1 Corinthians 14:39
Wherefore, my brethren, be emulous of prophesying: and to speak with tongues, prohibit not.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
In Context
38But if any one be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
40But let every thing be done with decency and regularity.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:1Follow after love; and be emulous of the gifts of the Spirit, and especially, that ye may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 14:5Now I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh in a tongue, unless he interpret; and if he interpret, he edifieth the church.
1 Thessalonians 5:20Despise not prophesying.
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 →