Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues

14 Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts and especially that you may prophesy.^(A)

³⁹ So, my brothers and sisters, strive to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues,^(A)

Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace

¹⁴ Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.^(A)

¹⁴ Let all that you do be done in love.^(A)

Spiritual Gifts

12 Now concerning spiritual gifts,^[a] brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant.^(A)

¹³ And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.

²⁰ Do not despise prophecies,

³ But those who prophesy speak to other people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.^{(A) 4} Those who speak in a tongue build up themselves, but those who prophesy build up the church. ⁵ Now I would 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 someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.^(B)