WEBVTT 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.320 in a year. Today we conclude the first epistle 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:12.580 of St. Paul to the Corinthians, chapters 12 through 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:16.780 16. Chapter 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:19.620 brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant. You 00:00:19.620 --> 00:00:22.460 know that you, or Gentiles, carried away to these 00:00:22.460 --> 00:00:25.719 dumb idols, however you were led. Therefore I 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:28.140 made known to you that no one speaking by the 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:31.719 Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:34.719 can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.820 Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, but the 00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:40.659 same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, 00:00:40.700 --> 00:00:43.560 but the same Lord. And there are diversities 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:46.600 of activities, but it is the same God who works 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:49.640 all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.060 is given to each one for the profit of all. For 00:00:53.060 --> 00:00:55.640 to one is given the word of wisdom through the 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:58.460 Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through 00:00:58.460 --> 00:01:01.079 the same Spirit, to another faith by the same 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:04.040 Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.140 Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:09.859 another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, 00:01:10.180 --> 00:01:12.900 to another different kinds of tongues, to another 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:15.859 the interpretation of tongues. But one and the 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:18.959 same Spirit works all these things, distributing 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:22.359 to each one individually as he wills. for as 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:25.099 the body is one and has many members but all 00:01:25.099 --> 00:01:28.299 the members of that one body being many are one 00:01:28.299 --> 00:01:32.060 body so also is christ for by one spirit we were 00:01:32.060 --> 00:01:35.599 all baptized into one body whether jews or greeks 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:38.640 whether slaves or free and have all been made 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.500 to drink into one spirit for in fact the body 00:01:42.500 --> 00:01:45.640 is not one member but many if the foot should 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.700 say because i am not a hand i am not of the body 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:51.909 is it therefore not of the body And if the ear 00:01:51.909 --> 00:01:54.769 should say, because I am not an eye, I am not 00:01:54.769 --> 00:01:57.870 of the body, is it therefore not of the body? 00:01:58.189 --> 00:02:01.189 If the whole body were an eye, where would be 00:02:01.189 --> 00:02:04.069 the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where 00:02:04.069 --> 00:02:06.909 would be the smelling? But now God has set the 00:02:06.909 --> 00:02:09.770 members, each one of them in the body, just as 00:02:09.770 --> 00:02:12.409 he pleased. And if they were all one member, 00:02:12.569 --> 00:02:15.810 where would the body be? But now indeed there 00:02:15.810 --> 00:02:18.840 are many members, yet one body. And the eye cannot 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:21.919 say to the hand, I have no need of you. Nor again 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.319 the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:27.680 No, much rather, those members of the body which 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.800 seem to be weaker are necessary. And those members 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:33.120 of the body which we think to be less honorable, 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:37.580 on these we bestow greater honor. And our unpresentable 00:02:37.580 --> 00:02:41.080 parts have greater modesty. But our presentable 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:44.259 parts have no need. But God composed the body. 00:02:44.569 --> 00:02:46.610 having given greater honor to that part which 00:02:46.610 --> 00:02:49.889 lacks it, that there should be no schism in the 00:02:49.889 --> 00:02:52.409 body, but that the members should have the same 00:02:52.409 --> 00:02:54.650 care for one another. And if one member suffers, 00:02:55.090 --> 00:02:58.210 all the members suffer with it. Or if one member 00:02:58.210 --> 00:03:01.030 is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 00:03:01.430 --> 00:03:04.689 Now you are the body of Christ and members individually. 00:03:05.009 --> 00:03:08.389 And God has appointed these in the church. First, 00:03:08.469 --> 00:03:11.689 apostles. Second, prophets. Third, teachers, 00:03:11.949 --> 00:03:14.969 after that miracles, then gifts of healings, 00:03:15.009 --> 00:03:18.229 helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 00:03:18.490 --> 00:03:22.509 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? 