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| 1st-Corinthians 14:1 | Follow after love, and be emulous of spiritual [manifestations], but rather that ye may prophesy. | Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:2 | For he that speaks with a tongue does not speak to men but to God: for no one hears; but in spirit he speaks mysteries. | For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:3 | But he that prophesies speaks to men [in] edification, and encouragement, and consolation. | But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:4 | He that speaks with a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies [the] assembly. | He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:5 | Now I desire that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. But greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edification. | Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:6 | And now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in teaching? | But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching? |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:7 | Even lifeless things giving a sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give not distinction to the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? | Even things without life, having a voice, such as a music-pipe or other instrument, if they do not give out different sounds, who may be certain what is being played? |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:8 | For also, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for war? | For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight? |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:9 | Thus also *ye* with the tongue, unless ye give a distinct speech, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking to the air. | So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:10 | There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of undistinguishable sound. | There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:11 | If therefore I do not know the power of the sound, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks a barbarian for me. | But if the sense of the voice is not clear to me, I am like a man from a strange country to him who is talking, and he will be the same to me. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:12 | Thus *ye* also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly. | So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:13 | Wherefore let him that speaks with a tongue pray that he may interpret. | For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:14 | For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. | For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:15 | What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, but I will sing also with the understanding. | What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:16 | Since otherwise, if thou blessest with [the] spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the simple [Christian] say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, since he does not know what thou sayest? | For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying? |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:17 | For *thou* indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. | For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:18 | I thank God I speak in a tongue more than all of you: | I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all: |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:19 | but in [the] assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, [rather] than ten thousand words in a tongue. | But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:20 | Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men]. | My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:21 | It is written in the law, By people of other tongues, and by strange lips, will I speak to this people; and neither thus will they hear me, saith the Lord. | In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:22 | So that tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to unbelievers; but prophecy, not to unbelievers, but to those who believe. | For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:23 | If therefore the whole assembly come together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and simple [persons] enter in, or unbelievers, will not they say ye are mad? | If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced? |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:24 | But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or simple [person] come in, he is convicted of all, he is judged of all; | But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all; |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:25 | the secrets of his heart are manifested; and thus, falling upon [his] face, he will do homage to God, reporting that God is indeed amongst you. | The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:26 | What is it then, brethren? whenever ye come together, each [of you] has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to edification. | What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:27 | If any one speak with a tongue, [let it be] two, or at the most three, and separately, and let one interpret; | If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense: |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:28 | but if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in [the] assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God. | But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:29 | And let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. | And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:30 | But if there be a revelation to another sitting [there], let the first be silent. | But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:31 | For ye can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all be encouraged. | For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort; |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:32 | And spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. | And the spirits of the prophets are controlled by the prophets; |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:33 | For God is not [a God] of disorder but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints. | For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace; as in all the churches of the saints. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:34 | Let [your] women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says. | Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:35 | But if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in assembly. | And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:36 | Did the word of God go out from you, or did it come to you only? | What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you? |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:37 | If any one thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognise the things that I write to you, that it is [the] Lord's commandment. | If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:38 | But if any be ignorant, let him be ignorant. | But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:39 | So that, brethren, desire to prophesy, and do not forbid the speaking with tongues. | So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues. |
| 1st-Corinthians 14:40 | But let all things be done comelily and with order. | Let all things be done in the right and ordered way. |
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