1 Corinthians 14:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes, and rather that ye may prophecie.

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  • 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Now concerning spirituall giftes, brethren, I would not haue you ignorant.
  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 Wherefore, brethren, couet to prophecie, and forbid not to speake languages.
  • 1 Cor 16:14 : 14 Let all your things be done in loue.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without the which no man shall see ye Lord.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessing in heauenly thinges in Christ,
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Despise not prophecying.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was giuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the hands of the companie of the Eldership.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And well reported of for good woorkes: if shee haue nourished her children, if shee haue lodged the strangers, if shee haue washed the Saintes feete, if shee haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if shee were continually giuen vnto euery good woorke.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and followe after righteousnesse, godlines, faith, loue, patience, and meekenes.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee also from the lustes of youth, and follow after righteousnes, faith, loue, and peace, with them that call on the Lorde with pure heart,
  • 1 Cor 12:31-13:9 : 31 But desire you the best giftes, and I will yet shewe you a more excellent way. 1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am as sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I had the gift of prophecie, and knewe all secrets and all knowledge, yea, if I had all faith, so that I could remooue mountaines and had not loue, I were nothing. 3 And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp: 5 It doeth no vncomely thing: it seeketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euill: 6 It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth: 7 It suffreth all things: it beleeueth all things: it hopeth all things: it endureth all things. 8 Loue doeth neuer fall away, though that prophecyings be abolished, or the tongues cease, or knowledge vanish away. 9 For we knowe in part, and we prophecie in part.
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.
  • 1 Cor 14:3-5 : 3 But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto me to edifying, and to exhortation, and to comfort. 4 He that speaketh strange language, edifieth himselfe: but hee that prophecieth, edifieth the Church. 5 I would that ye all spake strange languages, but rather that ye prophecied: for greater is hee that prophecieth, then hee that speaketh diuers tongues, except hee expounde it, that the Church may receiue edification.
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all prophecie, and there come in one that beleeueth not, or one vnlearned, hee is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of all, 25 And so are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so he will fall downe on his face and worship God, and say plainely that God is in you in deede.
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If any man thinke him selfe to be a Prophet, or spirituall, let him acknowledge, that the things, that I write vnto you, are the commandements of the Lord.
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination vnto the Lord: but he loueth him that followeth righteousnes.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 He that followeth after righteousnes and mercy, shal finde life, righteousnes, and glory.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 Heare me, ye that followe after righteousnes, and ye that seeke the Lorde: looke vnto the rocke, whence ye are hewen, and to the hole of the pit, whence ye are digged.
  • 1 Pet 3:11-13 : 11 Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and folow after it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous, & his eares are open vnto their prayers: and the face of the Lord is against them that do euil. 13 And who is it that will harme you, if ye folow that which is good?
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloued, followe not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.
  • Num 11:25-29 : 25 Then the Lord came downe in a cloude, and spake vnto him, and tooke of the Spirit that was vpon him, and put it vpon the seuentie Ancient men: & when the Spirit rested vpon them, then they prophecied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the hoste: the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad, and the Spirit rested vpon them, (for they were of them that were written, and went not out vnto the Tabernacle) and they prophecied in the hoste. 27 Then there ranne a yong man, and tolde Moses, and saide, Eldad and Medad doe prophesie in the hoste. 28 And Ioshua the sonne of Nun the seruant of Moses one of his yong men answered & said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 But Moses saide vnto him, Enuiest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lordes people were Prophets, and that the Lord woulde put his Spirit vpon them.
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 Seeing then that we haue gifts that are diuers, according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs, whether we haue prophecie, let vs prophecie according to the portion of faith:
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 Let vs then followe those things which concerne peace, and wherewith one may edifie another.

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    12 Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes, seeke that ye may excell vnto the edifying of the Church.

    13 Wherefore, let him that speaketh a strange tongue, pray, that he may interprete.

    14 For if I pray in a strange togue, my spirit prayeth: but mine vnderstading is without fruite.

    15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, but I wil pray with the vnderstanding also: I wil sing with the spirite, but I will sing with the vnderstanding also.

