📖WEB · 1 Corinthians 14:39
What does 1 Corinthians 14:39 mean?
"Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking with other languages."
— 1 Corinthians 14:39 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
What!? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?
If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.
But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking with other languages.
Let all things be done decently and in order.
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