1 Držite se ljubavi, a starajte se za duhovne darove, a osobito da prorokujete. 2 Jer koji govori jezike, ne govori ljudima nego Bogu: jer niko ne sluša, a on duhom govori tajne. 3 A koji prorokuje govori ljudima za popravljanje i utehu i utvrđenje. 4 Jer koji govori jezike sebe popravlja, a koji prorokuje crkvu popravlja. 5 Ali ja bih hteo da vi svi govorite jezike, a još više da prorokujete: jer je veći onaj koji prorokuje negoli koji govori jezike, već ako ko kazuje, da se crkva popravlja. 6 A sad, braćo, ako dođem k vama jezike govoreći, kakvu ću korist učiniti ako vam ne govorim ili u otkrivenju, ili u razumu, ili u proroštvu, ili u nauci? 7 Kao neke stvari bezdušne koje daju glas, bila svirala ili gusle, ako različan glas ne daju, kako će se razumeti šta se svira ili gudi? 8 Jer ako truba da nerazgovetan glas, ko će se pripraviti na boj? 9 Tako i vi ako nerazumljivu reč kažete jezikom, kako će se razumeti šta govorite? Jer ćete govoriti u vetar. 10 Ima na svetu Bog zna koliko različnih glasova, ali nijedan nije bez značenja. 11 Ako dakle ne znam silu glasa, biću nemac onom kome govorim, i onaj koji govori biće meni nemac. 12 Tako i vi, budući da se starate za duhovne darove, gledajte da budete onima bogati koji su na popravljanje crkve. 13 Zato, koji govori jezikom neka se moli Bogu da kazuje. 14 Jer ako se jezikom molim Bogu, moj se duh moli, a um je moj bez ploda. 15 Šta će se dakle činiti? Moliću se Bogu duhom, a moliću se i umom; hvaliću Boga duhom, a hvaliću i umom. 16 Jer kad blagosloviš duhom kako će onaj koji stoji mesto prostaka reći „Amin” po tvom blagoslovu, kad ne zna šta govoriš? 17 Ti dobro zahvaljuješ, ali se drugi ne popravlja. 18 Hvala Bogu mom što govorim jezike većma od svih vas. 19 Ali u crkvi volim pet reči umom svojim reći, da se i drugi pomognu, nego hiljadu reči jezikom. 20 Braćo! Ne budite deca umom, nego pakošću detinjite, a umom budite savršeni. 21 U zakonu piše: Drugim jezicima i drugim usnama govoriću narodu ovom, i ni tako me neće poslušati, govori Gospod. 22 Zato su jezici za znak ne onima koji veruju, nego koji ne veruju; a proroštvo ne onima koji ne veruju, nego koji veruju. 23 Ako se dakle skupi crkva sva na jedno mesto, i svi uzgovorite jezicima, a dođu i prostaci, ili nevernici, neće li reći da ste poludeli? 24 A ako svi prorokuju, i dođe kakav nevernik ili prostak, bude pokaran od svih i suđen od svih. 25 I tako tajne srca njegovog bivaju javljene, i tako padnuvši ničice pokloniće se Bogu, i kazaće da je zaista Bog s vama. 26 Šta će se dakle činiti, braćo? Kad se sabirate svaki od vas ima psalam, ima nauku, ima jezik, ima otkrivenje, ima kazivanje; a sve da biva na popravljanje. 27 Ako ko govori jezikom, ili po dvojica, ili najviše po trojica i to poredom; a jedan da kazuje. 28 Ako li ne bude nikoga da kazuje, neka ćuti u crkvi, a sebi neka govori i Bogu. 29 A proroci dva ili tri neka govore, i drugi neka rasuđuju. 30 Ako li se otkrije šta drugom koji sedi, neka čeka dok prvi ućuti. 31 Jer možete prorokovati svi, jedan po jedan, da se svi uče i svi da se teše. 32 I duhovi proročki pokoravaju se prorocima; 33 jer Bog nije Bog bune, nego mira, kao po svim crkvama svetih. 34 Žene vaše da ćute u crkvama; jer se njima ne dopusti da govore, nego da slušaju, kao što i zakon govori. 35 Ako li hoće čemu da se nauče, kod kuće muževe svoje neka pitaju; jer je ružno ženi da govori u crkvi. 36 Eda li od vas reč Božija iziđe? Ili samim vama dođe? 37 Ako ko misli da je prorok ili duhovan, neka razume šta vam pišem, jer su Gospodnje zapovesti. 38 Ako li ko ne razume, neka ne razume. 39 Zato, braćo moja, starajte se da prorokujete, i ne zabranjujte govoriti jezicima. 40 A sve neka biva pošteno i uredno.
