📖WEB · 1 Corinthians 14:1
What does 1 Corinthians 14:1 mean?
"Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy."
— 1 Corinthians 14:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.
He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.
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