The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.

But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,

For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!

But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds,

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

Now as a fair exchange – I speak as to my children – open wide your hearts to us also.

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law.

For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one.

Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.