King James Version (KJV)
1 Corinthians 14:3
“But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men [to] edification, and exhortation, and comfort.”
Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 14
1
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.
2
For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
3
But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men [to] edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4
He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
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