1 Corinthians 14:39
Wherfore brethren covet to prophesye and forbyd not to speake with tonges.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
In Context
38But and yf eny man be ignorant let him be ignorant.
40And let all thinges be done honestly and in order.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:1Labour for love and covet spretuall giftes: and most chefly for to prophesye.
1 Corinthians 14:5I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophisieth? then he that speaketh with tonges except he expounde it also that the congregacion maye have edifyinge.
1 Thessalonians 5:20Despise not prophesyinge.
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 →