1 Corinthians 14:40
Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let all things be done decently and in order.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 13:13With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
1 Corinthians 14:26What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.
Titus 1:5I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:37-40
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? 37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order. In these verses the apostle closes his argument, 1. With a just rebuke of the… Read the whole commentary →