1 Corinthians 14:40
let all things be done decently and in order.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Let all things be done decently and in order.
In Context
39so that, brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues;
Cross References
Romans 13:13as in daytime, let us walk properly; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy;
1 Corinthians 14:26What then is it, brothers? Whenever you may come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be for building up;
Titus 1:5For this cause I left you in Crete, that you may arrange the things lacking, and may set elders down in every city, as I appointed 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 →