1 Corinthians · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (38)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Timothy 4:14; 1 Corinthians 14:39; 1 Corinthians 16:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; 1 Corinthians 12:1
- 2 Mark 16:17; Acts 19:6; Acts 10:46; Acts 2:4–11; 1 Corinthians 13:2
- 3 1 Timothy 4:13; 1 Corinthians 14:12; Jude 20; 2 Timothy 4:2; Ephesians 6:22
- 4 1 Corinthians 14:22; 1 Corinthians 14:26; Mark 16:17; 1 Corinthians 14:17–19; 1 Corinthians 14:3
- 5 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 12:28–30; 1 Corinthians 13:1; Numbers 11:28–29; Mark 16:17
- 6 Ephesians 1:17; 2 Timothy 3:16; Romans 6:17; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 2 John 9
- 7 1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Corinthians 14:8; Numbers 10:2–10; Matthew 11:17; Luke 7:32
- 8 Numbers 10:9; Ezekiel 33:3–6; Jeremiah 4:19; Joel 2:1; Amos 3:6
- 9 1 Corinthians 9:26
- 11 Acts 28:2; Romans 1:14; Acts 28:4; 1 Corinthians 14:21; Colossians 3:11
- 12 1 Corinthians 14:26; 1 Corinthians 12:31; 1 Corinthians 14:3–4; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Corinthians 12:7
- 13 Mark 11:24; John 14:13–14; 1 Corinthians 12:30; Acts 1:14; 1 Corinthians 14:27–28
- 14 1 Corinthians 14:2; 1 Corinthians 14:15–16; 1 Corinthians 14:19
- 15 Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 6:18; John 4:23–24; Ephesians 5:17–20; Jude 20
- 16 1 Chronicles 16:36; Psalm 106:48; Revelation 5:14; Deuteronomy 27:15–26; Nehemiah 8:6
- 17 1 Corinthians 14:4; 1 Corinthians 14:6
- 18 1 Corinthians 1:4–6; 1 Corinthians 4:7
- 19 1 Corinthians 14:21–22; 1 Corinthians 14:4
- 20 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Corinthians 13:11; Romans 16:19; Matthew 18:3; 2 Peter 3:18
- 21 Isaiah 28:11–12; Jeremiah 5:15; Deuteronomy 28:49
- 22 Acts 2:6–12; Mark 16:17; 1 Timothy 1:9; 1 Corinthians 14:1; Acts 2:32–36
- 23 Acts 2:13; 1 Corinthians 11:18; John 10:20; Acts 26:24; Hosea 9:7
- 24 Hebrews 4:12–13; Acts 2:37; 1 Corinthians 2:15; John 4:29; John 1:47–49
- 25 Isaiah 45:14; Zechariah 8:23; Psalm 72:11; Luke 17:16; Revelation 5:8
- 26 Ephesians 5:19; Romans 14:19; 1 Corinthians 12:7–10; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; Ephesians 4:16
- 27 1 Corinthians 14:26
- 29 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:19–21; 1 John 4:1–3; 1 Corinthians 14:39
- 30 1 Thessalonians 5:19–20; Job 33:31–33; Job 32:11; 1 Corinthians 14:26; Job 32:15–20
- 31 1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; Proverbs 1:5; 1 Corinthians 14:35
- 32 1 John 4:1; Acts 4:19–20; 1 Corinthians 14:29–30; 2 Kings 2:5; 1 Samuel 10:10–13
- 33 James 3:17–18; 1 Corinthians 14:40; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; Galatians 5:22; 1 Corinthians 11:16
- 34 1 Timothy 2:11–12; Genesis 3:16; Numbers 30:3–13; Colossians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 14:35
- 35 1 Peter 3:7; Ephesians 5:12; Ephesians 5:25–27; 1 Corinthians 11:14; 1 Corinthians 11:6
- 36 Zechariah 14:8; Acts 18:1–17; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; Isaiah 2:3; Acts 17:1
- 37 1 John 4:6; 2 Corinthians 10:7; 2 Peter 3:2; Jude 17; 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8
- 38 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 1 Timothy 6:3–5; Matthew 7:6; Revelation 22:11–12; Hosea 4:17
- 39 1 Corinthians 12:31; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; 1 Corinthians 14:24–25; 1 Corinthians 14:5
- 40 Colossians 2:5; Titus 1:5; 1 Corinthians 14:26–33; 1 Corinthians 11:34; Romans 13:13
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Thus, inasmuch as he had with exactness rehearsed unto them all the excellence of love, he exhorts them in what follows, with alacrity to lay hold of it.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
Is it not those who love God, and who believe His promises, and who "in malice have become as little children?"
… is from heaven;" and calleth upon this lower deep, saying, "Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." And, "Be not children in understanding, howbeit in malice be ye children," that in "understanding ye may be perfect;" and "O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you?" But now not in his own voice, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For signs are "not for them that believe, but for them that believe not." But why in the fashion of a dove?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For the clouds which are the Prophets were removed from them, and are for the future in the Church; as Paul says, Let the Prophets speak two or three, and let the others judge; and again, God gave in the Church, some, Apostles, and some, Prophets.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)