Section 9
the Lord has imparted. Teaching is different from that. Teaching is the speaking based upon prophesying. Some brothers may take what is given in others' prophesying and teach people according to it. This is teaching. The teaching ones have to keep themselves in the exercise of their teaching gift.
Exhorting
What then is exhortation? How does it differ from prophecy and teaching? Prophecy, teach ing, and exhortation are all speaking gifts. How ever, exhortation is based on both prophecy and teaching. Perhaps during a special conference or training a brother prophesies under the direct inspiration of God. Some brothers receive the revelation given in that prophesying, take it back with them to their locality, and teach others according to it. That is teaching. Then, based upon the direct speaking under God's inspiration and the teaching according to this inspiration, some others may exhort. That is exhortation. These three kinds of speaking are for the building up of the Body: they minister the life supply to the saints that they may grow together by God's Word. The exhorting ones also have to keep themselves in the exercise of their exhorting gift.