1 Corinthians 14:38

Geneva Bible (1560)

And if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

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  • Hos 4:17 : 17 Ephraim is ioyned to idoles: let him alone.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.
  • 1 Tim 6:3-5 : 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consenteth not to the wholesome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christ, and to the doctrine, which is according to godlinesse, 4 He is puft vp & knoweth nothing, but doteth about questions & strife of words, whereof commeth enuie, strife, railings, euill surmisings, 5 Frowarde disputations of men of corrupt mindes & destitute of ye trueth, which thinke that gaine is godlines: from such separate thy selfe.
  • 2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but hauing their eares itching, shal after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers, 4 And shall turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe giuen vnto fables.
  • Rev 22:11-12 : 11 He that is vniust, let him be vniust stil and he which is filthie, let him be filthie still: and hee that is righteous, let him be righteous stil: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 12 And beholde, I come shortly, and my reward is with mee, to giue euery man according as his woorke shall be.

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  • 1 Cor 14:34-37
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    34Let your women keepe silence in the Churches: for it is not permitted vnto them to speake: but they ought to be subiect, as also the Lawe sayth.

    35And if they will learne any thing, let them aske their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speake in the Church.

    36Came the worde of God out from you? either came it vnto you onely?

    37If 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.

  • 1 Cor 14:26-30
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    26What 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.

    27If 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.

    28But if there be no interpreter, let him keepe silence in the Church, which speaketh languages, and let him speake to himselfe, and to God.

    29Let the Prophets speake two, or three, and let the other iudge.

    30And if any thing be reueiled to another that sitteth by, let the first holde his peace.

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

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

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2Nowe, if any man thinke that hee knoweth any thing, hee knoweth nothing yet as hee ought to knowe.

    3But if any man loue God, the same is knowen of him.

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

  • 1 Cor 14:23-24
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    23If therefore when the whole Church is come together in one, and all speake strange tongues, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleeue not, will they not say, that ye are out of your wittes?

    24But 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,

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    6And 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?

    7Moreouer things without life which giue a sounde, whether it be a pipe or an harpe, except they make a distinction in the soundes, how shall it be knowen what is piped or harped?

    8And also if the trumpet giue an vncertaine sound, who shall prepare himselfe to battell?

    9So 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.

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

    11Except I know then the power of ye voyce, I shall be vnto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh, shalbe a barbarian vnto me.

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

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

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

    15What 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.

    16Else, 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?

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    14If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, & haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed:

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    19Yet 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.

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

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  • 1 Cor 14:1-2
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    1Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes, and rather that ye may prophecie.

    2For 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.

  • 1 Pet 2:15
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    15For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

  • 1 Cor 3:18
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    18Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seeme to be wise in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wise.

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

  • 1 Cor 2:14-15
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    14But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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    34Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

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    15Let vs therefore as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if yee be otherwise minded, God shall reueile euen the same vnto you.

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    14As obedient children, not fashioning your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignorance:

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    16I say againe, Let no man thinke that I am foolish, or els take mee euen as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.

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    14Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.

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    6And though I be rude in speaking, yet I am not so in knowledge, but among you wee haue beene made manifest to the vttermost, in all things.

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    17And now brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your gouernours.

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    5If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.

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    31For if we would iudge our selues, we should not be iudged.

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    7They would be doctours of the Law, and yet vnderstande not what they speake, neither whereof they affirme.