Spiritual Gifts
What is the spiritual gift that Paul encourages believers to "earnestly desire" in 1 Corinthians 14:1?
What is prophecy?
In 1 Corinthians 14:2, who can understand a person speaking in tongues?
What is "no one, except God"?
In 1 Corinthians 14:40, Paul says, "But all things should be done decently and in order." What does this mean for the conduct of worship?
What is that worship should be orderly, respectful, and not disruptive?
According to 1 Corinthians 14:3, what does prophecy do that speaking in tongues does not?
What is that prophecy "speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation"?
In 1 Corinthians 14:1, Paul encourages believers to "pursue love and earnestly desire" what?
What is spiritual gifts?
According to 1 Corinthians 14:12, what should believers do with their spiritual gifts?
What is "strive to excel in building up the church"?
What does Paul say about the person who speaks in tongues in 1 Corinthians 14:14?
What is that if they pray in a tongue, their mind is unfruitful?
What does Paul instruct about prophecy in 1 Corinthians 14:29?
What is that two or three prophets should speak, and others should weigh what is said?
In 1 Corinthians 14:5, Paul expresses his desire for the Corinthians to excel in prophecy rather than tongues. Why?
What is because prophecy is more beneficial for the church, since it edifies others?
In 1 Corinthians 14:9, Paul explains that if someone speaks in tongues without interpretation, what happens?
What is that it is like speaking into the air and others cannot understand or benefit?
In 1 Corinthians 14:26, Paul asks, "Let all things be done for building up." What are some examples of spiritual gifts mentioned in the passage that build up the church?
What are prophecy, teaching, tongues, and interpretation of tongues?
According to 1 Corinthians 14:19, Paul prefers to speak how many words with understanding over speaking many words in tongues?
What is five?
In 1 Corinthians 14:33, Paul says that "God is not a God of confusion but of peace." How does this principle apply to worship?
What is that worship should promote peace and not chaos or confusion?
How does Paul compare the value of prophecy to tongues in 1 Corinthians 14:6?
What is that prophecy is more beneficial because it brings understanding, while tongues alone do not unless interpreted?
What does Paul say in 1 Corinthians 14:7 about musical instruments when they are not clear in their sound?
What is that they will not be able to make the distinct sound needed for the listeners to understand the message?
According to 1 Corinthians 14:4, what is the effect of speaking in tongues?
What is that the person who speaks in tongues "builds up himself"?
In 1 Corinthians 14:22, Paul explains the purpose of tongues in relation to unbelievers. What is it?
What is that tongues are a sign for unbelievers, not believers?
In 1 Corinthians 14:35, Paul gives an instruction about women in church. What is it?
What is that women should remain silent in the churches and ask their husbands at home if they have questions?
In 1 Corinthians 14:24-25, Paul explains how prophecy has a special impact on unbelievers. What is the effect?
What is that when an unbeliever hears prophecy, they are convicted, called to account, and may fall on their face and worship God, acknowledging that "God is really among you"?
In 1 Corinthians 14:36, Paul rhetorically asks, "Was it from you that the word of God came?" What point is Paul making here?
What is that the Corinthians should not think that they are the source of divine revelation and should be humble in how they approach God's instructions?
In 1 Corinthians 14:32, Paul states, "The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets." What does this mean in the context of exercising spiritual gifts?
What is that prophets have control over their prophecies, meaning they can choose when to speak?
In 1 Corinthians 14:27-28, Paul gives specific instructions on how tongues should be spoken in the church. What are these instructions?
What is that there should be no more than two or three speaking in tongues, and only if there is an interpreter?
In 1 Corinthians 14:34, Paul refers to the Law in connection with the role of women in the church. What does he mean by this?
What is that this reflects the established order and authority structure in the Jewish tradition, which he applies to the church?
According to 1 Corinthians 14:19, what does Paul value more than speaking in tongues in the church?
What is speaking five words with understanding that can teach others?
In 1 Corinthians 14:38, Paul says, "If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized." What is he referring to?
What is that anyone who refuses to accept these instructions about orderly worship and spiritual gifts is disregarding the authority of the apostles and the gospel?