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1 Corinthians 14:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

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You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you but till now I was kept from it, so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.




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