1 Corinthians 14:26-40 - Specific Instructions For Orderly Worship Services
26 what is then to be done, my brethren? when you come together, one of you with a psalm, another with a doctrine, another with a strange tongue, another with a revelation, another with an interpretation: let the whole be done to edification. 27 and if any man do speak in an unknown tongue, let but two speak, or three at the most, and that by turns: and let there be but one to interpret. 28 but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and tacitly address himself to God. 29 of the prophets let but two or three speak by turns, and let the others deliberate. 30 if the meaning be revealed to another that sits by, let the first be silent. 31 for ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may receive instruction and exhortation. 32 the prophetic gifts are to be subservient to the prophets. 33 for God is not the God of confusion, but of peace, in all christian assemblies. 34 Let your women be silent in your assemblies: for they are not allowed to discourse there; but are to observe orders, as indeed the law implies: 35 and if they desire to have information about any point, let them consult their husbands at home: for it does not become women to ask questions in the church. 36 What, did the gospel take its rise from you? or was it communicated to you alone?
37 if any one pretends to be a prophet, or to spiritual gifts, let him be assured that the rules which I have here prescrib'd, are the commandments of the Lord. 38 but if he will be blind, I leave him to his blindness. 39 wherefore, brethren, zealously exercise the gift of prophecy, and don't prohibit those that speak in an unknown language. 40 let all things be done with decency, and without disorder.