Adam Clarke, on 1Cor 14:3

“But he that prophesieth, speaketh to men unto edification, and exhortation, and comfort.”

“But he that prophesieth - The person who has the gift of teaching is much more useful to the Church than he is who has only the gift of tongues, because he speaks to the profit of men: viz. to their edification, by the Scriptures he expounds; to their exhortation, by what he teaches; and to their comfort, by his revelation. - Whitby. I must here refer to my sermon on this text, intitled, "The Christian Prophet and his Work," in which I have endeavored to consider the whole of this subject at large.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.