Proper Usage

Love and Gifts Together (14:1–5)

Tongues do not benefit others unless they are interpreted (14:2, 4–5)

Prophecy is superior to uninterpreted tongues (14:1–5)

The Limitations of Tongues (14:6–12)

Illustrations (14:6–11)

Application: excel in gifts that build up the church (14:12)

Tongues and Edification Within the Church (14:13–19)

Those who speak in tongues should pray for interpretation (14:13, 15)

Uninterpreted tongues edify the speaker’s spirit, but not his mind (14:14)

Uninterpreted tongues do not edify others (14:16–19)

Tongues and Unbelievers (14:20–25)

Uninterpreted tongues will not convert unbelievers (14:20–23)

Prophecy will convert unbelievers (14:22, 24–25)

The Practice of Worship (14:26–40).

All gifts must be practiced for the good of the church (14:26)

The orderly practice of tongues (14:27–28)

The orderly practice of prophecy (14:29–33)

Orderly, silent women (14:34–35)

Paul’s summary call for order in worship (14:36–40)