12Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. …
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)In this paragraph he goes on to show how vain a thing the ostentation of speaking unknown and unintelligible language must be. It was altogether unedifying and unprofitable (1 Cor. 14:6): If I come to you speaking with tongues, what will it profit you, unless I speak to you by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine ? It would signify nothing to utter any of these in an unkn…
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