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14: 20.

Brothers, do not develop in yourselves the minds of children. On the contrary, in vice be babes, but in mind become full grown men. In the law it is written :

With foreign tongues and with the lips of foreigners,

Will I speak to this people,

And not even thus will they hear me,

Saith the Lord.

So, then, the strange utterances are intended as a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while the proclaiming of God's truth is not for the unbelievers, but for the believers. If, then, the whole church is assembled together and all are giving expression to strange utterances, and men who have no such gift, or unbelievers, come in, will they not say you are mad? But if you are all proclaiming the truth of God, and some unbeliever, or a man who has no such gift, comes in, he is convinced of his sin by all, he is called to account for it, the secrets of his heart become known, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, and declare that

God is really among you.

What, then, is my conclusion, brothers? It is this. Whenever you meet for worship, each of you has a hymn, or something to teach, or a revelation, or a strange utterance, or an explanation. Let everything be done for the purpose of benefiting

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DECENCY AND ORDER.

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our fellows. If any one gives expression to a strange utterance, and not more than two, or at the most three should do so,-let each do so in his turn, and let some one explain it. But if there is no one to explain it, let him be quiet in the Church, and talk to himself and to God. Let two or three of those who proclaim God's truth speak, and let the others judge whether what is said proceeds from the Spirit of God or not. But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first be quiet. For you can all proclaim God's truth, one by one, so that all may learn, and all be cheered. And the spirit of those who proclaim God's truth is under their own control. For God is the God, not of

confusion, but of peace.

This is the custom in all the Churches.

Let the women keep quiet in the Churches. For they are not allowed to speak. On the contrary, let them be subject to the rule of dependence, just as the law says. And if they wish information on any point, let them ask their own husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the Church.

Or was it from you the word of God came? Or did it come to you alone?

If any one thinks he is a proclaimer of God's truth, or is possessed of spiritual gifts, let him know thoroughly that what I am writing to you is the

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commandment of the Lord. But if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant.

So, then, my brothers, direct your zeal to the proclaiming of God's truth, and do not forbid the giving expression to strange utterances. But let everything be done decently and in order.

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the Good News which I brought to you, which, also, you received, on which also you have taken your stand, by means of which also you are being saved, if you hold fast to the teaching with which I brought you the Good News, unless there was no good cause for your believing in it. Among the first things which I delivered to you, which you also received, were these That Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; that he was buried; that he was raised the third day according to the Scriptures; that he appeared to Cephas; then to the Twelve; then he appeared to more than five hundred of our brothers at once, the most of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep; then he appeared to James; then to all the Apostles; and last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. I have referred to myself in this way because I am the least of the Apostles, and am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I perse

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But by the favor of God favor which he showed

I am what I am, and the me did not become useless. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them. Yet it was not I, but God's favor working with me. Whether, then, it is I, or they, this is what we proclaim, and this is what you believed.

Now if Christ is proclaimed as having been raised from the dead, how do some of you say there is no 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 has nothing in it, and your faith has nothing in it. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of

God.

For we bore witness that God raised up the Christ. And he did not raise him up if, that is, 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 to no purpose, you are still under the influence of your wrongdoings. And then those who have fallen asleep as followers of Christ have perished. If it is for this life alone we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men the most to be pitied.

But as it now is, Christ has been raised from the dead,

The first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

For since it was by means of man death came,

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By means of man, also, came the resurrection from the dead.

For just as in Adam all die,

So also in the Christ will all be made alive. But each one in his own order,

Christ the first-fruits,

Then, those who belong to the Christ,

At his coming.

Then is the end, when he shall hand over the Kingdom

To his God and Father,

When he shall have brought to an end

Every other dominion, and authority, and power.

For he must reign

Till he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

For He put everything in subjection under his feet. But when he says: Everything is put in subjection, It is evident that he is excepted

Who subjected everything to him.

And when everything has been subjected to him, Then will the Son also himself be subjected to him Who subjected everything to him,

So that God may be everything in everything.

Otherwise what shall they gain who are purified, If their purification only brings them to death like other men?

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