G1161–δέ–de

and now, indeed, `are' many members, and one body;

δὲ de “however”δὲ de “however”

and an eye is not able to say to the hand, `I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, `I have no need of you.'

δὲ de “now”

and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,

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and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

δέ de “now”

and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:

δὲ de “however”

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

δὲ de “however”

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

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and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

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rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

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The love doth never fail; and whether `there be' prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

δὲ de “however”

and when that which is perfect may come, then that which `is' in part shall become useless.

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When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

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for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

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and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these `is' love.

δὲ de “however”δὲ de “however”

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

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for he who is speaking in an `unknown' tongue -- to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;

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and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;

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he who is speaking in an `unknown' tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify;

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and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.

δὲ de “now”δὲ de “however”δὲ de “now”

And now, brethren, if I may come unto you speaking tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in teaching?

δέ, de “however”

for if I pray in an `unknown' tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.

δὲ de “but”

What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;

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Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

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so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy `is' not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,

δὲ de “but”

If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

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