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1 Corinthians 14:39
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1 Corinthians 14:39
39Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
39Wherefore brethren, couet to prophesie, and forbid not to speake with tongues.
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1 Corinthians 14:39
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
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To desire or long for, especially what belongs to another.
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To speak a message given by God; to proclaim, explain, or foretell under divine direction.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
To command that something not be done; to prohibit or hinder.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
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Open the full verse study1FOLLOW after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
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Open the full verse study20Despise not prophesyings.
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Open the full verse study24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
25And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
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Open the full verse study3But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
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Open the full verse study5I 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.
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