1 Corinthians 14:39
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 14:39 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 14:39 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 14:39 — KJV
“Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.”
— 1 Corinthians 14:39 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 14:39 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 14:39
“Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?”
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“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
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“Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.”
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“Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.”
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“And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.”
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