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1 Corinthians - ch 14 v 1 - 20
- Follow after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts; but rather that you may prophesy.
- For he that speaketh in a tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries.
- But he that prophesieth, speaketh to men unto edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
- He that speaketh in a tongue, edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
- And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive edification.
- But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine?
- Even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped ?
- For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle ?
- So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said ? For you shall be speaking into the air.
- There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world; and none is without voice.
- If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian; and he that speaketh, a barbarian to me.
- So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church.
- And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret.
- For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit.
- What is it then ? I will pray with the spirit, I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding.
- Else if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing ? because he knoweth not what thou sayest.
- For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
- I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.
- But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also; than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.
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