1. Follow after charity and earnestly pursue spiritual gifts, but above all, that ye may prophesy.
2. For he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not unto men, but unto God, for no one understands him, even though by the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
3. But he that prophesies speaks unto men for edification and exhortation and comfort.
4. He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself, but he that prophesies edifies the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}.