1 Corinthians 14:3

American Standard Version (1901)

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ προφητεύων ἀνθρώποις λαλεῖ οἰκοδομὴν, καὶ παράκλησιν, καὶ παραμυθίαν.

Transliteration

The de prophēteuōn to-anthrōpois lalei oikodomēn, kai paraklēsin, kai paramythian.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now [contrast]
• *prophēteuōn*: present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - prophesying/one who prophesies
• *anthrōpois*: dative, masculine, plural - to men/humans
• *lalei*: present indicative, 3rd singular - speaks/is speaking
• *oikodomēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - edification/building up
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *paraklēsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - encouragement/exhortation/comfort
• *paramythian*: accusative, feminine, singular - consolation/comfort/encouragement

Word Meanings

• *prophēteuōn*: prophesying/speaking God's message/speaking under divine inspiration
• *anthrōpois*: men/human beings/people
• *oikodomēn*: edification/building up/strengthening/construction
• *paraklēsin*: encouragement/exhortation/comfort/consolation
• *paramythian*: consolation/comfort/soothing words/encouragement

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 14:12 : 12 So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.
• Eph 6:22 : 22 whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
• 1 Tim 4:13 : 13 Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
• 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
• Titus 1:9 : 9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.
• Titus 2:6 : 6 the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:
• Titus 2:9 : 9 [ Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing [to them] in all things; not gainsaying;
• 1 Thess 5:11-14 : 11 Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do. 12 But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
• 1 Cor 14:26 : 26 What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
• Rom 14:19 : 19 So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
• 1 Cor 14:4-5 : 4 He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 5 Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
• Jude 1:20 : 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
• Acts 13:15 : 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
• Acts 15:32 : 32 And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
• Rom 12:8 : 8 or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, [let him do it] with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
• Rom 15:2 : 2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
• 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
• 1 Cor 10:23 : 23 All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.
• 1 Cor 14:31 : 31 For ye all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted;
• 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
• 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.
• Eph 4:12-16 : 12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: 13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; 15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ; 16 from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.
• Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
• 1 Cor 14:17 : 17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
• Luke 3:18 : 18 With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;
• Acts 9:31 : 31 So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.
• 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
• 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; [so do I now] .
• 1 Tim 6:2 : 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.
• Col 4:8 : 8 whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;
• 1 Thess 2:3 : 3 For our exhortation [is] not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,
• 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more.
• 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
• Titus 2:15 : 15 These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
• Heb 3:13 : 13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:
• Heb 10:25 : 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting [one another] ; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.
• Heb 13:22 : 22 But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written unto you in few words.
• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account [him], I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand ye fast therein.