1 Corinthians 14:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 14:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 14:3 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 14:3 — KJV
“But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.”
— 1 Corinthians 14:3 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 14:3 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 14:3
“But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:3: speaketh, men
“Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:3: men, comfort
“The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:3: speaketh, men
“Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. to take...: Heb. to lament with me”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:3: men, comfort
“I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:3: men, comfort
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