1 Corinthians 14:1
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1 Cor 14:1
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Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual {gifts,} but especially that you may prophesy.
1 Cor 14:2
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For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in {his} spirit he speaks mysteries.
1 Cor 14:3
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But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation.
1 Cor 14:4
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One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church.
1 Cor 14:5
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Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but {even} more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying.
1 Cor 14:6
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But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching?
1 Cor 14:7
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Yet {even} lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp?
1 Cor 14:8
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For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
1 Cor 14:9
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So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.
1 Cor 14:10
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There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and no {kind} is without meaning.
1 Cor 14:11
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If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me.
1 Cor 14:12
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So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual {gifts,} seek to abound for the edification of the church.
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