00:03:22.750 --> 00:03:26.330 Are all workers of miracles? Do all have gifts 00:03:26.330 --> 00:03:29.370 of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all 00:03:29.370 --> 00:03:32.550 interpret? But earnestly desire the best gifts, 00:03:32.610 --> 00:03:38.389 and yet I show you a more excellent way. Chapter 00:03:38.389 --> 00:03:41.819 13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and 00:03:41.819 --> 00:03:45.259 of angels but have no love, I have become sounding 00:03:45.259 --> 00:03:48.259 brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:50.879 the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:53.620 and all knowledge, and though I have all faith 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:56.580 so that I could remove mountains but have not 00:03:56.580 --> 00:03:59.800 love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:01.819 goods to feed the poor, and though I give my 00:04:01.819 --> 00:04:05.139 body to be burned, but have not love, it profits 00:04:05.139 --> 00:04:09.530 me nothing. Love suffers long and is kind. Love 00:04:09.530 --> 00:04:12.569 does not envy. Love does not parade itself, is 00:04:12.569 --> 00:04:16.250 not puffed up, does not behave rudely, does not 00:04:16.250 --> 00:04:19.689 seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil, 00:04:19.810 --> 00:04:23.149 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in 00:04:23.149 --> 00:04:26.329 the truth, bears all things, believes all things, 00:04:26.509 --> 00:04:30.649 hopes all things, endures all things. Love never 00:04:30.649 --> 00:04:33.509 fails. But whether there are prophecies, they 00:04:33.509 --> 00:04:36.170 will fail. Whether there are tongues, they will 00:04:36.170 --> 00:04:39.149 cease. Whether there is knowledge, it will vanish 00:04:39.149 --> 00:04:42.649 away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in 00:04:42.649 --> 00:04:45.730 part. But when that which is perfect has come, 00:04:45.889 --> 00:04:48.470 then that which is in part will be done away. 00:04:48.810 --> 00:04:52.389 When I was a child, I spoke as a child. I understood 00:04:52.389 --> 00:04:55.430 as a child. I thought as a child. But when I 00:04:55.430 --> 00:04:58.649 became a man, I put away childish things. For 00:04:58.649 --> 00:05:02.100 now we see in a mirror, dimly. but then face 00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:05.540 to face now i know in part but then i shall know 00:05:05.540 --> 00:05:10.480 just as i also am known and now abide faith hope 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:14.339 love these three but the greatest of these is 00:05:14.339 --> 00:05:20.759 love chapter fourteen pursue love and desire 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.740 spiritual gifts but especially that you may prophesy 00:05:23.740 --> 00:05:26.420 for he who speaks in a tongue does not speak 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:29.180 to men but to god for no one understands him 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.420 However, in the Spirit he speaks mysteries. But 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:35.779 he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation 00:05:35.779 --> 00:05:38.639 and comfort to men. He who speaks in a tongue 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:42.060 edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies 00:05:42.060 --> 00:05:45.100 the church. I wish you all spoke with tongues, 00:05:45.220 --> 00:05:48.459 but even more that you prophesied. For he who 00:05:48.459 --> 00:05:51.120 prophesies is greater than he who speaks with 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.120 tongues, unless indeed he interprets that the 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:57.170 church may receive edification. but now brethren 00:05:57.170 --> 00:05:59.790 if i come to you speaking with tongues what shall 00:05:59.790 --> 00:06:02.269 i profit you unless i speak to you either by 00:06:02.269 --> 00:06:05.449 revelation by knowledge by prophesying or by 00:06:05.449 --> 00:06:09.209 teaching even things without life whether flute 00:06:09.209 --> 00:06:12.569 or harp when they make a sound how will it be 00:06:12.569 --> 00:06:15.870 known what is piped or played for if the trumpet 00:06:15.870 --> 00:06:18.930 makes an uncertain sound who will prepare for 00:06:18.930 --> 00:06:22.629 battle so likewise you unless you utter by the 00:06:22.629 --> 00:06:25.850 tongue words easy to understand how will it be 00:06:25.850 --> 00:06:28.569 known what is spoken for you will be speaking 00:06:28.569 --> 00:06:32.170 into the air there are it may be so many kinds 00:06:32.170 --> 00:06:34.970 of languages in the world and none of them is 00:06:34.970 --> 00:06:38.029 without significance therefore if i do not know 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:40.769 the meaning of the language i shall be a foreigner 00:06:40.769 --> 00:06:43.810 to him who speaks and he who speaks will be a 00:06:43.810 --> 00:06:47.660 foreigner to me even so you Since you are zealous 00:06:47.660 --> 00:06:50.480 for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:54.420 of the church that you seek to excel. Therefore, 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:57.519 let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:00.560 interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:04.079 prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:06.540 is the conclusion then? I will pray with the 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:09.019 spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:12.100 I will sing with the spirit, and I will also 00:07:12.100 --> 00:07:15.180 sing with the understanding. Otherwise, if you 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:18.279 bless with the Spirit, how will he who occupies 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:21.319 the place of the uninformed say ameen at your 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:24.040 giving of thanks, since he does not understand 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.339 what you say? For you indeed give thanks well, 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:30.540 but the other is not edified. I thank my God 00:07:30.540 --> 00:07:33.660 I speak with tongues more than you all. Yet in 00:07:33.660 --> 00:07:36.779 the church I would rather speak five words with 00:07:36.779 --> 00:07:39.579 my understanding that I may teach others also 00:07:39.579 --> 00:07:42.990 than ten thousand words in a tongue. brethren 00:07:42.990 --> 00:07:46.009 do not be children in understanding however in 00:07:46.009 --> 00:07:49.529 malice be babes but in understanding be mature 00:07:49.529 --> 00:07:52.850 in the law it is written with men of other tongues 00:07:52.850 --> 00:07:56.029 and other lips i will speak to this people and 00:07:56.029 --> 00:07:59.290 yet for all that they will not hear me says the 00:07:59.290 --> 00:08:03.129 lord therefore tongues are for a sign not to 00:08:03.129 --> 00:08:06.569 those who believe but to unbelievers but prophesying 00:08:06.569 --> 00:08:09.370 is not for unbelievers but for those who believe 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:12.439 Therefore, if the whole church comes together 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.199 in one place and all speak with tongues, and 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.420 there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:21.480 will they not say that you are out of your mind? 