Study Desk

For at the meal, each one eats his own supper. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread,

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good:

For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

If the foot should say, “Because I’m not a hand, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.

And if the ear should say, “Because I’m not an eye, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.

so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.

For the person who speaks in another tongue is not speaking to people but to God, since no one understands him; he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.

On the other hand, the person who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation.

In fact, if the bugle makes an unclear sound, who will prepare for battle?

In the same way, unless you use your tongue for intelligible speech, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air.

So also you—since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in building up the church.

For if I pray in another tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.