Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
the focus of worship
1 Corinthians 14:16-19 1Co 14:16 If this does not happen — if you are only praising in the spirit — how can a person filling the place beside you who is not skilled in the language say “Amen” to your … Continue reading
fruitful worship
1 Corinthians 14:13-15 1Co 14:13 That is why the one speaking in another language should pray that he translates it. 1Co 14:14 If I am praying in another language, my spirit is praying, but my mind is not producing fruit. … Continue reading
edification is spiritual, confusion is not
1 Corinthians 14:10-12 1Co 14:10 There are probably a great many families of languages in the world, and nothing spoken is unintelligible. 1Co 14:11 This means that if I do not have the ability to understand the language, I will … Continue reading
speaking into the air
1 Corinthians 14:7-9 1Co 14:7 Even soulless objects that are used to give off a sound — whether a wind or a stringed instrument — if it does not play the tunes clearly, how will anyone recognise what is blown … Continue reading
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tongues are for understanding
1 Corinthians 14:4-6 1Co 14:4 The one speaking in another language builds himself us, but the one prophesying builds up the church. 1Co 14:5 I wish all of you spoke in other languages, but I wish even more that you … Continue reading
chasing love while giving gifts
1 Corinthians 14:1-3 1Co 14:1 You should chase love relentlessly, while still seeking to offer the gifts, especially so that you can prophesy. 1Co 14:2 Because the one speaking in a different language cannot communicate with his colleague, but to … Continue reading
mystery in the mirror
1 Corinthians 13:11-13 1Co 13:11 When I was a minor, I spoke like a minor, I thought like a minor, I reasoned like a minor. When I became a man, I put aside the things associated with my having been … Continue reading
love lasts
1 Corinthians 13:8-10 1Co 13:8 Love never dies out. But if there are prophecies proclaimed, they will be done away with; if languages spoken, they will cease to exist; if a mystery exists, it will be done away with. 1Co … Continue reading
love and conflict
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 1Co 13:4 The love I am speaking of holds its temper, that love functions in a helpful manner, it does not envy, does not brag, does not show off, 1Co 13:5 does not behave disgracefully, does not … Continue reading
special ingredient
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 1Co 13:1 If I speak in the human languages and the angelic ones, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1Co 13:2 And if I have a prophecy, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 13
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