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:25.259 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:28.579 uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by 00:08:28.579 --> 00:08:32.169 all, he is convicted by all. And thus the secrets 00:08:32.169 --> 00:08:35.429 of his heart are revealed. And so, falling down 00:08:35.429 --> 00:08:38.529 on his face, he will worship God and report that 00:08:38.529 --> 00:08:42.070 God is truly among you. How is it then, brethren, 00:08:42.289 --> 00:08:44.889 whenever you come together, each of you has a 00:08:44.889 --> 00:08:47.809 psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, 00:08:48.110 --> 00:08:51.049 has an interpretation. Let all things be done 00:08:51.049 --> 00:08:54.629 for edification. If anyone speaks in a tongue, 00:08:54.850 --> 00:08:58.570 let there be two or at the most three, each in 00:08:58.570 --> 00:09:02.279 turn. and let one interpret but if there is no 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:05.320 interpreter let him keep silent in church and 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:08.620 let him speak to himself and to god let two or 00:09:08.620 --> 00:09:11.759 three prophets speak and let the others judge 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:14.720 but if anything is revealed to another who sits 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:18.159 by let the first keep silent for you can all 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:21.620 prophesy one by one that all may learn and all 00:09:21.620 --> 00:09:25.120 may be encouraged. And the spirits of the prophets 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:28.440 are subject to the prophets. For God is not the 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.440 author of confusion, but of peace, as in all 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.220 the churches of the saints. Let your women keep 00:09:34.220 --> 00:09:36.720 silent in the churches, for they are not permitted 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:40.059 to speak. But they are to be submissive, as the 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:43.059 law also says. And if they want to learn something, 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.120 let them ask their own husbands at home, for 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.639 it is shameful for women to speak in church. 00:09:49.179 --> 00:09:51.820 Or did the word of God come originally from you? 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:55.480 Or was it you only that it reached? If anyone 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:57.960 thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.279 let him acknowledge that the things which I write 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:04.159 to you are the commandments of the Lord. But 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:07.860 if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. Therefore, 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:11.220 brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do 00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:14.259 not forbid to speak with tongues. Let all things 00:10:14.259 --> 00:10:21.399 be done decently and in order. Chapter 15 Moreover, 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:23.980 brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:26.879 preached to you, which also you received, and 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:29.899 in which you stand, by which also you are saved, 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.399 if you hold fast that word which I preached to 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:36.700 you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered 00:10:36.700 --> 00:10:39.100 to you first of all that which I also received, 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:42.340 that Christ died for our sins according to the 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:44.840 Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:47.340 He rose again the third day according to the 00:10:47.340 --> 00:10:50.429 Scriptures. and that he was seen by Cephas, then 00:10:50.429 --> 00:10:53.129 by the twelve. After that he was seen by over 00:10:53.129 --> 00:10:56.210 five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater 00:10:56.210 --> 00:10:59.250 part remain to the present, but some have fallen 00:10:59.250 --> 00:11:02.490 asleep. After that he was seen by James, then 00:11:02.490 --> 00:11:05.330 by all the apostles. Then last of all he was 00:11:05.330 --> 00:11:08.850 seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. 00:11:09.190 --> 00:11:12.490 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not 00:11:12.490 --> 00:11:15.669 worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted 00:11:15.669 --> 00:11:18.750 the church of God. But by the grace of God I 00:11:18.750 --> 00:11:22.009 am what I am, and His grace toward me was not 00:11:22.009 --> 00:11:25.509 in vain. But I labored more abundantly than they 00:11:25.509 --> 00:11:28.570 all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was 00:11:28.570 --> 00:11:31.590 with me. Therefore whether it was I or they, 00:11:31.789 --> 00:11:35.330 so we preach, and so you believed. Now if Christ 00:11:35.330 --> 00:11:38.090 is preached, that He has been raised from the 00:11:38.090 --> 00:11:41.110 dead, how do some among you say that there is 00:11:41.110 --> 00:11:43.710 no resurrection of the dead? But if there is 00:11:43.710 --> 00:11:46.029 no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not 00:11:46.029 --> 00:11:49.080 risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:52.820 is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and 00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:55.840 we are found false witnesses of God, because 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.679 we have testified of God that he raised up Christ, 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:01.919 whom he did not raise up, if in fact the dead 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.399 do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:06.679 Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, 00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:09.419 your faith is futile, you are still in your sins. 