1 Corinthians 14:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

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  • 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.
  • 1 Cor 16:14 : 14 Let all you do be done in love.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Do not make little of the words of the prophets;
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
  • 1 Cor 12:31-13:9 : 31 But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way. 1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell. 2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me. 4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride; 5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil; 6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true; 7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things. 8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end. 9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
  • 1 Cor 14:3-5 : 3 But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength. 4 He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church. 5 Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all; 25 The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
  • 1 Pet 3:11-13 : 11 And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. 13 Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
  • Num 11:25-29 : 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time. 26 But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle. 27 And a young man went running to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are acting as prophets in the tent-circle. 28 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, who had been Moses' servant from the time when he was a child, said, My lord Moses, let them be stopped. 29 And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

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  • 1 Cor 14:12-17
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    12So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

    13For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

    14For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.

    15What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

    16For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

    17For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

  • 1 Cor 14:39-40
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    39So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

    40Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

  • 1 Cor 14:2-6
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    2For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

    3But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

    4He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church.

    5Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

    6But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching?

  • 1 Cor 12:30-31
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    30Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

    31But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-4
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    1If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

    2And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

    3And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

    4Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

  • 1 Cor 14:31-32
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    31For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;

    32And the spirits of the prophets are controlled by the prophets;

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Let all you do be done in love.

  • 1 Cor 14:24-27
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    24But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

    25The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.

    26What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

    27If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

  • 1 Cor 14:19-20
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    19But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

    20My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

  • 1 Cor 12:10
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    10And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

  • 1 Cor 13:8-9
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    8Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

    9For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

  • Rom 1:11
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    11For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

  • 1 Cor 13:13
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    13But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

  • 1 Cor 12:4
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    4Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

  • Heb 13:1
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    1Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

  • Rom 12:6
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    6And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

  • 1 Cor 14:9-10
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    9So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

    10There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense.

  • 1 Thess 5:20
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    20Do not make little of the words of the prophets;

  • 1 Cor 14:22
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    22For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

  • Col 3:14
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    14And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

  • 1 Thess 4:9-10
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    9But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

    10And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

  • 1 Cor 8:1
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    1Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.