Study Desk

But if there is no interpreter, then anyone who speaks in a different language should be quiet in the church meeting. They should speak only to themselves and to God.

God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace. This is the rule for all the meetings of God's people.

The women should keep quiet in these church meetings. They are not allowed to speak out but should be under authority, as the Law of Moses says.

But everything should be done in a way that is right and orderly.

That Good News, the message you heard from me, is God's way to save you. But you must continue believing it. If you don't, you believed for nothing.

After that Christ appeared to more than 500 other believers at the same time. Most of them are still living today, but some have died.

But, because of God's grace, that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God's grace that was with me.)

But Christ really has been raised from death—the first one of all those who will be raised.

Death comes to people because of what one man did. But now there is resurrection from death because of another man.

But everyone will be raised to life in the right order. Christ was first to be raised. Then, when Christ comes again, those who belong to him will be raised to life.

But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?"

But God gives it the body that he has planned for it, and he gives each kind of seed its own body.

Also there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the beauty of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the beauty of the earthly bodies is another.

It will be the same when those who have died are raised to life. The body that is "planted" in the grave will ruin and decay, but it will be raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.

When the body is "planted," it is without honor. But when it is raised, it will be great and glorious. When the body is "planted," it is weak. But when it is raised, it will be full of power.

As the Scriptures say, "The first man, Adam, became a living person." But the last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

All people belong to the earth. They are like that first man of earth. But those who belong to heaven are like that man of heaven.

But listen, I tell you this secret: We will not all die, but we will all be changed.

But we thank God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.