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On the other hand, those who prophesy speak to other people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.

And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

So with yourselves; if in a tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

So with yourselves; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in them for building up the church.

Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.

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

For you may give thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.

Tongues, then, are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.

What should be done then, my friends? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged.

for God is a God not of disorder but of peace. (As in all the churches of the saints,

women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as the law also says.

If there is anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,

For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being;

for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.