1 CORINTHIANS 14:39 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.”
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues — the conclusion balances: eagerness for prophecy is encouraged; tongues are not prohibited but regulated. Both are gifts; one is superior for ecclesial use.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:39
“Wherefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.” For this too is his wont, not only to work out what is before him, but also starting from that to set right whatever seems to him in any way akin to it, and again to return to the former, so as not to appear to wander from the subject. For so when he was discoursing of their concord in their banquets, he digressed to their Communion in the Mysteries, and having thence put them to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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