1Corinthians:14:1-25
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Follow (
5720 )
after charity ,
and desire (
5720 )
spiritual gifts ,
but rather that ye may prophesy (
5725 ).
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For he that speaketh (
5723 )
in an unknown tongue speaketh (
5719 )
not unto men ,
but unto God :
for no man understandeth (
5719 )
him ;
howbeit in the spirit he speaketh (
5719 )
mysteries .
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But he that prophesieth (
5723 )
speaketh (
5719 )
unto men to edification ,
and exhortation ,
and comfort .
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He that speaketh (
5723 )
in an unknown tongue edifieth (
5719 )
himself ;
but he that prophesieth (
5723 )
edifieth (
5719 )
the church .
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I would (
5719 )
that ye all spake (
5721 )
with tongues ,
but rather that ye prophesied (
5725 ):
for greater is he that prophesieth (
5723 )
than he that speaketh (
5723 )
with tongues ,
except he interpret (
5725 ),
that the church may receive (
5632 )
edifying .
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Now ,
brethren ,
if I come (
5632 )
unto you speaking (
5723 )
with tongues ,
what shall I profit (
5692 )
you ,
except I shall speak (
5661 )
to you either by revelation ,
or by knowledge ,
or by prophesying ,
or by doctrine ?
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And even things without life giving (
5723 )
sound ,
whether pipe or harp ,
except they give (
5632 )
a distinction in the sounds ,
how shall it be known (
5701 )
what is piped (
5746 )
or harped (
5746 )?
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For if the trumpet give (
5632 )
an uncertain sound ,
who shall prepare himself (
5695 )
to the battle ?
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So likewise ye ,
except ye utter (
5632 )
by the tongue words easy to be understood ,
how shall it be known (
5701 )
what is spoken (
5746 )?
for ye shall (
5704 )
speak (
5723 )
into the air .
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There are (
5748 ),
it may be (
5630 ),
so many kinds of voices in the world ,
and none of them is without signification (
5625 ).
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Therefore if I know (
5762 )
not the meaning of the voice ,
I shall be (
5704 )
unto him that speaketh (
5723 )
a barbarian ,
and he that speaketh (
5723 )
shall be a barbarian unto me .
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Even so ye ,
forasmuch as ye are (
5748 )
zealous of spiritual gifts ,
seek (
5720 )
that ye may excel (
5725 )
to the edifying of the church .
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Wherefore let him that speaketh (
5723 )
in an unknown tongue pray (
5737 )
that he may interpret (
5725 ).
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For if I pray (
5741 )
in an unknown tongue ,
my spirit prayeth (
5736 ),
but my understanding is (
5748 )
unfruitful .
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What is it (
5748 )
then ?
I will pray (
5695 )
with the spirit ,
and I will pray (
5695 )
with the understanding also :
I will sing (
5692 )
with the spirit ,
and I will sing (
5692 )
with the understanding also .
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Else when thou shalt bless (
5661 )
with the spirit ,
how shall he that occupieth (
5723 )
the room of the unlearned say (
5692 )
Amen at thy giving of thanks ,
seeing he understandeth (
5758 )
not what thou sayest (
5719 )?
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For thou verily givest thanks (
5719 )
well ,
but the other is not edified (
5743 ).
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I thank (
5719 )
my God ,
I speak (
5723 )
with tongues more than ye all :
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Yet in the church I had rather (
5719 )
speak (
5658 )
five words with my understanding ,
that by my voice I might teach (
5661 )
others also ,
than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue .
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Brethren ,
be (
5737 )
not children in understanding :
howbeit in malice be ye children (
5720 ),
but in understanding be (
5737 )
men .
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In the law it is written (
5769 ),
With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak (
5692 )
unto this people ;
and yet for all that will they not hear (
5695 )
me ,
saith (
5719 )
the Lord .
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Wherefore tongues are (
5748 )
for a sign ,
not to them that believe (
5723 ),
but to them that believe not :
but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not ,
but for them which believe (
5723 ).
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If therefore the whole church be come together (
5632 )
into one place ,
and all speak (
5725 )
with tongues ,
and there come in (
5632 )
those that are unlearned ,
or unbelievers ,
will they not say (
5692 )
that ye are mad (
5736 )?
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But if all prophesy (
5725 ),
and there come in (
5632 )
one that believeth not ,
or one unlearned ,
he is convinced (
5743 )
of all ,
he is judged (
5743 )
of all :
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And thus are the secrets of his heart made (
5736 )
manifest ;
and so falling down (
5631 )
on his face he will worship (
5692 )
God ,
and report (
5723 )
that God is (
5748 )
in you of a truth .