1 Corinthians 14:19
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Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
In other translations
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Greek words
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235ἐνeninG1722ἐκκλησίᾳekklēsia[the] churchG1577θέλωthelōI desireG2309πέντεpentefiveG4002λόγουςlogouswordsG3056διὰdiathroughG1223τῷtōtheG3588νοΐnoiwith mindG3563μουmouof mineG3165λαλῆσαι,lalēsaito speakG2980ἵναinathatG2443καὶkaialsoG2532ἄλλουςallousothersG243κατηχήσω,katēchēsōI may instruct,G2727ἢērather thanG2228μυρίουςmuriousten thousandG3463λόγουςlogouswordsG3056ἐνeninG1722γλώσσῃ.¶glōssēa tongue.G1100
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Words marked TR or NA appear in only one of the two main Greek texts.
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 14:21-2221 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.21 It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.” 22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
- 1 Corinthians 14:4He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
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