Thematic Bible
1 Corinthians 14:1 (show verse)
Follow after love: and desire spiritual gifts; but especially that ye may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 14:2 (show verse)
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not to men, but to God; for no one understandeth him, though by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries:
1 Corinthians 14:3 (show verse)
Whereas he that prophesieth, speaketh to men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
1 Corinthians 14:4 (show verse)
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue, edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
1 Corinthians 14:5 (show verse)
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for he that prophesieth, is greater than he that speaketh with tongues, unless he interpret, that the church may receive edification.
1 Corinthians 14:6 (show verse)
Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you, either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecy, or by doctrine?
1 Corinthians 14:7 (show verse)
So inanimate things which give a sound, whether pipe or harp, unless they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
1 Corinthians 14:8 (show verse)
And if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?
1 Corinthians 14:9 (show verse)
So likewise unless ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye will speak to the air.
1 Corinthians 14:10 (show verse)
Let there be ever so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them without signification:
1 Corinthians 14:11 (show verse)
Yet if I know not the meaning of the language, I shall be a barbarian to him that speaketh, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian to me.
1 Corinthians 14:12 (show verse)
So ye also, seeing ye desire spiritual gifts, seek to abound in them, to the edifying of the church.
1 Corinthians 14:13 (show verse)
Therefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue, pray that he may interpret.
1 Corinthians 14:14 (show verse)
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my Spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
1 Corinthians 14:15 (show verse)
What then is my duty? I will pray with the Spirit; but I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the Spirit; but I will sing with the understanding also.
1 Corinthians 14:16 (show verse)
Otherwise if thou givest thanks with the Spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of a private person, say Amen to thy thanksgiving, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
1 Corinthians 14:17 (show verse)
For thou verily givest thanks well; yet the other is not edified.
1 Corinthians 14:18 (show verse)
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than you all.
1 Corinthians 14:19 (show verse)
Yet in the congregation I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:20 (show verse)
Brethren, be not children in understanding: in wickedness be ye as infants, but in understanding be ye grown men.
1 Corinthians 14:21 (show verse)
It is written in the law, In foreign tongues and with foreign lips will I speak to this people; and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14:22 (show verse)
So that tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; whereas prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for believers.
1 Corinthians 14:23 (show verse)
Yet if the whole church be met together, and all speak with unknown tongues, and there come in ignorant persons or unbelievers, will they not say, that ye are mad?
1 Corinthians 14:24 (show verse)
Whereas if all prophesy, and there come in an unbeliever, or an ignorant person, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all:
1 Corinthians 14:25 (show verse)
The secrets of his heart are made manifest, and so falling down on his face, he will worship God, and declare that God is among you of a truth.
1 Corinthians 14:26 (show verse)
What a thing is it, brethren, that when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation?
1 Corinthians 14:27 (show verse)
Let all things be done to edification. If any one speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two or three at most, and that by course, and let one interpret.
1 Corinthians 14:28 (show verse)
But if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in the church, and let him speak to himself and to God.
1 Corinthians 14:29 (show verse)
Let two or three of the prophets speak, and let the rest judge. But if any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by,
1 Corinthians 14:30 (show verse)
let the first be silent.
1 Corinthians 14:31 (show verse)
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
1 Corinthians 14:32 (show verse)
For the Spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
1 Corinthians 14:33 (show verse)
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
1 Corinthians 14:34 (show verse)
Let your women be silent in the churches; for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be in subjection, as the law also saith.
1 Corinthians 14:35 (show verse)
And if they desire to learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is indecent for a woman to speak in the assembly.
1 Corinthians 14:36 (show verse)
Did the word of God come out from you? or did it come to you alone?
1 Corinthians 14:37 (show verse)
If any one think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you, are the commandments of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14:38 (show verse)
But if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
1 Corinthians 14:39 (show verse)
Therefore, brethren, covet to prophesy; yet forbid not to speak with tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:40 (show verse)
Let all things be done decently and in order.