Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 1 Corinthians 14:3

“But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.”

1 Corinthians 14:3 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 Corinthians 14:3, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 1 Corinthians 14. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

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.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 Timothy 4:13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:12Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
  • Jude 1:20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
  • 2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
  • Ephesians 6:22Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
  • Romans 14:19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:26How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifyin…
  • Titus 1:9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:31For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
  • Titus 2:6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:4He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
  • Titus 2:9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:3For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

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How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.