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:12.700 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ 00:12:12.700 --> 00:12:16.600 have perished. If in this life only we have hope 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.440 in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiful. 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:23.639 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:25.840 become the firstfruits of those who have fallen 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:29.580 asleep. For since by man came death, by man also 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:32.519 came the resurrection of the dead. For as in 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:35.580 Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:39.220 made alive, but each one in his own order. Christ, 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.600 the firstfruits, afterward those who are christ's 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:45.960 at his coming then comes the end when he delivers 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.460 the kingdom of god to the father when he puts 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:51.779 an end to all rule and all authority and power 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:55.320 for he must reign till he has put all enemies 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:58.840 under his feet the last enemy that will be destroyed 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.580 is death for he has put all things under his 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:05.860 feet but when he says all things are put under 00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:08.759 him it is evident that he who put all things 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:12.720 under him is accepted now when all things are 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.899 made subject to him then the son himself will 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:18.720 also be subject to him who put all things under 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:23.740 him that god may be all in all otherwise what 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:26.759 will they do who are baptized for the dead if 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:29.559 the dead do not rise at all why then are they 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.720 baptized for the dead and why do we stand in 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:36.320 jeopardy every hour I affirm by the boasting 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:39.340 in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:43.539 I die daily. If in the manner of men I have fought 00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:46.700 with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it 00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:49.899 to me? If the dead do not rise, let us eat and 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:53.179 drink, for tomorrow we die. Do not be deceived. 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:57.500 Evil company corrupts good habits. Awake to righteousness 00:13:57.500 --> 00:14:01.000 and do not sin. For some do not have the knowledge 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:04.750 of God. I speak this to your shame. But someone 00:14:04.750 --> 00:14:07.629 will say, How are the dead raised up? And with 00:14:07.629 --> 00:14:10.570 what body do they come? Foolish one! What you 00:14:10.570 --> 00:14:13.850 sow is not made alive unless it dies. And what 00:14:13.850 --> 00:14:16.730 you sow you do not sow that body that shall be 00:14:16.730 --> 00:14:19.809 but mere grain, perhaps wheat or some other grain. 00:14:19.990 --> 00:14:23.169 But God gives it a body as he pleases, and to 00:14:23.169 --> 00:14:26.669 each seed its own body. All flesh is not the 00:14:26.669 --> 00:14:29.230 same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of 00:14:29.230 --> 00:14:32.110 men. another flesh of animals, another of fish, 00:14:32.230 --> 00:14:34.889 and another of birds. There are also celestial 00:14:34.889 --> 00:14:37.690 bodies and terrestrial bodies. But the glory 00:14:37.690 --> 00:14:39.789 of the celestial is one, and the glory of the 00:14:39.789 --> 00:14:42.610 terrestrial is another. There is one glory of 00:14:42.610 --> 00:14:45.490 the sun, another glory of the moon, and another 00:14:45.490 --> 00:14:48.750 glory of the stars. For one star differs from 00:14:48.750 --> 00:14:52.070 another star in glory. So also is the resurrection 00:14:52.070 --> 00:14:55.070 of the dead. The body is sown in corruption. 00:14:55.309 --> 00:14:59.110 It is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor. 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:21.899 However, the spiritual is not first, but the 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:24.940 natural, and afterward, the spiritual. The first 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:27.960 man was of the earth, made of dust. The second 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:31.419 man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:34.139 dust, so also are those who are made of dust. 