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Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?

For this reason anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret what he says.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.

For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.

If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.

If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

For he "has put everything under his feet." Now when it says that "everything" has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.

Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."