1 Corinthians 14:1
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Prophecy and Tongues
14 Pursue love, and (A)desire spiritual gifts, (B)but especially that you may prophesy.
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1 Corinthians 14:39
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39 Therefore, brethren, (A)desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues.
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Hebrews 12:14
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14 (A)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (B)without which no one will see the Lord:
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1 Timothy 4:14
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14 (A)Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy (B)with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.
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1 Corinthians 16:14
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14 (A)Let all that you do be done with love.
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1 Corinthians 12:1
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Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity
12 Now (A)concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:
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1 Corinthians 13:13
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13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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1 Thessalonians 5:20
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20 (A)Do not despise prophecies.
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1 Timothy 6:11
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The Good Confession
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
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1 Corinthians 14:37
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37 (A)If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 14:3-5
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3 But he who prophesies speaks (A)edification and (B)exhortation and comfort to men. 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; [a]for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:5 NU and
Proverbs 15:9
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9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He loves him who (A)follows righteousness.
1 Peter 3:11-13
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11 Let him (A)turn away from evil and do good;
(B)Let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
(C)And His ears are open to their prayers;
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Suffering for Right and Wrong
13 (D)And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?
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1 Timothy 5:10
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10 well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
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Ephesians 1:3
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Redemption in Christ
3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
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1 Corinthians 14:24-25
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24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. 25 [a]And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report (A)that God is truly among you.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:25 NU omits And thus
1 Corinthians 12:31-13:9
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31 But (A)earnestly desire the [a]best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
The Greatest Gift
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of (B)prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, (C)so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And (D)though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body [b]to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 (E)Love suffers long and is (F)kind; love (G)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [c]puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, (H)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [d]thinks no evil; 6 (I)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (J)rejoices in the truth; 7 (K)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 (L)For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
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- 1 Corinthians 12:31 NU greater
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 NU so I may boast
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil
Isaiah 51:1
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The Lord Comforts Zion(A)
51 “Listen to Me, (B)you who [a]follow after righteousness,
You who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
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- Isaiah 51:1 pursue
Proverbs 21:21
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21 (A)He who follows righteousness and mercy
Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
3 John 11
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11 Beloved, (A)do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. (B)He who does good is of God, [a]but he who does evil has not seen (C)God.
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- 3 John 1:11 NU, M omit but
2 Peter 1:7
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7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and (A)to brotherly kindness love.
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Romans 12:6
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6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is (A)given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us (B)prophesy in proportion to our faith;
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Numbers 11:25-29
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25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, (A)when the Spirit rested upon them, that (B)they prophesied, [a]although they never did so again.
26 But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who (C)had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp. 27 And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
28 So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, “Moses my lord, (D)forbid them!”
29 Then Moses said to him, “Are you [b]zealous for my sake? (E)Oh, that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”
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- Numbers 11:25 Tg., Vg. and they did not cease
- Numbers 11:29 jealous
2 Timothy 2:22
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22 (A)Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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Romans 9:30
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Present Condition of Israel
30 What shall we say then? (A)That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, (B)even the righteousness of faith;
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