1 Corinthians 14:39
So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.
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- 1 Cor 12:31 : 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 Cor 14:1 : 1 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.
- 1 Cor 14:3 : 3 But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.
- 1 Cor 14:5 : 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 Thess 5:20 : 20 Do not make little of the words of the prophets;
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- 1 Cor 14:1-77 verses81%
1Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.
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?
7Even things without life, having a voice, such as a music-pipe or other instrument, if they do not give out different sounds, who may be certain what is being played?
- 1 Cor 14:9-2416 verses78%
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.
11But if the sense of the voice is not clear to me, I am like a man from a strange country to him who is talking, and he will be the same to me.
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.
18I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:
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.
21In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.
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.
23If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced?
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;
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40Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.
- 1 Cor 14:37-382 verses76%
37If 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.
38But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.
- 1 Cor 14:26-327 verses76%
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:
28But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.
29And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.
30But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.
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 Thess 5:19-202 verses75%
19Do not put out the light of the Spirit;
20Do not make little of the words of the prophets;
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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 12:30-312 verses71%
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.
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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:
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17And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;
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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.
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11No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:
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16Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:
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14Make 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.
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46And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,
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6And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.
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39But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.
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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.
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4And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
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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.