1 Corinthians 14:1

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Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

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  • 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.
  • 1 Cor 16:14 : 14 Everything you do should be done in love.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress– as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  • 1 Cor 12:31-13:9 : 31 But you should be eager for the greater gifts.And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison. 1 The Way of Love If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit. 4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful. 6 It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
  • 1 Cor 14:3-5 : 3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation. 4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. 5 I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all. 25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The LORD abhors the way of the wicked, but he will love those who pursue righteousness.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 There is Hope for the Future“Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!
  • 1 Pet 3:11-13 : 11 And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil. 13 For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.
  • Num 11:25-29 : 25 And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again. 26 Eldad and Medad But two men remained in the camp; one’s name was Eldad, and the other’s name was Medad. And the Spirit rested on them.(Now they were among those in the registration, but had not gone to the tabernacle.) So they prophesied in the camp. 27 And a young man ran and told Moses,“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!” 28 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said,“My lord Moses, stop them!” 29 Moses said to him,“Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

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  • 1 Cor 14:12-17
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    12It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

    13So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

    14If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

    15What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.

    16Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

    17For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

  • 1 Cor 14:39-40
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    39So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

    40And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.

  • 1 Cor 14:2-6
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    2For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

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

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

    5I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

    6Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

  • 1 Cor 12:30-31
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    30Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

    31But you should be eager for the greater gifts.And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-4
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    1The Way of Love If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

    2And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

    3If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

    4Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

  • 1 Cor 14:31-32
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    31For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

    32Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Everything you do should be done in love.

  • 1 Cor 14:24-27
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    24But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

    25The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”

    26Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

    27If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

  • 1 Cor 14:19-20
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    19but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

  • 1 Cor 12:10
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    10to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

  • 1 Cor 13:8-9
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    8Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

    9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

  • Rom 1:11
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    11For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

  • 1 Cor 13:13
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    13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

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

  • Heb 13:1
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    1Final Exhortations Brotherly love must continue.

  • Rom 12:6
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    6And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

  • 1 Cor 14:9-10
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    9It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

    10There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

  • 1 Thess 5:20
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    20Do not treat prophecies with contempt.

  • 1 Cor 14:22
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    22So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

  • Col 3:14
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    14And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.

  • 1 Thess 4:9-10
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    9Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

    10And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

  • 1 Cor 8:1
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