17 Bible Verses about Prophesying In The Church
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'And in the last days it shall be, God says, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.
and to another the working of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another distinguishing between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
Therefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; but prophecy is for believers, not for unbelievers.
Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you through prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
If I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their edification and encouragement and comfort.
For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged;
But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all;
Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;
Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Love never fails; but where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
