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1 Cor. 14:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Follow after charity, and desire spiritual giftsz, but rather that ye may prophesy.

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Eph. 1:3• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ; (Eph. 1:3)

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Charity,

Gifts,

Prophecy; Prophet,

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1: Prophecy is commended,

2-5: and preferred before speaking with tongues,

6-11: by a comparison drawn from musical instruments.

12-21: Both must be referred to edification,

22-25: as to their true and proper end.

26: The true use of each is taught,

27-33: and the abuse taxed.

34-40: Women are forbidden to speak in church.

Follow.

Prov. 15:9• ⁹The way of a wicked man is an abomination to Jehovah; but him that pursueth righteousness he loveth. (Prov. 15:9)

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Prov. 21:21• ²¹He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. (Prov. 21:21)

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Isa. 51:1• ¹Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged. (Isa. 51:1)

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Rom. 9:30• ³⁰What then shall we say? That they of the nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but the righteousness that is on the principle of faith. (Rom. 9:30)

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Rom. 14:19• ¹⁹So then let us pursue the things which tend to peace, and things whereby one shall build up another. (Rom. 14:19)

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1 Tim. 5:10• ¹⁰borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work. (1 Tim. 5:10)

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1 Tim. 6:11• ¹¹But *thou*, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit. (1 Tim. 6:11)

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Heb. 12:14• ¹⁴Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord: (Heb. 12:14)

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1 Peter 3:11‑13• ¹¹And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it;
¹²because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
¹³And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which is good? (1 Peter 3:11‑13)

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3 John 11• ¹¹Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God. (3 John 11)

charity.

1 Cor. 13:1‑8,13• ¹If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
²And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
³And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.
⁴Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
⁵does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
⁶does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
⁷bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
⁸Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away.
¹³And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these is love. (1 Cor. 13:1‑8,13)

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2 Tim. 2:22• ²²But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. (2 Tim. 2:22)

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2 Peter 1:7• ⁷in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love: (2 Peter 1:7)

desire.

1 Cor. 12:1,31• ¹But concerning spiritual manifestations, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant.
³¹But desire earnestly the greater gifts, and yet shew I unto you a way of more surpassing excellence. (1 Cor. 12:1,31)

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Eph. 1:3• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ; (Eph. 1:3)

prophesy.

1 Cor. 14:3‑5,24‑25,37,39• ³But he that prophesies speaks to men in edification, and encouragement, and consolation.
⁴He that speaks with a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the assembly.
⁵Now I desire that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. But greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
²⁴But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or simple person come in, he is convicted of all, he is judged of all;
²⁵the secrets of his heart are manifested; and thus, falling upon his face, he will do homage to God, reporting that God is indeed amongst you.
³⁷If any one thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognise the things that I write to you, that it is the Lord's commandment.
³⁹So that, brethren, desire to prophesy, and do not forbid the speaking with tongues. (1 Cor. 14:3‑5,24‑25,37,39)

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1 Cor. 13:2,9• ²And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
⁹For we know in part, and we prophesy in part: (1 Cor. 13:2,9)

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Num. 11:25‑29• ²⁵And Jehovah came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men, the elders; and it came to pass, that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not repeat it.
²⁶And two men remained in the camp, the name of the one, Eldad, and the name of the other, Medad; and the Spirit rested upon them (and they were among them that were written, but they had not gone out to the tent); and they prophesied in the camp.
²⁷And there ran a youth, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.
²⁸And Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them!
²⁹But Moses said to him, Enviest thou for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, and that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them! (Num. 11:25‑29)

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Rom. 12:6• ⁶But having different gifts, according to the grace which has been given to us, whether it be prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; (Rom. 12:6)

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1 Thess. 5:20• ²⁰do not lightly esteem prophecies; (1 Thess. 5:20)

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1 Tim. 4:14• ¹⁴Be not negligent of the gift that is in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood. (1 Tim. 4:14)

• Especially that they might prophesy, because thus they would edify the assembly, and that was the thing to aim at; it was that which love desired and sought, it was that which intelligence required, the two marks of a man in Christ, of one to whom Christ is all. (“1 Corinthians 14” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Follow after love, and be emuloush of spiritual manifestations, but rather that ye may prophesy.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "desire earnestly," as vers. 12 and 39, and ch. 12.31.

W. Kelly Translation

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Pursue love, but earnestly desire the spiritual thingsa, yet rather that ye may prophesy.

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See note to chapter 12:1