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And give a salutation to the church which is in their house. Salute my beloved Epenetus, who was the first-fruits of Achaia in Messiah.

Gaius, hospitable to me and to all the church, saluteth you. Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus a brother, salute you.

But if ye have a controversy about a worldly matter, seat ye on the bench for you those who are contemned in the church !

Be ye without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God:

But if any one is contentious about these things, we on our part have no such custom, nor hath the church of God.

Because, first; when ye assemble in the church, there are, I hear, divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

What! have ye no houses in which ye can eat and drink? Or, despise ye the church of God, and shame them who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

28 For God hath placed in his church, first, legates; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; after them, the gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and [fn] kinds of tongues.

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

Now I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh in a tongue, unless he interpret; and if he interpret, he edifieth the church.

So also ye, since ye are emulous of the gifts of the Spirit for the edification of the church, seek ye to excel.

But in the church, I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others, than a myriad of words in a tongue.

If therefore the whole church assemble, and they all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons, or such as believe not, will they not say: These people are crazy?

And if there is none to interpret, let him that speaketh in a tongue, be silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

Let your women be silent in the church: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be in subjection, as also the law saith.

And if they wish to be informed on any subject, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is unbecoming for women to speak in the church.

I am the least of the legates; and am not worthy to be called a legate; because I persecuted the church of God.

All the churches that are in Asia, salute you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the church in their house, salute you much in the Lord.

PAUL a legate of Jesus the Messiah, by the good pleasure of God; and Timothy a brother; to the church of God that is at Corinth, and to all the saints that are in all Achaia.

For ye have heard of my former course of life in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God exceedingly, and destroyed it: