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1 Corinthians 12:22 (NIV)

On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

1 Corinthians 12:23 (NIV)

and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,

1 Corinthians 12:24 (NIV)

while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

1 Corinthians 12:2 (NIV)

You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

1 Corinthians 12:3 (NIV)

Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:4 (NIV)

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

1 Corinthians 14:13 (NIV)

For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.

1 Corinthians 14:18 (NIV)

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

1 Corinthians 14:12 (NIV)

So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.

1 Corinthians 14:19 (NIV)

But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

1 Corinthians 14:2 (NIV)

For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:6 (NIV)

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?

What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

1 Corinthians 14:29 (NIV)

Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

1 Corinthians 14:4 (NIV)

Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

1 Corinthians 14:40 (NIV)

But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

1 Corinthians 14:16 (NIV)

Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?

1 Corinthians 14:23 (NIV)

So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

1 Corinthians 14:10 (NIV)

Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

1 Corinthians 14:11 (NIV)

If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.

1 Corinthians 14:32 (NIV)

The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.

1 Corinthians 14:38 (NIV)

But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.

1 Corinthians 14:39 (NIV)

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

1 Corinthians 14:17 (NIV)

You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.

1 Corinthians 14:33 (NIV)

For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.