<p>14:39 <i>Therefore my brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy and forbid not to speak with tongues</i>- &quot;My brothers&quot; reaffirms that he is not breaking off relationship with them. And he still urges them to continue desiring to prophesy, although he means with the legitimate gifts of the Spirit and not in mere imitation of the idol cults. He is at pains to say that despite his own view that the use of the miraculous gifts was immature (13:8-11), he was not forbidding them. This is quite some insight into his wonderful tolerance, arising from the love he felt towards them.</p>