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1 Corinthians 14:40

Fellowship and the churchPeace

38 But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.

39 So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
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BSB
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
KJV
Let all things be done decently and in order.
WEB
Let all things be done decently and in order.
ASV
But let all things be done decently and in order.
DARBY
But let all things be done comelily and with order.
BLB
But let all things be done properly and according to order.
ÅB
men la alt skje sømmelig og med orden!
OTB
Men alt skal skje på en skikkelig og ordentlig måte.
B1930
men la alt skje sømmelig og med orden!

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Cross references

  • Colossians 2:5

    For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

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  • Titus 1:5

    The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:26–33

    What 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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:34

    If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

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  • Romans 13:13

    Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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