1 Corinthians 14:39
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
KJV
ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου, ζηλοῦτε τὸ προφητεύειν, καὶ τὸ λαλεῖν μὴ κωλύετε γλώσσαις·
Greek NT
Itaque fratres æmulamini prophetare : et loqui linguis nolite prohibere.
Vulgate
Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
ASV
Wherefore, brethren, be zealous to prophesy: and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γλῶσσα
glossa
noun · 50×
ζηλόω
zeloo
verb · 12×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κωλύω
koluo
verb · 23×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
προφητεύω
propheteuo
verb · 28×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: μου | WH/Treg/NIV: μου
- μου — SBLGNT
- μου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: μὴ κωλύετε γλώσσαις | WH/Treg/NIV: μὴ κωλύετε γλώσσαις | RP: γλώσσαις μὴ κωλύετε
- μὴ κωλύετε γλώσσαις — SBLGNT
- μὴ κωλύετε γλώσσαις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- γλώσσαις μὴ κωλύετε — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:10 — To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
- 1Cor 12:31 — But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
- 1Cor 12:31 — But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
- 1Cor 14:1 — Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
- 1Cor 14:1 — Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
- 1Cor 14:3 — But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
- 1Cor 14:5 — I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
- 1Cor 14:24 — But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
- 1Thess 5:20 — Despise not prophesyings.