1. FOLLOW after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts; but rather that you may prophesy.
2. For he that speaketh in a tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries.
3. But he that prophesieth, speaketh to men unto edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4. He that speaketh in a tongue, edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
5. And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive edification.
6. But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine?
7. Even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?