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For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

For as you eat, many of you proceed with your own meal to the exclusion of others. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

Don't you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No I will not!

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

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."

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

For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

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

For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.

Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?

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.