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1 CORINTHIANS 14:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
1 Cor 14:391 Cor 15
Let all things be done decently and in order.
But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way — the final word: form and function matter. Spiritual authenticity requires regulated expression. The repeated theme (order/disorder) concludes the chapter with emphasis on propriety, timing, and communal purpose.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:40

“Let all things be done decently and in order.” Again giving a blow to them who chose to behave themselves unseemly without cause, and to incur the imputation of madness; and who keep not their proper rank. For nothing does so build up as good order, as peace, as love; even as their contraries tend to pull down. And not only in things spiritual, but also in all others one may observe this. Thus whether it be in a dance, or a ship, or in a chariot, or a camp, if you should…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 37 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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