Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 14:26-33

Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order

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26What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.

27If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

28But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

29Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

30And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.

31For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

32The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.

33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

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Verse 26

Original words

WhatΤίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter SingularthenοὖνG3767Conjunction[shall we say]ἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularbrothersἀδελφοίG80Noun - Vocative Masculine PluralWhenὅτανG3752Conjunctionyou come togetherσυνέρχησθεG4905Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluraleveryoneἕκαστοςG1538Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularhasἔχειG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara psalmψαλμὸνG5568Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular[or]ἔχειG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara teachingδιδαχὴνG1322Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-ἔχειG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara revelationἀποκάλυψινG602Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-ἔχειG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara tongueγλῶσσανG1100Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[or]ἔχειG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularan interpretationἑρμηνείανG2058Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularAll [of these]πάνταG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter Pluralmust be doneγινέσθωG1096Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingulartoπρὸςG4314Prepositionbuild up [ the church ]οἰκοδομὴνG3619Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 27

Original words

IfΕἴτεG1535ConjunctionanyoneτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularspeaksλαλεῖG2980Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularin a tongueγλώσσῃG1100Noun - Dative Feminine SingulartwoδύοG1417Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralorG2228Conjunction[at]τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularmostπλεῖστονG4118Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - SuperlativethreeτρεῖςG5140Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural[should speak]κατὰG2596Preposition-καὶG2532ConjunctioninἀνὰG303PrepositionturnμέροςG3313Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionsomeoneεἷςG1520Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singularmust interpretδιερμηνευέτωG1329Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 28

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ButδὲG1161ConjunctionifἐὰνG1437Conjunctionthere isG1510Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularnoμὴG3361AdverbinterpreterδιερμηνευτήςG1328Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularhe should remain silentσιγάτωG4601Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person SingularinἐνG1722Preposition[the] churchἐκκλησίᾳG1577Noun - Dative Feminine SingularandδὲG1161Conjunctionspeak [only]λαλείτωG2980Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singularto himselfἑαυτῷG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularGodΘεῷG2316Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 29

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionTwoδύοG1417Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralorG2228ConjunctionthreeτρεῖςG5140Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralprophetsΠροφῆταιG4396Noun - Nominative Masculine Pluralshould speakλαλείτωσανG2980Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralothersἄλλοιG243Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralshould weigh carefully [what is said]διακρινέτωσανG1252Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 30

Original words

AndδὲG1161ConjunctionifἐὰνG1437Conjunctiona revelation comesἀποκαλυφθῇG601Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singularto someone whoἄλλῳG243Adjective - Dative Masculine Singularis seatedκαθημένῳG2521Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine SingulartheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singularfirst [speaker]πρῶτοςG4413Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singularshould stopσιγάτωG4601Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 31

Original words

ForγὰρG1063Conjunctionyou canδύνασθεG1410Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluralallπάντεςG3956Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralprophesyπροφητεύεινG4395Verb - Present Infinitive Activeinκαθ’G2596Preposition[turn]ἕναG1520Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singularso thatἵναG2443ConjunctioneveryoneπάντεςG3956Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralmay be instructedμανθάνωσινG3129Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction-πάντεςG3956Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralencouragedπαρακαλῶνταιG3870Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 32

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-καὶG2532Conjunction[The] spiritsπνεύματαG4151Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralof prophetsπροφητῶνG4396Noun - Genitive Masculine Pluralare subjectὑποτάσσεταιG5293Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularto prophetsπροφήταιςG4396Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Verse 33

Original words

ForγάρG1063Conjunction[God] isἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularnotοὐG3756Adverb-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singulara GodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof disorderἀκαταστασίαςG181Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularbutἀλλὰG235Conjunctionof peaceεἰρήνηςG1515Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularasὩςG5613AdverbinἐνG1722PrepositionallπάσαιςG3956Adjective - Dative Feminine PluraltheταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine PluralchurchesἐκκλησίαιςG1577Noun - Dative Feminine Pluralof theτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralsaintsἁγίωνG40Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural

BSB notes

  • Or of peace. As in all the churches of the saints: Thus, some translators begin the new paragraph after peace.

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