1 Corinthians 14:39

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So then, brothers and sisters, eagerly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

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  • 1 Cor 12:31 : 31 But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you a more excellent way.
  • 1 Cor 14:1 : 1 Pursue love, and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
  • 1 Cor 14:3 : 3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and comfort.
  • 1 Cor 14:5 : 5 I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but I would rather you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless they interpret so that the church may be built up.
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all. 25 The secrets of their heart are revealed, and they will fall facedown and worship God, exclaiming, 'God is truly among you!'
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Do not despise prophecies.

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  • 1 Cor 14:1-7
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    1Pursue love, and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

    2For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands; they speak mysteries by the Spirit.

    3But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and comfort.

    4The one who speaks in a tongue builds up themselves, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

    5I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but I would rather you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless they interpret so that the church may be built up.

    6Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what good will I be to you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

    7Even lifeless instruments like the flute or harp, if they do not produce a clear distinction in the notes, how will anyone recognize what is played on the flute or the harp?

  • 1 Cor 14:9-24
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    9In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

    10There are so many kinds of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

    11If I do not understand the meaning of what someone is saying, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

    12So with yourselves, since you are eager for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in building up the church.

    13Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.

    14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

    15What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

    16Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can someone who is in the position of an outsider say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?

    17You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.

    18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

    19But in the church, I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

    20Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in regard to evil, but in your thinking be mature.

    21In the Law it is written: 'By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,' says the Lord.

    22Thus, tongues are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign, not for unbelievers but for believers.

    23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

    24But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all.

  • 1 Cor 14:40
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    40But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

  • 1 Cor 14:37-38
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    37If anyone considers themselves to be a prophet or spiritually gifted, let them acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are the Lord’s commands.

    38But if anyone ignores this, let them remain ignorant.

  • 1 Cor 14:26-32
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    26What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

    27If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be two or at most three, each in turn, and let someone interpret.

    28But if there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep silent in the church and speak to themselves and to God.

    29Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others evaluate what is said.

    30If something is revealed to another sitting there, the first speaker should stop.

    31For you can all prophesy one by one, so that everyone may learn and be encouraged.

    32The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.

  • 1 Thess 5:19-20
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    19Do not quench the Spirit.

    20Do not despise prophecies.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Now, concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.

  • 1 Cor 12:30-31
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    30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

    31But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you a more excellent way.

  • 1 Cor 12:10
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    10to another, miraculous powers; to another, prophecy; to another, distinguishing between spirits; to another, different kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues.

  • Mark 16:17
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    17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name, they will cast out demons, and they will speak in new tongues.

  • 1 Cor 13:1
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    1If I speak in the tongues of people and of angels, but do not have love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

  • Isa 28:11
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    11Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

  • 1 Tim 4:14
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    14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you.

  • Acts 10:46
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    46for they were hearing them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter responded:

  • Acts 19:6
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    6When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

  • Mark 9:39
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    39'Do not stop him,' Jesus said. 'No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me.'

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.

  • Acts 2:4
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    4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

  • 1 Cor 13:8
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    8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will vanish away.