“But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.”
1 Corinthians 14:3 (KJV) |
1 Corinthians 14:3
From 1 Corinthians 14, in the Book of 1 Corinthians (New Testament).
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Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.