1 Corinthians 14
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Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

Follow.

Proverbs 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but he loves …

Proverbs 21:21 He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, …

Isaiah 51:1 Listen to me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek …

Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after …

Romans 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and …

1 Timothy 5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, …

1 Timothy 6:11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, …

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall …

1 Peter 3:11-13 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it…

3 John 1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He …

charity.

1 Corinthians 13:1-8,13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not …

2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, …

2 Peter 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

desire.

1 Corinthians 12:1,31 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I would not have you ignorant…

Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed …

prophesy.

1 Corinthians 14:3-5,24,25,37,39 But he that prophesies speaks to men to edification, and exhortation, …

1 Corinthians 13:2,9 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, …

Numbers 11:25-29 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of …

Romans 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given …

1 Thessalonians 5:20 Despise not prophesyings.

1 Timothy 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you by prophecy, …

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

he that.

1 Corinthians 14:9-11,16,21,22 So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue words easy to be …

Genesis 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they …

Genesis 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them …

Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end …

2 Kings 18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, …

Acts 2:4-11 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak …

Acts 10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came on …

understandeth. Gr. heareth.

Acts 22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; …

howbeit.

1 Corinthians 2:7,10 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, …

1 Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, …

1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall …

Psalm 49:3,4 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall …

Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Matthew 13:11 He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know …

Mark 4:11 And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the …

Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, …

Ephesians 3:3-9 How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote …

Ephesians 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my …

Colossians 1:26,27 Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, …

Colossians 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, …

1 Timothy 3:9,16 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience…

Revelation 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall …

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

edification.

1 Corinthians 14:4,12,26 He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself; but he that …

1 Corinthians 8:1 Now as touching things offered to idols, we know that we all have …

1 Corinthians 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all …

Acts 9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and …

Romans 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and …

Romans 15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.

Ephesians 4:12-16,29 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for …

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Why comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do.

1 Timothy 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister …

Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, …

exhortation.

Luke 3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he to the people.

Acts 13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the …

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue …

Acts 15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the …

Romans 12:8 Or he that exhorts, on exhortation: he that gives, let him do it …

1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

1 Thessalonians 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus…

1 Thessalonians 5:11,14 Why comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do…

2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, …

1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

1 Timothy 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, …

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, …

Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may …

Titus 2:6,9,15 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded…

Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any …

Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner …

Hebrews 13:22 And I beseech you, brothers, suffer the word of exhortation: for …

1 Peter 5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, I have written …

comfort.

1 Corinthians 14:31 For you may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all …

2 Corinthians 1:4 Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort …

2 Corinthians 2:7 So that contrariwise you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him…

Ephesians 6:22 Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that you might know …

Colossians 4:8 Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that he might know …

1 Thessalonians 2:11 As you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of …

1 Thessalonians 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow …

1 Thessalonians 4:18 Why comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5:11-14 Why comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do…

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

what shall I.

1 Corinthians 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, …

1 Corinthians 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit with.

1 Corinthians 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give …

1 Samuel 12:21 And turn you not aside: for then should you go after vain things, …

Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of …

Jeremiah 23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, said the LORD, …

Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and …

2 Timothy 2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the …

Titus 3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that you affirm constantly…

Hebrews 13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is …

revelation.

1 Corinthians 14:26-30 How is it then, brothers? when you come together, every one of you …

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord …

Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: …

2 Corinthians 12:1,7 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions …

Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory…

Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in …

knowledge.

1 Corinthians 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another …

1 Corinthians 13:2,8,9 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, …

Romans 15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brothers, that you also …

2 Corinthians 11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have …

Ephesians 3:4 Whereby, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery …

2 Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; …

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus …

prophesying. See on ver.

1 Corinthians 14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that …

1 Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, …

doctrine.

1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brothers? when you come together, every one of you …

Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brothers, mark them which cause divisions and …

2 Timothy 3:10,16 But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, …

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, …

2 John 1:9 Whoever transgresses, and stays not in the doctrine of Christ, has …

And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

my spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:2,15,16,19 For he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not to men, but to …

but. That is, 'not productive of any benefit to others.'

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

bless.

1 Corinthians 14:2,14 For he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not to men, but to …

unlearned.

1 Corinthians 14:23,24 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and …

Isaiah 29:11,12 And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that …

John 7:15 And the Jews marveled, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned?

Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that …

Amen.

1 Corinthians 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this …

1 Corinthians 16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Numbers 5:22 And this water that causes the curse shall go into your bowels, to …

Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination …

1 Kings 1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: …

1 Chronicles 16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the …

Psalm 41:13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. …

Psalm 72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth …

Psalm 89:52 Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 106:48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: …

Jeremiah 28:6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform …

Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For your …

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: …

Mark 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with …

John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, …

Revelation 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell …

Revelation 22:20 He which testifies these things said, Surely I come quickly. Amen. …

at.

1 Corinthians 1:4-8 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which …

For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

not.

1 Corinthians 3:1,2 And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to …

1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, …

Psalm 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies …

Isaiah 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: …

Romans 16:19 For your obedience is come abroad to all men. I am glad therefore …

Ephesians 4:14,15 That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried …

Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge …

Hebrews 5:12,13 For when for the time you ought to be teachers…

Hebrews 6:1-3 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us …

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus …

malice.

Psalm 131:1,2 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty: neither do I exercise …

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord …

Matthew 18:3 And said, Truly I say to you, Except you be converted, and become …

Matthew 19:4 And he answered and said to them, Have you not read, that he which …

Mark 10:15 Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God …

1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may …

but.

Psalm 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies …

men. Gr. perfect, or, of a ripe age.

1 Corinthians 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the …

Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in …

In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

the law. The passage quoted is taken from the prophet Isaiah; but the term torah, Law, was used by the Jews to express the whole Scriptures, law, prophets, and hagiographia; and they used it to distinguish these Sacred Writings from the words of the scribes. It is not taken from the LXX., from which it varies as much as any words can differ from others where the general meaning is similar. It accords much more with the Hebrew; and may be considered as a translation from it; 'only what is said of God in the third person, in the Hebrew, is here expressed in the first person, with the addition of [lego kurios,'] saith the Lord.--Dr. Randolph.

John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods?

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them …

With.

Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end …

Isaiah 28:11,12 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people…

Jeremiah 5:15 See, I will bring a nation on you from far, O house of Israel, said …

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Let all things be done decently and in order.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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