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CHAPTER 14.
1 FOLLOW after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts;
but rather that you may prophesy.
2 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.
3 But he that prophesieth, speaketh to men unto
edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4 He that speaketh in a tongue, edifieth himself: but
he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
5 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.
6 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?
7 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 ?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall
prepare himself to the battle ?
9 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.
10 There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in
this world; and none is without voice.
11 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.
12 So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of
spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church.
13 And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him
pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is without fruit.
15 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.
16 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.
17 For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is
not edified.
18 I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.
19 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.
20 Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in
malice be children, and in sense be perfect.
21 In the law it is written: In other tongues and
other lips I will speak to this people; and neither so will they hear me, saith
the Lord.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers,
but to unbelievers; but prophecies not to unbelievers, but to believers.
23 If therefore the whole church come together into one
place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or
infidels, will they not say that you are mad ?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that
believeth not, or an unlearned person, he is convinced of all, he is judged of
all.
25 The secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so,
falling down on his face, he will adore God, affirming that God is among you
indeed.
26 How is it then, brethren ? When you come together,
every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a
tongue, hath an interpretation: let all things be done to edification.
27 If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at
the most by three, and in course, and let one interpret.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him hold his
peace in the church, and speak to himself and to God.
29 And let the prophets speak, two or three; and let
the rest judge.
30 But if any thing be revealed to another sitting, let
the first hold his peace.
31 For you may all prophesy one by one; that all may
learn, and all may be exhorted:
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the
prophets.
33 For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace:
as also I teach in all the churches of the saints.
34 Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is
not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.
35 But if they would learn any thing, let them ask
their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.
36 Or did the word of God come out from you ? Or came
it only unto you ?
37 If any seem to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him
know the things that I write to you, that they are the commandments of the
Lord.
38 But if any man know not, he shall not be known.
39 Wherefore, brethren, be zealous to prophesy; and
forbid not to speak with tongues.
40 But let all things be done decently, and according
to order.
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