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Now I should like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. One who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be built up.

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Rules of Order. 26 [a]So what is to be done, brothers? When you assemble, one has a psalm, another an instruction, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Everything should be done for building up.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:26–33a Paul concludes with specific directives regarding exercise of the gifts in their assemblies. Verse 26 enunciates the basic criterion in the use of any gift: it must contribute to “building up.”

39 So, [my] brothers, strive eagerly to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues,

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And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues,[a] as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:4 To speak in different tongues: ecstatic prayer in praise of God, interpreted in Acts 2:6, 11 as speaking in foreign languages, symbolizing the worldwide mission of the church.