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|1 Coríntios 14:1| Make love your aim; but be eager, too, for spiritual gifts, and especially for prophesying.
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|1 Coríntios 14:2| Those who speak in a tongue speak to God, but not to other people, because nobody understands them; they are speaking in the Spirit and the meaning is hidden.
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|1 Coríntios 14:3| On the other hand, someone who prophesies speaks to other people, building them up and giving them encouragement and reassurance.
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|1 Coríntios 14:4| Those who speak in a tongue may build themselves up, but those who prophesy build up the community.
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|1 Coríntios 14:5| While I should like you all to speak in tongues, I would much rather you could prophesy; since those who prophesy are of greater importance than those who speak in tongues, unless they can interpret what they say so that the church is built up by it.
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|1 Coríntios 14:6| Now suppose, brothers, I come to you and speak in tongues, what good shall I do you if my speaking provides no revelation or knowledge or prophecy or instruction?
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|1 Coríntios 14:7| It is the same with an inanimate musical instrument. If it does not make any distinction between notes, how can one recognise what is being played on flute or lyre?
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|1 Coríntios 14:8| If the trumpet sounds a call which is unrecognisable, who is going to get ready for the attack?
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|1 Coríntios 14:9| It is the same with you: if you do not use your tongue to produce speech that can be readily understood, how can anyone know what you are saying? You will be talking to the air.
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|1 Coríntios 14:10| However many the languages used in the world, all of them use sound;
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