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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: OBEY MY VOICE AND WALK IN ALL MY WAYS TEXT: JEREMIAH 7: 21-34  21.  Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat. 22.  "For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. 23.  "But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.' 24.  "Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels [and] the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward. 25.  "Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising u

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY, 2022  (QUINQUAGESIMA)  TOPIC: APART WITH THE LORD ON THE MOUNTAIN  TEXT: MARK 9:2-9 2. Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. 3. His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4. And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5.  Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"  6.  because he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid. 7.  And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!" 8.  Suddenly, when they had looked around, they saw no one anymore, but only Jesus wit

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 26TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: “BEHOLD, EVEN I HAVE SEEN IT"  TEXT: JEREMIAH 7: 1-20 1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2. "Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, all [you of] Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD!' " 3. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4. "Do not trust in these lying words, saying, 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD [are] these.' 5.  "For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, 6.  "[if] you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk aft

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: YOU ARE A WATCHMAN  TEXT: JEREMIAH 6:22-30  22.  Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a people comes from the north country, And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth. 23.  They will lay hold on bow and spear; They [are] cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion." 24.  We have heard the report of it; Our hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, Pain as of a woman in labor. 25.  Do not go out into the field, Nor walk by the way. Because of the sword of the enemy, Fear [is] on every side. 26.  O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning [as for] an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us. 27.  " I have set you [as] an assayer [and] a fortress

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY, 2022 (ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE/CON INAUGURATION)  TOPIC: NOMINATED BUT APPROVED BY GOD.. TEXT: ACTS 1:15-26 15.  And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said, 16.  "Men [and] brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; 17.  "for he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry." 18.  (Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out. 19.  And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20.  "For it is written in the book of Psalms: 'Let his dw

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 23RD FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUAL INQUIRY  TEXT: JEREMIAH 6:9-21  9.  Thus says the LORD of hosts: "They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; As a grape-gatherer, put your hand back into the branches." 10.  To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear [is] uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. 11.  Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD. I am weary of holding [it] in. "I will pour it out on the children outside, And on the assembly of young men together; For even the husband shall be taken with the wife, The aged with [him who is] full of days. 12.  And their houses shall be turned over to others, Fields and wives together; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land," says the LORD. 1

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 22ND FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: WHO IS RIGHTEOUS?  TEXT: JEREMIAH 5:1-19  1. "Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is [anyone] who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her. 2. Though they say, '[As] the LORD lives,' Surely they swear falsely." 3. O LORD, [are] not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return. 4. Therefore I said, "Surely these [are] poor. They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God. 5.  I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God." But these have altogether

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: A NATIONAL LAMENTATION  TEXT: JEREMIAH 4:19 -31 19.  O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war. 20.  Destruction upon destruction is cried, For the whole land is plundered. Suddenly my tents are plundered, [And] my curtains in a moment. 21.  How long will I see the standard, [And] hear the sound of the trumpet? 22.  "For My people [are] foolish, They have not known Me. They [are] silly children, And they have no understanding. They [are] wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge." 23.  I beheld the earth, and indeed [it was] without form, and void; And the heavens, they [had] no light. 24.  I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, And all the hills moved back and forth. 25.  I beheld, and

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 20TH FEBRUARY, 2022 (SEXAGESIMA)  TOPIC: CONFESS, BELIEVE AND BE SAVED TEXT: ROMANS 10:8-13  8.  But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9.  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11.  For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." 12.  For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13.  For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." MESSAGE:  Our reading today focuses on how one can be saved. The ear hears the word, the mouth confesses and the heart believes it. Th

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: SIGNS AND WONDERS  TEXT: JOHN 4:43-54  43.  Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. 44.  For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45.  So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast. 46.  So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47.  When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48.  Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you [people] see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe." 49.  The nobleman said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!" 50.  Jesus said

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 18TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: HE TOLD ME ALL THAT I DID  TEXT: JOHN 4:27-42  27.  And at this [point] His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You talking with her?" 28.  The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, 29.  "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" 30.  Then they went out of the city and came to Him. 31.  In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." 32.  But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." 33.  Therefore the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought Him [anything] to eat?" 34.  Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. 35.  "Do you not say, '