    16 Else, when thou blessest with the spirit, howe shall hee that occupieth the roome of the vnlearned, say Amen, at thy giuing of thankes, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

    17 For thou verely giuest thankes well, but the other is not edified.

  • 1 Cor 14:39-40
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    39 Wherefore, brethren, couet to prophecie, and forbid not to speake languages.

    40 Let all things be done honestly, and by order.

  • 1 Cor 14:2-6
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    2 For hee that speaketh a strange tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him: howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things.

    3 But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto me to edifying, and to exhortation, and to comfort.

    4 He that speaketh strange language, edifieth himselfe: but hee that prophecieth, edifieth the Church.

    5 I would that ye all spake strange languages, but rather that ye prophecied: for greater is hee that prophecieth, then hee that speaketh diuers tongues, except hee expounde it, that the Church may receiue edification.

    6 And nowe, brethren, if I come vnto you speaking diuers tongues, what shall I profite you, except I speake to you, either by reuelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecying, or by doctrine?

  • 1 Cor 12:30-31
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    30 Are all doers of miracles? haue all the gifts of healing? doe all speake with tongues? doe all interprete?

    31 But desire you the best giftes, and I will yet shewe you a more excellent way.

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    1 Now concerning spirituall giftes, brethren, I would not haue you ignorant.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-4
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    1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am as sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal.

    2 And though I had the gift of prophecie, and knewe all secrets and all knowledge, yea, if I had all faith, so that I could remooue mountaines and had not loue, I were nothing.

    3 And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing.

    4 Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp:

  • 1 Cor 14:31-32
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    31 For ye may all prophecie one by one, that all may learne, and all may haue comfort.

    32 And the spirits of the Prophets are subiect to the Prophets.

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14 Let all your things be done in loue.

  • 1 Cor 14:24-27
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    24 But if all prophecie, and there come in one that beleeueth not, or one vnlearned, hee is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of all,

    25 And so are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so he will fall downe on his face and worship God, and say plainely that God is in you in deede.

    26 What is to be done then, brethren? when ye come together, according as euery one of you hath a Psalme, or hath doctrine, or hath a tongue, or hath reuelation, or hath interpretation, let all things be done vnto edifying.

    27 If any man speake a strange tongue, let it be by two, or at the most, by three, and that by course, and let one interprete.

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    19 Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes with mine vnderstanding, that I might also instruct others, then ten thousande wordes in a strange tongue.

    20 Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

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    7 And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue.

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    19 Let vs then followe those things which concerne peace, and wherewith one may edifie another.

  • 1 Cor 12:10
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    10 And to another the operations of great workes: and to another, prophecie: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, diuersities of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.

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    8 Loue doeth neuer fall away, though that prophecyings be abolished, or the tongues cease, or knowledge vanish away.

    9 For we knowe in part, and we prophecie in part.

  • Rom 1:11
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    11 For I long to see you, that I might bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that you might be strengthened:

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    8 But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among you: for loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.

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    13 And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.

  • 1 Cor 12:4
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    4 Now there are diuersities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

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    1 Let brotherly loue continue.

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    6 Seeing then that we haue gifts that are diuers, according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs, whether we haue prophecie, let vs prophecie according to the portion of faith:

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    9 So likewise you, by the tongue, except yee vtter wordes that haue signification, howe shall it be vnderstand what is spoken? for ye shal speake in the ayre.

    10 There are so many kindes of voyces (as it commeth to passe) in the world, and none of them is dumme.

  • 1 Thess 5:20
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    20 Despise not prophecying.

  • 1 Cor 14:22
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    22 Wherefore strange tongues are for a signe, not to them that beleeue, but to them that beleeue not: but prophecying serueth not for them that beleeue not, but for them which beleeue.

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    14 And aboue all these thinges put on loue, which is the bond of perfectnes.

  • 1 Thess 4:9-10
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    9 But as touching brotherly loue, ye neede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.

    10 Yea, and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22 Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1 And furthermore we beseeche you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Iesus, that ye increase more and more, as ye haue receiued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God.

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    1 And as touching things sacrificed vnto idols, wee knowe that wee all haue knowledge: knowledge puffeth vp, but loue edifieth.

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