Peaceful Order

26What then is it, brothers? When you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

27If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two, or at most three, and each in turn, and let one interpret.

28But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church and speak to himself and to God.

29Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.

30But if a revelation is given to another who is seated, let the first be silent.

31For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be encouraged.

32And the 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.

34The women should keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, just as the law also says.

35But if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the assembly.

36Or did the word of God go out from you, or has it reached only you?

37If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.

38But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

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

40But let everything be done decently and in order.