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I Corinthians Chapter 14

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I Corinthians

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First Corinthians 14 addresses the use of spiritual gifts in worship, urging the church to pursue love and to desire prophecy above tongues, since one who speaks in a tongue speaks mysteries to God that no one understands, while prophecy edifies, exhorts, and comforts the church. Paul instructs that tongues are a sign for unbelievers and prophecy for believers, that an interpreter must accompany tongues or the speaker keep silent in church, and that God is not a God of confusion but of peace. The chapter closes by regulating the orderly exercise of these gifts—women keeping silent in the churches, weighing prophecies carefully—and with the rule that all things be done decently and in order.

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(1) Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
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Proverbs 15:9Proverbs 21:21Isaiah 51:1Romans 9:30Romans 14:19I Timothy 5:10I Timothy 6:11Hebrews 12:14I Peter 3:11I Peter 3:12I Peter 3:13III John 1:11

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Ezekiel 13:2Micah 2:6I Corinthians 13:4

(2) 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.
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I Corinthians 14:9I Corinthians 14:10I Corinthians 14:11I Corinthians 14:16I Corinthians 14:21I Corinthians 14:22Genesis 11:7Genesis 42:23Deuteronomy 28:49II Kings 18:26Acts 2:4Acts 2:5

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Jeremiah 9:8Matthew 12:32John 8:44I Corinthians 14:11Hebrews 12:25James 4:11

(3) But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
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I Corinthians 14:4I Corinthians 14:12I Corinthians 14:26I Corinthians 8:1I Corinthians 10:23Acts 9:31Romans 14:19Romans 15:2Ephesians 4:12Ephesians 4:13Ephesians 4:14Ephesians 4:15

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I Corinthians 14:2

(4) He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
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I Corinthians 14:3I Corinthians 14:18I Corinthians 14:19

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I Corinthians 14:2Jeremiah 9:8I Corinthians 14:13I Corinthians 14:19I Corinthians 14:5

(5) 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.
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I Corinthians 12:28I Corinthians 12:29I Corinthians 12:30I Corinthians 13:4Numbers 11:28Numbers 11:29I Corinthians 14:1I Corinthians 14:3I Corinthians 14:12I Corinthians 14:13I Corinthians 14:26I Corinthians 14:27

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I Corinthians 12:10Job 2:10Acts 19:6I Corinthians 12:28I Corinthians 12:30I Corinthians 14:6

(6) 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?
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I Corinthians 10:33I Corinthians 12:7I Corinthians 13:3I Samuel 12:21Jeremiah 16:19Jeremiah 23:32Matthew 16:26II Timothy 2:14Titus 3:8Hebrews 13:9I Corinthians 14:26I Corinthians 14:27

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I Corinthians 14:5

(7) 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?
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I Corinthians 13:1I Corinthians 14:8Numbers 10:2Numbers 10:3Numbers 10:4Numbers 10:5Numbers 10:6Numbers 10:7Numbers 10:8Numbers 10:9Numbers 10:10Matthew 11:17

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Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8

(8) For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
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Numbers 10:9Joshua 6:4Joshua 6:5Joshua 6:6Joshua 6:7Joshua 6:8Joshua 6:9Joshua 6:10Joshua 6:11Joshua 6:12Joshua 6:13Joshua 6:14

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Leviticus 25:9Revelation 9:9

(9) 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.
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I Corinthians 9:26

(10) There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
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John 15:19John 1:10John 3:17John 17:14I John 2:15I John 4:5

(11) 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.
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I Corinthians 14:21Acts 28:2Acts 28:4Romans 1:14Colossians 3:11

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I Corinthians 14:2Jeremiah 9:8Matthew 12:32John 8:44Hebrews 12:25James 4:11

(12) Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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I Corinthians 14:1I Corinthians 12:7I Corinthians 12:31Titus 2:14I Corinthians 14:3I Corinthians 14:4I Corinthians 14:26

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Zephaniah 2:3

(13) Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
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I Corinthians 14:27I Corinthians 14:28I Corinthians 12:10I Corinthians 12:30Mark 11:24John 14:13John 14:14Acts 1:14Acts 4:29Acts 4:30Acts 4:31Acts 8:15

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I Corinthians 14:2Jeremiah 9:8I Corinthians 14:4I Corinthians 14:27

(14) For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
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I Corinthians 14:2I Corinthians 14:15I Corinthians 14:16I Corinthians 14:19

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I Corinthians 14:19

(15) 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.
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I Corinthians 10:19Romans 3:5Romans 8:31Philippians 1:18I Corinthians 14:19John 4:23John 4:24Romans 1:9Ephesians 5:17Ephesians 5:18Ephesians 5:19Ephesians 5:20

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Psalms 47:6Judges 5:3I Chronicles 16:9Psalms 27:6Psalms 47:7Psalms 59:16

(16) 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?
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I Corinthians 14:2I Corinthians 14:14I Corinthians 14:23I Corinthians 14:24Isaiah 29:11Isaiah 29:12John 7:15Acts 4:13I Corinthians 11:24I Corinthians 16:24Numbers 5:22Deuteronomy 27:15

