Verse 1

Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Concernyng spirituall gyftes, brethren, I woulde not haue you ignoraunt.
  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 Wherfore brethren, couet to prophesie, and forbyd not to speake with tongues.
  • 1 Cor 16:14 : 14 Let al your thinges be done with loue.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Folowe peace with all men, and holynesse, without the which, no man shall see the Lorde:
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God, the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng, in heauenly thynges by Christe:
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Despise not prophesiynges.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Despise not the gyfte that is in thee, which was geuen thee through prophesie, with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged straungers, yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete, yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie, yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart.
  • 1 Cor 12:31-13:9 : 31 Couet after the best giftes: And yet shew I vnto you a more excellent way. 1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels, and haue not loue, I am as soundyng brasse, or as a tincklyng Cimball: 2 And though I coulde prophesie, and vnderstoode all secretes, and all knowledge: Yea, if I had all fayth, so that I coulde moue mountaynes out of their places, and haue not loue, I were nothyng. 3 And though I bestowe all my goodes to feede the poore, and though I geue my body that I burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothyng. 4 Loue suffreth long, and is curteous: Loue enuieth not, loue doth not frowardely, swelleth not, 5 Dealeth not dishonestlie, seeketh not her owne, is not prouoked to anger, thynketh none euyll, 6 Reioyceth not in iniquitie: bur reioyceth in the trueth: 7 Suffreth all thynges, beleueth all thynges, hopeth all thynges, endureth all thynges. 8 Though ye prophesiynges fayle, other tongues ceasse, or knowledge vanishe away, yet loue falleth neuer away. 9 For our knowledge is vnperfect, and our prophesiyng is vnperfect:
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 Nowe abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, these three, but the chiefe of these is loue.
  • 1 Cor 14:3-5 : 3 But he that prophesieth, speaketh vnto men to their edifiyng, to their exhortation, and to their comfort. 4 He that speaketh with the tongue, edifieth hym selfe: he that prophesieth, edifieth the Churche. 5 I woulde yt ye al spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: For greater is he that prophesieth, then he that speaketh with tongues, except he expounde it, that the Churche may haue edifiyng.
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But yf all prophesie, and there come in one ye beleueth not, or one vnlearned: he is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of euery man: 25 And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest, and so falleth he downe on his face, and worshippeth God, and sayth that God is in you of a trueth.
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If any man thynke hym selfe to be a prophete, either spiritual, let him knowe that the thinges that I write vnto you, are ye commaundementes of the Lorde.
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde: but who so foloweth righteousnesse, him he loueth.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy, findeth both life, righteousnesse, and honour.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 Hearken vnto me ye that holde of ryghteousnesse, and ye that seeke the Lorde: take heede to ye stone wherout ye are hewen, and to the graue wherout ye are digged.
  • 1 Pet 3:11-13 : 11 Let hym eschewe euyll and do good, let hym seke peace and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous, and his eares are open vnto their prayers: Againe, the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll. 13 Moreouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that which is good?
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloued, folow not that which is euyl, but that which is good. He that doth well, is of God: but he that doth euyll, seeth not God.
  • Num 11:25-29 : 25 And the Lord came downe in a cloude, and spake vnto him, and toke of the spirite that was vpon him, and gaue it vnto the threscore & ten elders: And when the spirite rested vpon them, they prophesied, and dyd not ceasse. 26 But there remayned two of the men in the hoast, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: And the spirite rested vpon them, (and thei were of them that were written, and went not out vnto the tabernacle) and they prophesied in the hoast. 27 And there ran a young man, and tolde Moyses, and sayd: Eldad and Medad do prophesie in the hoast. 28 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of Moyses, one of his young men aunswered, and sayde: My lorde Moyses, forbyd them. 29 And Moyses sayd vnto hym: Enuiest thou for my sake? woulde God that all the Lordes people could prophesie, and that the Lorde woulde put his spirite vpon them.
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? that the gentiles which folowed not ryghteousnes, haue obtayned righteousnesse: euen the ryghteousnesse which cometh of fayth.
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth,
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 Let vs therfore folowe those thynges which make for peace, & thynges wherwith one may edifie another.