Study Desk

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining matters whenever I come.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is beneficial to all.

For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit,

For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, although they are many, are one body, thus also Christ.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free persons, and all were made to drink one Spirit.

For the body is not one member, but many.

in order that there not be a division in the body, but the members would have the same concern for one another.

But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

For now we see through a mirror indirectly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.

Pursue love, and strive for spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

For indeed, if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare for battle?

And so you through the tongue, unless you produce a clear message, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive.

For otherwise, if you praise in your spirit, how will the one who fills the place of the outsider say the "amen" at your thanksgiving, because he does not know what you are saying?

For indeed you are giving thanks well, but the other person is not edified.

So then, tongues are for a sign not to those who believe, but to unbelievers, but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.

Therefore what should you do, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things must be done for edification.