ASV_Strong : 1 Corinthians 14
1. Follow after[G1377] love[G26]; yet[G1161] desire[G2206] earnestly spiritual[G4152] gifts[G1161], but rather[G3123] that[G2443] ye may prophesy[G4395].
2. For[G1063] he that speaketh[G2980] in a tongue[G1100] speaketh[G2980] not[G3756] unto men[G444], but[G235] unto God[G2316]; for[G1063] no man[G3762] understandeth[G191]; but[G1161] in the spirit[G4151] he speaketh[G2980] mysteries[G3466].
3. But[G1161] he that[G3588] prophesieth[G4395] speaketh[G2980] unto men[G444] edification[G3619], and[G2532] exhortation[G3874], and[G2532] consolation[G3889].
4. He that[G3588] speaketh[G2980] in a tongue[G1100] edifieth[G3618] himself[G1438]; but[G1161] he that[G3588] prophesieth[G4395] edifieth[G3618] the church[G1577].
5. Now I would[G2309] have you[G5209] all[G3956] speak[G2980] with tongues[G1100], but[G1161] rather[G3123] that[G2443] ye should prophesy[G4395]: and[G1063] greater[G3187] is he that[G3588] prophesieth[G4395] than[G2228] he that[G3588] speaketh[G2980] with tongues[G1100], except[G1487, 3361] he interpret[G1329], that[G2443] the church[G1577] may receive[G2983] edifying[G3619].
6. But now[G3570], brethren[G80], if[G1437] I come[G2064] unto[G4314] you[G5209] speaking[G2980] with tongues[G1100], what[G5101] shall I profit[G5623] you[G5209], unless[G1437, 3361] I speak[G2980] to you[G5213] either[G2228] by[G1722] way of revelation[G602], or[G2228] of[G1722] knowledge[G1108], or[G2228] of[G1722] prophesying[G4394], or[G2228] of[G1722] teaching[G1322]?
7. Even[G3676] things[G3588] without life[G895], giving[G1325] a voice[G5456], whether[G1535] pipe[G836] or[G1535] harp[G2788], if they give[G1325] not[G3361] a[G3361] distinction[G1293] in the sounds[G5353], how[G4459] shall it be known[G1097] what[G3588] is piped[G832] or[G2228] harped[G2789]?
8. For[G1063, 2532] if[G1437] the trumpet[G4536] give[G1325] an uncertain[G82] voice[G5456], who[G5101] shall prepare himself[G3903] for[G1519] war[G4171]?
9. So[G3779] also[G2532] ye[G5210], unless[G1437] ye[G5210] utter[G1325] by[G1223] the tongue[G1100] speech[G3056] easy[G2154] to be[G2071] understood[G2154], how[G4459] shall it be known[G1097] what[G3588] is spoken[G2980]? for[G1063] ye will be speaking[G2980] into[G1519] the air[G109].
10. There are[G2076], it may[G1487] be[G5177], so many[G5118] kinds[G1085] of voices[G5456] in[G1722] the world[G2889], and[G2532] no[G3762] kind[G846] is without signification[G880].
11. If[G1437] then[G3767] I know[G1492] not[G3361] the meaning[G1411] of the voice[G5456], I shall be[G2071] to him[G3588] that speaketh[G2980] a barbarian[G915], and[G2532] he[G3588] that speaketh[G2980] will be a barbarian[G915] unto[G1722] me[G1698].
12. So[G3779] also[G2532] ye[G5210], since[G1893] ye are[G2075] zealous[G2207] of spiritual[G4151] gifts[G2212], seek that[G2443] ye may abound[G4052] unto[G4314] the edifying[G3619] of the church[G1577].
13. Wherefore[G1355] let him[G3588] that speaketh[G2980] in a tongue[G1100] pray[G4336] that[G2443] he may interpret[G1329].
14. For[G1063] if[G1437] I pray[G4336] in a tongue[G1100], my[G3450] spirit[G4151] prayeth[G4336], but[G1161] my[G3450] understanding[G3563] is[G2076] unfruitful[G175].
15. What[G5101] is it[G2076] then[G3767]? I will pray[G4336] with the spirit[G4151], and[G1161] I will pray[G4336] with the understanding[G3563] also[G2532]: I will sing[G5567] with the spirit[G4151], and[G1161] I will sing[G5567] with the understanding[G3563] also[G2532].
16. Else[G1893] if[G1437] thou bless[G2127] with the spirit[G4151], how[G4459] shall[G378] he that[G3588] filleth[G378] the place[G5117] of the unlearned[G2399] say[G2046] the Amen[G281] at[G1909] thy[G4674] giving of thanks[G2169], seeing[G1894] he knoweth[G1492] not[G3756] what[G5101] thou sayest[G3004]?
17. For[G1063] thou[G4771] verily[G3303] givest thanks[G2168] well[G2573], but[G235] the other[G2087] is[G3618] not[G3756] edified[G3618].
18. I thank[G2168, 3450] God[G2316], I speak[G2980] with tongues[G1100] more than[G3123] you[G5216] all[G3956]:
19. howbeit[G235] in[G1722] the church[G1577] I had rather[G2309] speak[G2980] five[G4002] words[G3056] with[G1223] my[G3450] understanding[G3563], that[G2443] I might instruct[G2727] others[G243] also[G2532], than[G2228] ten thousand[G3463] words[G3056] in[G1722] a tongue[G1100].
