Did the word of God begin with you, ¹  or did it come to you alone?

For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, ¹  but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.

Now, brothers and sisters, ¹  if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

For you were made rich ¹  in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge ²  –

But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, ¹  encouragement, and consolation.

Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” ¹  – but the immoral person sins against his own body.

So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

What should you do then, brothers and sisters? ¹  When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. ¹  And God is faithful: He ²  will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, ³  but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.