1 Corinthians 14:40 “But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.”

1 Corinthians 14:40

But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let all things be done decently and in order.

World English Bible

Let all things be done decently and in order.

American Standard Version

But let all things be done decently and in order.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let all things be done honestly, and by order.

Darby Translation

But let all things be done comelily and with order.

Young's Literal Translation

let all things be done decently and in order.

Bible in Basic English

Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

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Cross references

“Let all things be done decently and in order.”

Colossians 2:5 Titus 1:5 1 Corinthians 14:26–33 1 Corinthians 11:34 Romans 13:13

Colossians 2:5 · BSB

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.

Titus 1:5 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 14:26–33 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 11:34 · BSB

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.

Romans 13:13 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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