1 Corinthians 14:5
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5 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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1 Corinthians 14:12
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12 So with yourselves: since you strive eagerly for spirits, seek to have an abundance of them for building up the church.
Need for Interpretation.[a]
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- 14:13–19 The charism of interpretation lifts tongues to the level of intelligibility, enabling them to produce the same effect as prophecy (cf. 1 Cor 14:5, 26–28).
1 Corinthians 14:39
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39 So, [my] brothers, strive eagerly to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues,
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