1 Corinthians 14:19

17 For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.

18 I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;

19 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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20 Brethren, ^ado not be children in understanding; however, in malice ^bbe babes, but in understanding be mature.

21 ^aIn the law it is written:
^b“With men of other tongues and other lips
I will speak to this people;
And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me,” says the Lord.

22 Therefore tongues are for a ^asign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

23 Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, ^awill they not say that you are¹ out of your mind?

24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all.

25 ¹And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report ^athat God is truly among you.

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26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, ^ahas a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. ^bLet all things be done for edification.

27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret.

Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 14:19

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American Standard Version
howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Amplified® Bible
Nevertheless, in public worship, I would rather say five words with my understanding {and} intelligently in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a [strange] tongue (language).

Contemporary English Version
But words that make sense can help the church. That's why in church I had rather speak five words that make sense than to speak ten thousand words in a language that others don't know.

Darby English Version
but in [the] assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, [rather] than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Good News Bible
But in church worship I would rather speak five words that can be understood, in order to teach others, than speak thousands of words in strange tongues.

International Standard Version
But in church I would rather speak five words with my mind to instruct others than 10,000 words in a tongue.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

New International Version
But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Young's Literal Translation
but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an `unknown' tongue.

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