1 Corinthians 14:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 14:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 14:1 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 14:1 — KJV
“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.”
— 1 Corinthians 14:1 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 14:1 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 14:1
“And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:1: follow, after, may
“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. the beauty: or, the delight”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:1: after, desire, may
“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:1: follow, after, gifts
“As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. to...: Heb. after thee”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:1: follow, after, desire
“And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:1: after, rather, may
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