28. If no one can explain, you must keep silent in church and speak only to yourself and to God.
29. Two or three persons may prophesy, and everyone else must listen carefully.
30. If someone sitting there receives a message from God, the speaker must stop and let the other person speak.
31. Let only one person speak at a time, then all of you will learn something and be encouraged.
32. A prophet should be willing to stop and let someone else speak.
33. God wants everything to be done peacefully and in order.When God's people meet in church,
34. the women must not be allowed to speak. They must keep quiet and listen, as the Law of Moses teaches.
35. If there is something they want to know, they can ask their husbands when they get home. It is disgraceful for women to speak in church.
36. God's message did not start with you people, and you are not the only ones it has reached.
37. If you think of yourself as a prophet or a spiritual person, you will know that I am writing only what the Lord has commanded.
38. So don't pay attention to anyone who ignores what I am writing.
39. My friends, be eager to prophesy and don't stop anyone from speaking languages that others don't know.
40. But do everything properly and in order.