1 Corinthians 14:39
The conclusion, my brethren, is this. Be earnestly ambitious to prophesy, and do not check speaking with tongues;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
In Context
38But if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
40only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:1Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 14:5I should be right glad were you all to speak in `tongues,' but yet more glad were you all to prophesy. And, in fact, the man who prophesies is superior to him who speaks in `tongues,' except when the latter can interpret in order that the Church may get a blessing.
1 Thessalonians 5:20Do not think meanly of utterances of prophecy;
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 →