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1 Corinthians: Chapter 14
Sep 23, 2026 · 6 min · 5 segments
The First Epistle to the Corinthians: Chapter 14
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Sep 23, 2026 · 6 min · 5 segments
The First Epistle to the Corinthians: Chapter 14
Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him.
However, in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied, for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues unless indeed he interprets 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 by revelation by knowledge by prophesying or by teaching even things without life whether flute or harp when they make a sound unless they make a distinction in the sounds how will it be known what is piped or played for if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound who will prepare for battle so likewise you unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand how will it be known what is spoken for you will be speaking into the air There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without significance.
Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.
Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel.
therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret for if i pray in a tongue my spirit prays but my understanding is unfruitful what is the conclusion then i will pray with the spirit and i will also pray with the understanding i will sing with the spirit and i will also sing with the understanding otherwise if you bless with the spirit how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say amen at your giving of thanks since he does not understand what you say for you indeed give thanks well but the other is not edified I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all.
Yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding that I may teach others also than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him.
However, in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied, for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues unless indeed he interprets 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 by revelation by knowledge by prophesying or by teaching even things without life whether flute or harp when they make a sound unless they make a distinction in the sounds how will it be known what is piped or played for if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound who will prepare for battle so likewise you unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand how will it be known what is spoken for you will be speaking into the air There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without significance.
Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.
Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel.
therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret for if i pray in a tongue my spirit prays but my understanding is unfruitful what is the conclusion then i will pray with the spirit and i will also pray with the understanding i will sing with the spirit and i will also sing with the understanding otherwise if you bless with the spirit how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say amen at your giving of thanks since he does not understand what you say for you indeed give thanks well but the other is not edified I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all.
Yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding that I may teach others also than ten thousand words in a tongue.
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