1 Corinthians 14:5
Now 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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4He that speaks with a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies [the] assembly.
Cross References
Numbers 11:28And Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them!
1 Corinthians 12:10and to another operations of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; and to a different one kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 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.
1 Corinthians 14:1Follow after love, and be emulous of spiritual [manifestations], but rather that ye may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 14:12Thus *ye* also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:2-6
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather… Read the whole commentary →