20. Brethren[G80], be[G1096] not[G3361] children[G3813] in mind[G5424]: yet[G235] in malice[G2549] be ye babes[G3515], but[G1161] in mind[G5424] be[G1096] men[G5046].
21. In[G1722] the law[G3551] it is written[G3754], By[G1722] men of strange tongues[G2084] and[G2532] by[G1722] the lips[G5491] of strangers[G2087] will I speak[G2980] unto this[G5129] people[G2992]; and[G2532] not[G3761] even thus[G3779] will they[G1522] hear[G1522] me[G3450], saith[G3004] the Lord[G2962].
22. Wherefore[G5620] tongues[G1100] are[G1526] for[G1519] a sign[G4592], not[G3756] to them[G3588] that believe[G4100], but[G235] to the[G3588] unbelieving[G571]: but[G1161] prophesying[G4394] is for a sign[G571], not to the[G3588] unbelieving[G571], but[G235] to them[G3588] that believe[G4100].
23. If[G1437] therefore[G3767] the whole[G3650] church[G1577] be assembled together[G4905] and[G2532] all[G3956] speak[G2980] with tongues[G1100], and[G1161] there come in[G1525] men unlearned[G2399] or[G2228] unbelieving[G571], will they[G2046] not[G3756] say[G2046] that[G3754] ye are mad[G3105]?
24. But[G1161] if[G1437] all[G3956] prophesy[G4395], and[G1161] there come in[G1525] one[G5100] unbelieving[G571] or[G2228] unlearned[G2399], he is reproved[G1651] by[G5259] all[G3956], he is judged[G350] by[G5259] all[G3956];
25. the[G2532] secrets[G2927] of his[G846] heart[G2588] are[G1096] made[G1096] manifest[G5318]; and[G2532] so[G3779] he will fall down[G4098] on[G1909] his face[G4383] and worship[G4352] God[G2316], declaring[G518] that[G3754] God[G2316] is[G2076] among[G1722] you[G5213] indeed[G3689].
26. What[G5101] is it[G2076] then[G3767], brethren[G80]? When[G3752] ye come together[G4905], each one[G1538] hath[G2192] a psalm[G5568], hath[G2192] a teaching[G1322], hath[G2192] a revelation[G602], hath[G2192] a tongue[G1100], hath[G2192] an interpretation[G2058]. Let[G1096] all things[G3956] be done[G1096] unto[G4314] edifying[G3619].
27. If[G1535] any man[G5100] speaketh[G2980] in[G2596] a tongue[G1100], let it be by[G303] two[G1417], or[G2228] at the most[G4118] three[G5140], and[G2532] that in turn[G3313]; and[G2532] let[G1329] one[G1520] interpret[G1329]:
28. but[G1161] if[G1437] there be[G5600] no[G3361] interpreter[G1328], let him keep silence[G4601] in[G1722] the church[G1577]; and[G1161] let him speak[G2980] to himself[G1438], and[G2532] to God[G2316].
29. And let[G1161] the prophets[G4396] speak[G2980] by two[G1417] or[G2228] three[G5140], and[G2532] let[G1252] the others[G243] discern[G1252].
30. But if[G1437] a revelation[G601] be made to another[G243] sitting by[G2521], let[G4601] the first[G4413] keep silence[G4601].
31. For[G1063] ye all[G3956] can[G1410] prophesy[G4395] one[G1520] by[G2596] one[G1520], that[G2443] all[G3956] may learn[G3129], and[G2532] all[G3956] may be exhorted[G3870];
32. and[G2532] the spirits[G4151] of the prophets[G4396] are subject[G5293] to the prophets[G4396];
33. for[G1063] God[G2316] is[G2076] not[G3756] a God of confusion[G181], but[G235] of peace[G1515]. As[G5613] in[G1722] all[G3956] the churches[G1577] of the saints[G40],
34. let the[G5216] women[G1135] keep silence[G4601] in[G1722] the churches[G1577]: for[G1063] it is[G2010] not[G3756] permitted[G2010] unto them[G846] to speak[G2980]; but[G235] let them be in subjection[G5293], as[G2531] also[G2532] saith[G3004] the law[G3551].
35. And[G1161] if[G1487] they would[G2309] learn[G3129] anything[G5100], let them ask[G1905] their[G2398] own husbands[G435] at[G1722] home[G3624]: for[G1063] it is[G2076] shameful[G150] for a woman[G1135] to speak[G2980] in[G1722] the church[G1577].
36. What[G2228]? was it from[G575] you[G5216] that the word[G3056] of God[G2316] went[G1831] forth[G1831]? or[G2228] came it[G2658] unto[G1519] you[G5209] alone[G3441]?
37. If[G1487] any man[G5100] thinketh himself[G1380] to be[G1511] a prophet[G4396], or[G2228] spiritual[G4152], let him take knowledge[G1921] of the things[G3739] which[G3754] I write[G1125] unto you[G5213], that they are[G1526] the commandment[G1785] of the Lord[G2962].
38. But[G1161] if[G1487] any man[G5100] is ignorant[G50], let him be ignorant[G50].
39. Wherefore[G5620], my brethren[G80], desire earnestly[G2206] to prophesy[G4395], and[G2532] forbid[G2967] not[G3361] to speak[G2980] with tongues[G1100].
40. But let all things[G3956] be done[G1096] decently[G2156] and[G2532] in[G2596] order[G5010].
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