1 Corinthians 14:28–29
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
But if there be no interpreter, let him keepe silence in the Church, and let him speake to himselfe, and to God.
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
Let the Prophets speake two or three, and let the other iudge.
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- 1 Corinthians 12:10Rank 1 from verse 29
10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
10To another the working of miracles, to another prophecie, to another discerning of spirits, to another diuers kindes of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:19–21Rank 2 from verse 29
- 1 John 4:1–3Rank 3 from verse 29
1BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
1¶ Beloued, beleeue not euery spirit, but trie the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2Hereby know ye the spirit of God: euery spirit that confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God.
3And euery Spirit that confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God: and this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof you haue heard, that it should come, and euen now already is it in the world.
- 1 Corinthians 14:39Rank 4 from verse 29
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1 Corinthians 14:28
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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interpreter
One who explains meaning or translates speech from one language to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: An assembly or congregation belonging to God or Christ. Sense 2: In passages identifying the church with Christ's body, the body of which Christ is the head.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The one true God.
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1 Corinthians 14:29
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Persons who prophesy or are called prophets.
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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A person or authority who hears, discerns, decides, governs, vindicates, condemns, or administers justice. Sense 2: To examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.
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14:26How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
14:26How is it then brethren? when ye come together, euery one of you hath a Psalme, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a reuelatiō, hath an interpretatiō: Let all things be done vnto edifying.
14:27If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
14:27If any man speake in an vnknowen tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course, and let one interprete.
14:28But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
14:28But if there be no interpreter, let him keepe silence in the Church, and let him speake to himselfe, and to God.
Selected passage14:29Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
14:29Let the Prophets speake two or three, and let the other iudge.
Selected passage14:30If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
14:30If any thing be reueiled to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
14:31For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
14:31For yee may all prophesie one by one, that all may learne, and all may be comforted.
14:32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
14:32And the spirits of the Prophets are subiect to the Prophets.
14:33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
14:33For God is not the authour of †confusion, but of peace, as in all Churches of the Saints.