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I COMMEND to you Phebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church of Kancreos,

And give salutation [fn] to the church which is in their house. Ask the peace of Epenetos, my beloved, who was the first-fruits of Akaia in the Meshiha.

Gaios my entertainer, and of all the church, asketh for your peace; (as do) Erastos steward of the city, and Quartos a brother.

to the church of Aloha which is in Kurinthos, the called, and the saints who in Jeshu Meshiha are sanctified; and to all them who invoke the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha in every place, theirs and ours:

4 But if you have matters to be judged regarding the world, those who are little-esteemed [fn] in the church make you to sit in judgment.

Give no offence to Jihudoyee, or to Aramoyee, or to the church of Aloha.

But if any man contendeth about these things, we have no such usage as this, neither the church of Aloha.

For, first, when you are assembled in the church, there are divisions, (as) I hear, among you, and in some measure I believe.

What ? have you not houses (in) which to eat and drink ? Or do you despise the church of Aloha, and shame those who have nothing to eat ? What do I say to you ? Do I praise you in this ? I praise you not.

28 FOR Aloha hath placed in the church, first, apostles; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; [fn] after them, gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and kinds of tongues.

He who speaketh in a tongue himself edifieth, and he who prophesieth the church edifieth.

But I would that all of you could speak with tongues, but especially that you could prophesy. For greater is he who prophesieth than he who speaketh with tongues, unless he interpret. But if he interpret, he edifieth the church.

So also you, while you are emulous of the gifts of the Spirit for the edification of the church, seek that you may excel.

but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, that others also may learn, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

If then all the church be assembled, and all of you speak with tongues, and the ignorant, or those who believe not enter, will they not say you are insane ?

And if there be no one who interpreteth, let him who speaketh with a tongue be silent in the church, and between himself and Aloha let him speak.

LET your women in the church be silent; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also saith the law.

But if any wish to learn, in their houses let them ask their husbands; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

I am the least of the apostles, and am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of Aloha:

All the churches of Asia ask for your peace; Akilos and Priskila, with the church which is in their house, ask for your peace greatly in our Lord.