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Be not ye an occasion of fallinge, nether to the Iewes, ner to the Gentyles, ner to the congregacion of God,

But I certifye you, that Christ is the heade of euery man. As for ye man, he is the heade of ye woman, but God is Christes heade.

Neuertheles the man oughte not to couer his heade, for so moch as he is the ymage and glory of God: but the woma is the glory of the man.

For as the woman is of the man, euen so commeth the man also by the woman, but all of God.

Iudge ye by yor selues, whether it be comly, yt a woma praye before God bare headed?

But yf there be eny man amoge you that hath lust to stryue, let him knowe, that we haue no soch custome, nether the congregacions of God.

Or despyse ye ye cogregacion of God, and shame them that haue not? What shal I saye vnto you? Shal I prayse you? in this prayse I you not.

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.

and there are dyuerse operacions yet is there but one God, which worketh all in all.

But now hath God set the membres, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased him.

For oure honest membres neade it not. But God hath so measured ye body, and geuen most honoure vnto that mebre which had nede,

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.

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.

I thanke my God, that I speake with tunges more then ye all.

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.

But yf there be not an interpreter, then let him kepe sylence in the congregacion, howbeit let him speake to himselfe and to God.

For God is not a God off discension, but off peace, like as in all congregacions off the sayntes.

Or spronge the worde of God from amonge you? Or is it come vnto you onely?

For I am ye leest of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the congregacion of God.

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.