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 17TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: THE LIVING WATER  TEXT: JOHN 4: 1-26 1. Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John 2. (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), 3. He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 4. But He needed to go through Samaria. 5.  So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6.  Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from [His] journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7.  A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." 8.  For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9.  Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 16TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: NO NEED FOR UNHEALTHY COMPETITION TEXT: JOHN 3:22-36  22.  After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. 23.  Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. 24.  For John had not yet been thrown into prison. 25.  Then there arose a dispute between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purification. 26.  And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified -- behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!" 27.  John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28.  "You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before H

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN TEXT: JOHN 3:1-21  1. There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." 3. Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." 4. Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 5.  Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6.  "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7.  "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You m

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: LIBERTY IN CHRIST TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:12-18 12.  Now if anyone builds on this foundation [with] gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13.  each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. 14.  If anyone's work which he has built on [it] endures, he will receive a reward. 15.  If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 16.  Do you not know that you are the temple of God and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17.  If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which [temple] you are. 18.  Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. MESS

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 13TH FEBRUARY, 2022 (SEPTUAGESIMA) TOPIC: SETTING THE CAPTIVES FREE TEXT: MARK 5:1-20 1. Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. 2. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3. who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, 4. because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. 5.  And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6.  When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. 7.  And he cried out with a loud voice and said, "What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me." 8.  Fo

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 12TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: RECONCILIATION TEXT: GENESIS 33:1-17 1. Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. 2. And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. 3. Then he crossed over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4. But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. 5.  And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, "Who [are] these with you?" So he said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant." 6.  Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and bowed down. 7.  And Leah also came near with her children, and the

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 11TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT TEXT: GENESIS 32:3-30  3. Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4. And he commanded them, saying, "Speak thus to my lord Esau, 'Thus your servant Jacob says: "I have dwelt with Laban and stayed there until now. 5.  "I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight." ' " 6.  Then the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men [are] with him." 7.  So Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that [were] with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies. 8.  And he said, "If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then th

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: THURSDAY, 10TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: THE GOD THAT PROTECTS TEXT: GENESIS 31:25-32:2  25.  So Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead. 26.  And Laban said to Jacob: "What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and carried away my daughters like captives [taken] with the sword? 27.  "Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp? 28.  "And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have done foolishly in [so] doing. 29.  "It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.' 30.  "And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for y

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: WEDNESDAY, 9TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: TIME TO RETURN HOME TEXT: GENESIS 31:1-24  1. Now [Jacob] heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has acquired all this wealth." 2. And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it [was] not [favorable] toward him as before. 3. Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you." 4. So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock, 5.  and said to them, "I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not [favorable] toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. 6.  "And you know that with all my might I have served your father. 7.  "Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hur

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: TUESDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: GOD GIVES CHILDREN TEXT: GENESIS 29:31-30:24 31.  When the LORD saw that Leah [was] unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel [was] barren. 32.  So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, "The LORD has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me." 33.  Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I [am] unloved, He has therefore given me this [son] also." And she called his name Simeon. 34.  She conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi. 35.  And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now I will praise the LORD." Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing. 30:1. Now wh

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: MONDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING TEXT: MATTHEW 6:25-34 25.  " Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26.  "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27.  "Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28.  "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29.  "and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30.  "Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, [will He] not much more [clothe] you, O

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SUNDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY, 2022 (FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY)  TOPIC: HE RECONCILED ALL THINGS TEXT: COLOSSIANS 1:15-20 15.  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16.  For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17.  And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18.  And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19.  For it pleased [the Father that] in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20.  and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. MESSAGE: Jesus Christ made it all and Jesus Christ paid it

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: SATURDAY, 5TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD TEXT: HOSEA 13:1-14  1. When Ephraim spoke, trembling, He exalted [himself] in Israel; But when he offended through Baal [worship,] he died. 2. Now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molded images, Idols of their silver, according to their skill; All of it [is] the work of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!" 3. Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud And like the early dew that passes away, Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney. 4. " Yet I [am] the LORD your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For [there is] no Savior besides Me. 5.  I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought. 6.  When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; T

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) DATE: FRIDAY, 4TH FEBRUARY, 2022  TOPIC: THE GIFT OF TONGUES TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-19 1. Pursue love, and desire spiritual [gifts,] but especially that you may prophesy. 2. For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands [him;] however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 3. But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men. 4. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5.  I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies [is] greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification. 6.  But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching? 7.  Even things without life, whether flu