5 Questions About Speaking In Tongues. KJV: Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts , but rather that ye may prophesy. 30 But if someone is prophesying and another person receives a revelation from the Lord, the one who is speaking must stop. Tongues and Prophecy 14 1 Let love be your highest goal! Clarke's Notes on the Bible. 1 Corinthians 14:1 NLT. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. Font Size. 1:12 Greek Cephas. 7 Even lifeless instruments like the flute or the harp must play the notes clearly, or no one will recognize the melody. [h], 34 Women should be silent during the church meetings. ... NLT New Living Translation. For prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened. But if I bring you a revelation or some special knowledge or prophecy or teaching, that will be helpful. But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives—especially the ability to prophesy. Change Language {{#items}} {{local_title}} {{/items}} ← Language. Does Matthew 19:17 mean that Jesus is not God? 1 When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, 1 I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan. Here he says, that charity, or love, was to regulate all that they did. 16 For if you praise God only in the spirit, how can those who don’t understand you praise God along with you? 1 Corinthians 13. Are you the only ones to whom it was given? 38 But if you do not recognize this, you yourself will not be recognized.[j]. 1 Corinthians 14 Let love be your highest goal! I will pray in the spirit,[e] and I will also pray in words I understand. 2 For if you have the ability to speak in tongues,[a] you will be talking only to God, since people won’t be able to understand you. 17 You will be giving thanks very well, but it won’t strengthen the people who hear you. 14 Let love be your highest goal! 1:19 Isa 29:14. All rights reserved. 2 For if you have the ability to speak in tongues,[a] you will be talking only to God, since people won’t be able to understand you. 2 Now I commend you a because you remember me in everything and b maintain the traditions c even as I delivered them to you. 1 Corinthians 14 New Living Translation (NLT) Tongues and Prophecy. For if you have the ability to speak in tongues, you will be talking only to God, since people won’t be able to un... Read verse in New Living Translation 18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than any of you. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers. 6 Dear brothers and sisters, # 14:6a Greek brothers; also in 14:20, 26, 39. if I should come to you speaking in an unknown language, # 14:6b Or in tongues; also in 14:19, 23. how would that help you? 1 This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes. 1:10 Greek brothers; also in 1:11, 26. 6 Dear brothers and sisters,[c] if I should come to you speaking in an unknown language,[d] how would that help you? Head Coverings. 1 Let love be your highest goal! Tools. 12 And the same is true for you. Let love be your highest goal! Let love be your highest goal! Gain a concise, fundamental grasp of what the Bible is all about. 3 But one who prophesies strengthens others, encourages them, and comforts them. 1:28 Or God chose those who are low born. 2 You know that n when you were pagans o you were led astray to p mute idols , however you were led . But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives—especially the ability to prophesy. 13 So anyone who speaks in tongues should pray also for the ability to interpret what has been said. 24 But if all of you are prophesying, and unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your meeting, they will be convicted of sin and judged by what you say. See the notes on 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:15; (note), and 1 Corinthians 2:16; (note).. Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. This direction is repeated on account of its great importance, and because it is a summing up of all that he had said in this Epistle; see 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; 1 Corinthians 14:1. But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives—especially the ability to prophesy. Continuation of the Spirit gives -- especially the ability to prophesy. also for the benefit believers... 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