1 Corinthians 14:31
For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged:
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
In Context
30And if anything is revealed to some one else who is seated there, let the first be silent.
32and the spirits of Prophets yield submission to Prophets.
Cross References
Romans 1:12in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.
1 Corinthians 14:19but in the Church I would rather speak five words with my understanding--so as to instruct others also--than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
2 Corinthians 1:4He comforts us in our every affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Ephesians 4:11And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,
1 Thessalonians 4:18And so we shall be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:27-34
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let… Read the whole commentary →