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Psalms 115:12

(17) For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
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I Corinthians 14:4I Corinthians 14:6

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II Kings 4:26Jeremiah 15:11

(18) I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
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I Corinthians 1:4I Corinthians 1:5I Corinthians 1:6I Corinthians 4:7

(19) 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.
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I Corinthians 14:4I Corinthians 14:21I Corinthians 14:22

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Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:13Ezekiel 48:16Matthew 25:20Genesis 18:28Numbers 7:17

(20) Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
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I Corinthians 3:1I Corinthians 3:2I Corinthians 13:11Psalms 119:99Isaiah 11:3Romans 16:19Ephesians 4:14Ephesians 4:15Philippians 1:9Hebrews 5:12Hebrews 5:13Hebrews 6:1

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Deuteronomy 4:6Proverbs 10:13I Corinthians 14:15

(21) 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.
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John 10:34Romans 3:19Deuteronomy 28:49Isaiah 28:11Isaiah 28:12Jeremiah 5:15

(22) 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.
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Mark 16:17Acts 2:6Acts 2:7Acts 2:8Acts 2:9Acts 2:10Acts 2:11Acts 2:12Acts 2:32Acts 2:33Acts 2:34Acts 2:35

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John 10:38Exodus 4:8II Chronicles 20:20John 3:12John 5:47John 14:1

(23) 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?
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I Corinthians 11:18Hosea 9:7John 10:20Acts 2:13Acts 26:24

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I Corinthians 14:5

(24) 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:
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I Corinthians 2:15John 1:47John 1:48John 1:49John 4:29Acts 2:37Hebrews 4:12Hebrews 4:13

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Ezekiel 13:2Micah 2:6I John 5:10

(25) 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.
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Genesis 44:14Deuteronomy 9:18Psalms 72:11Isaiah 60:14Luke 5:8Luke 8:28Revelation 5:8Revelation 19:4Isaiah 45:14Zechariah 8:23

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John 4:23John 4:24

(26) 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.
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I Corinthians 14:6I Corinthians 12:8I Corinthians 12:9I Corinthians 12:10I Corinthians 14:4I Corinthians 14:5I Corinthians 14:12I Corinthians 14:40I Corinthians 12:7Romans 14:19II Corinthians 12:19II Corinthians 13:10

(27) 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.
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I Corinthians 14:13James 3:6I Chronicles 27:4

(28) But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
(29) Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
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I Corinthians 14:39I Corinthians 12:10I Thessalonians 5:19I Thessalonians 5:20I Thessalonians 5:21I John 4:1I John 4:2I John 4:3

(30) If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
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I Corinthians 14:6I Corinthians 14:26Job 32:11Job 32:15Job 32:16Job 32:17Job 32:18Job 32:19Job 32:20Job 33:31Job 33:32Job 33:33

(31) For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
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I Corinthians 14:3I Corinthians 14:19I Corinthians 14:35Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 9:9Ephesians 4:11Ephesians 4:12Romans 1:12II Corinthians 1:4II Corinthians 7:6II Corinthians 7:7Ephesians 6:22

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Ezekiel 13:2Micah 2:6

(33) For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
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I Corinthians 7:15Luke 2:14Romans 15:33Galatians 5:22II Thessalonians 3:16Hebrews 13:20James 3:17James 3:18I Corinthians 4:17I Corinthians 7:17I Corinthians 11:16

(34) 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.
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I Corinthians 11:5I Timothy 2:11I Timothy 2:12I Corinthians 14:35I Corinthians 11:3I Corinthians 11:7I Corinthians 11:8I Corinthians 11:9I Corinthians 11:10Ephesians 5:22Ephesians 5:23Ephesians 5:24

(35) 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.
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Ephesians 5:25Ephesians 5:26Ephesians 5:27I Peter 3:7I Corinthians 14:34I Corinthians 11:6I Corinthians 11:14Ephesians 5:12

(36) What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
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Isaiah 2:3Micah 4:1Micah 4:2Zechariah 14:8Acts 13:1Acts 13:2Acts 13:3Acts 15:35Acts 15:36Acts 16:9Acts 16:10Acts 17:1

(37) 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.
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I Corinthians 8:2I Corinthians 13:1I Corinthians 13:2I Corinthians 13:3Numbers 24:3Numbers 24:4Numbers 24:16Romans 12:3II Corinthians 10:7II Corinthians 10:12II Corinthians 11:4II Corinthians 11:12

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Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12Romans 12:3II Corinthians 1:13I John 2:13

(38) But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
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Hosea 4:17Matthew 7:6Matthew 15:14I Timothy 6:3I Timothy 6:4I Timothy 6:5II Timothy 4:3II Timothy 4:4Revelation 22:11Revelation 22:12

(39) Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
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I Corinthians 14:1I Corinthians 14:3I Corinthians 14:5I Corinthians 14:24I Corinthians 14:25I Corinthians 12:31I Thessalonians 5:20

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Ezekiel 13:2Micah 2:6

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