Note 6 at 1 Cor. 14:3: This verse makes it very clear that there is a difference between the ministry of a prophet and the simple gift of prophecy that Paul is speaking of here. This gift of prophecy is always edifying, exhorting, and comforting. The ministry of a prophet is not. Any utterance of rebuke in a church assembly is the ministry of a prophet, and differs from this simple gift of prophecy (see note 26 at 1 Cor. 12:10, p. 930).