letters, the wyll I sende to brynge youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem. ⁴ Neuertheles yf it be mete that I go thither also, they shal go with me. ⁵ But I wil come vnto you, whan I go thorow Macedonia: for thorow Macedonia wyl I take my iourney. ⁶ With you peradueture wil I abyde, or els wynter, that ye maye brynge me on my waye, whither so euer I go. ⁷ I wyl not se you now in my passage, for I hope to abyde a whyle with you, yf the LORDE shal suffre me. ⁸ But I wil tary at Ephesus vntyll whitsontyde. ⁹ For a greate and frutefull dore is opened vnto me, and there are many aduersaries. ¹⁰ Yf Timotheus come, se that he be without feare with you, for he worketh ye worke of the, LORDE as I do. ¹¹ Let no man therfore despyse him, but conuaye him forth in peace, that he maye come vnto me, for I loke for him with the brethren. ¹² As for brother Apollo, be ye sure, that I greatly desyred him to come vnto you with the brethre. And his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme,but he wyl come wha he hath oportunyte. ¹³ Watch ye, stonde fast in the faith, quyte you like men, and be stronge: ¹⁴ let all youre thinges be done in loue. ¹⁵ But brethren (ye knowe the house off Stephana, that they are the first frutes in Achaia, and that they haue appoynted the selues to mynister vnto the sayntes) ¹⁶ I exhorte you to be obedient vnto soche, and to all that helpe and laboure. ¹⁷ I am glad of the comynge of Stephana and Fortunatus, and Achaicus. For loke what was lackynge vnto me on youre parte, yt haue they suppleed: ¹⁸ they haue refresshed my sprete and youres. Knowe them therfore that are soch. ¹⁹ The congregacions of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you moch in the LORDE, and so doth the cogregacion that is in their house. ²⁰ All the brethren salute you. Salute ye one another with an holy kysse. ²¹ The salutacion of me Paul wt myne awne hande. ²² Yf eny ma loue not the LORDE Iesus Christ, the same be Anathema Maharan Matha. ²³ The grace of the LORDE Iesus Christ be with you. ²⁴ My loue be with you all in Christ Iesu. Amen.