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

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

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside.

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

Church Order

What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

The Resurrection Body

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.

However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

Paul’s Plans to Visit

But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia—for I will be going through Macedonia—

Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too.

So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers.

With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come!