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For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.

If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight?

So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.