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:37.299 And as is the heavenly man, so also are those 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:40.559 who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:43.539 of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:46.620 of the heavenly man. Now this I say, brethren, 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:49.120 that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:52.240 of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:55.940 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all 00:15:55.940 --> 00:15:59.840 sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.580 in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:05.139 For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:07.860 be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:11.059 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:14.990 and this mortal must put on immortality. So when 00:16:14.990 --> 00:16:17.389 this corruptible has put on incorruption and 00:16:17.389 --> 00:16:20.149 this mortal has put on immortality, then shall 00:16:20.149 --> 00:16:22.830 be brought to pass the saying that is written, 00:16:23.029 --> 00:16:26.490 Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where 00:16:26.490 --> 00:16:29.289 is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? 00:16:29.490 --> 00:16:32.330 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of 00:16:32.330 --> 00:16:35.490 sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives 00:16:35.490 --> 00:16:38.129 us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:16:38.950 --> 00:16:41.610 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, 00:16:41.769 --> 00:16:44.610 immovable, always abounding in the work of the 00:16:44.610 --> 00:16:48.269 lord knowing that your labor is not in vain in 00:16:48.269 --> 00:16:54.129 the lord chapter sixteen now concerning the collection 00:16:54.129 --> 00:16:57.210 for the saints as i have given orders to the 00:16:57.210 --> 00:17:00.730 churches of galatia so you must do also on the 00:17:00.730 --> 00:17:03.029 first day of the week let each one of you lay 00:17:03.029 --> 00:17:06.089 something aside storing up as he may prosper 00:17:06.089 --> 00:17:09.630 that there be no collections when i come and 00:17:09.630 --> 00:17:12.519 when i come Whomever you approve by your letters, 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:15.779 I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem. But 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:18.839 if it is fitting that I go also, they will go 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.200 with me. Now I will come to you when I pass through 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:24.839 Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia. 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:28.019 And it may be that I will remain, or even spend 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:30.599 the winter with you, that you may send me on 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:33.640 my journey wherever I go. For I do not wish to 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:36.539 see you now on the way, but I hope to stay a 00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:39.549 while with you if the Lord permits. but i will 00:17:39.549 --> 00:17:42.650 tarry in ephesus until pentecost for a great 00:17:42.650 --> 00:17:45.049 and effective door has opened to me and there 00:17:45.049 --> 00:17:48.430 are many adversaries and if timothy comes see 00:17:48.430 --> 00:17:51.849 that he may be with you without fear for he does 00:17:51.849 --> 00:17:55.269 the work of the lord as i also do therefore let 00:17:55.269 --> 00:17:58.109 no one despise him but send him on his journey 00:17:58.109 --> 00:18:00.890 in peace that he may come to me for i am waiting 00:18:00.890 --> 00:18:03.869 for him with the brethren now concerning our 00:18:03.869 --> 00:18:06.890 brother apollos I strongly urged him to come 00:18:06.890 --> 00:18:09.630 to you with the brethren, but he was quite unwilling 00:18:09.630 --> 00:18:12.849 to come at this time. However, he will come when 00:18:12.849 --> 00:18:16.630 he has a convenient time. Watch, stand fast in 00:18:16.630 --> 00:18:20.009 the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that 00:18:20.009 --> 00:18:22.630 you do be done with love. I urge you, brethren, 00:18:22.849 --> 00:18:25.869 you know the household of Stephanas, that it 00:18:25.869 --> 00:18:28.430 is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they 00:18:28.430 --> 00:18:30.589 have devoted themselves to the ministry of the 00:18:30.589 --> 00:18:33.440 saints, that you also submit to such. and to 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:36.559 everyone who works and labors with us. I am glad 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:39.859 about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and 00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:43.180 Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:46.099 supplied, for they refreshed my spirit and yours. 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:49.380 Therefore acknowledge such men. The churches 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:53.039 of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:55.819 you heartily in the Lord, with the church that 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:58.519 is in their house. All the brethren greet you. 00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:01.559 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The salutation, 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:05.000 with my own hand, Paul's. If anyone does not 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.960 love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:11.740 O Lord, come. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:14.839 be with you. My love be with you, all in Christ 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:22.900 Jesus. Amen. I hope you enjoyed today's reading 00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:25.200 as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:27.259 you again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:29.059 God bless you and have a great day.