Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Earnestly
pursue love and eagerly
desire
spiritual gifts
, especially
the
gift
of
prophecy .
Pursue the
love ,
and seek
earnestly
the
spiritual things
, and
rather
that
ye
may
prophecy ,
For he who speaks
in a
tongue does
not
speak
to men, but to God .
Indeed
, no one understands
him;
he
utters
mysteries
in the
Spirit .
for he who is
speaking
in an
`unknown'
tongue --
to men he
doth
not
speak
, but to God, for
no one doth
hearken,
and
in spirit he
doth
speak
secrets;
But
he who prophesies
speaks
to men for
their
edification, encouragement
, and comfort .
and
he who is
prophesying
to men doth
speak
edification, and
exhortation
, and comfort ;
The
one
who speaks
in a
tongue edifies
himself, but
the
one
who prophesies
edifies
the
church.
he
who is
speaking
in an
`unknown'
tongue ,
himself doth
edify
, and
he
who is
prophesying,
an
assembly
doth
edify;
I wish that
all
of
you could
speak in
tongues, but
I
would
rather
have
you
prophesy.
He who prophesies
is greater
than one
who speaks
in
tongues, unless
he
interprets
so
that the church
may be
edified
.
and
I wish you all
to
speak with
tongues, and
more
that
ye
may
prophecy,
for
greater
is
he who is prophesying
than he
who is
speaking
with
tongues, except
one
may
interpret,
that the assembly
may receive
edification
.
Now, brothers
, if I come to
you speaking in
tongues, how
will
I benefit
you, unless
I bring
you some
revelation or knowledge or prophecy
or teaching?
And
now, brethren
, if I may
come unto
you speaking tongues, what
shall
I profit
you, except
I shall
speak
to
you either
in
revelation ,
or in
knowledge ,
or in
prophesying,
or in
teaching?
Even
in
the
case
of
lifeless
instruments,
such
as
the flute
or harp ,
how
will
anyone
recognize
the tune
they are
playing
unless
the
notes
are
distinct
?
yet
the things
without
life
giving
sound
--
whether
pipe
or harp --
if
a
difference
in
the sounds
they may
not
give,
how
shall
be
known
that
which
is
piped
or
that
which
is
harped
?
Again,
if the
trumpet
sounds
a muffled
call
, who will
prepare for battle?
for
if also
an
uncertain
sound
a trumpet
may
give
, who shall
prepare himself
for battle?
So it
is
with
you.
Unless
you
speak
intelligible
words
with
your
tongue, how will
anyone
know
what
you
are
saying
? You
will
just
be speaking into
the
air.
so also
ye,
if
through
the
tongue, speech
easily
understood
ye
may
not
give
--
how shall
that
which
is
spoken
be
known
? for
ye
shall
be speaking to
air.
Assuredly,
there are many different
languages
in the world, yet
none of them is without
meaning.
There are ,
it
may
be,
so
many kinds
of
voices
in the world, and
none of them is unmeaning,
If, then, I do not know the meaning
of someone’s
language
, I am
a foreigner to
the
speaker
, and he is a
foreigner
to me .
if, then, I do not know the power
of the
voice
, I shall
be
to
him
who
is
speaking
a foreigner, and he who
is speaking,
is
to me a
foreigner;
It
is
the
same
with
you.
Since you
are eager
to
have
spiritual gifts, strive
to
excel
in
gifts
that
build
up the church.
so
also
ye,
since ye
are earnestly
desirous
of
spiritual gifts, for
the
building
up of
the assembly
seek
that
ye
may
abound;
Therefore,
the
one
who speaks
in a
tongue should
pray that he may interpret .
wherefore
he
who is
speaking
in an
`unknown'
tongue --
let
him
pray that he may interpret ;
For if I pray in a
tongue, my spirit prays
, but
my mind
is unfruitful.
for if I pray in an
`unknown'
tongue, my spirit doth
pray
, and
my understanding
is unfruitful.
What then shall
I
do
? I will pray with my
spirit, but
I will also
pray with my
mind.
I will sing with my
spirit, but
I will also
sing with my
mind.
What then is
it
? I will pray with the
spirit, and
I will pray also
with the
understanding;
I will sing psalms
with the
spirit, and
I will sing psalms
also
with the
understanding;
Otherwise
, if you
speak
a
blessing
in
spirit, how
can
someone
who is uninstructed
say “
Amen ”
to
your
thanksgiving
, since he does
not know
what
you
are
saying
?
since
, if thou
mayest
bless
with
the
spirit, he
who is filling
the
place
of
the
unlearned,
how
shall
he
say the
Amen at
thy
giving
of
thanks
, since what
thou
dost
say
he hath
not known
?
You
may
be
giving
thanks well enough
, but the other one
is not edified.
for
thou,
indeed,
dost
give
thanks well, but the other is not built
up!
I thank
God that
I
speak
in
tongues
more than all
of
you .
I give
thanks
to
my
God --
more than you all
with
tongues
speaking
--
But in the
church,
I would
rather
speak five coherent
words to
instruct
others than ten
thousand
words in a
tongue.
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.
Brothers
, stop
thinking
like
children .
In regard
to
evil
be
infants
, but in your
thinking
be mature.
Brethren
, become
not
children in the
understanding
, but in the
evil
be ye
babes,
and
in
the
understanding
become
ye
perfect;
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 .”
in the law it
hath
been
written,
that,
`With
other
tongues and with
other
lips I will speak to this people, and
not
even so
will they
hear
Me, saith
the Lord ;'
Tongues ,
then,
are a sign, not for
believers
, but for
unbelievers.
Prophecy,
however,
is for believers
, not
for unbelievers.
so
that
the
tongues are for
a sign, not to
the
believing
, but to
the
unbelieving;
and
the
prophesy
`
is '
not
for the
unbelieving
, but
for the
believing,
So
if the whole church
comes
together and everyone
speaks
in
tongues, and some
who
are
uninstructed
or
some
unbelievers
come in, will they not say that you
are out
of
your
minds
?
If ,
therefore,
the whole assembly
may
come
together ,
to
the
same
place,
and all
may
speak
with
tongues, and there
may
come in unlearned
or
unbelievers
, will they not say that ye
are mad
?
But
if an unbeliever or uninstructed
person
comes
in
while
everyone
is
prophesying
, he will
be
convicted and
called
to
account
by all,
and
if all
may
prophecy,
and
any
one
may
come
in,
an unbeliever or unlearned
, he is
convicted by all, he
is
discerned
by
all,
and the secrets of his heart will
be
made
known.
So he will fall
facedown
and
worship
God, proclaiming,
“
God is truly
among you !”
and so
the secrets of his heart become
manifest,
and
so having
fallen
upon
`his'
face,
he will bow
before
God, declaring
that
God really
is among you .
What then shall
we
say
, brothers
? When
you
come together, everyone
has
a psalm or
a teaching, a revelation
, a tongue
, or
an interpretation .
All of
these
must
be done
to
build
up the
church.
What then is
it
, brethren
? whenever
ye
may
come together, each
of
you
hath
a psalm ,
hath
a teaching, hath
a tongue
, hath
a revelation
, hath
an interpretation ?
let
all things
be for
building
up ;
If anyone
speaks
in
a
tongue, two, or at most three, should
speak
in turn, and someone
must
interpret .
if an
`unknown'
tongue any
one
do
speak
, by
two, or at the
most ,
by
three, and
in turn, and let
one
interpret ;
But
if there is
no interpreter, he
should
remain
silent in the
church
and speak
only
to himself and God.
and
if there may
be
no interpreter, let
him
be
silent in an
assembly,
and to himself let
him
speak,
and to
God.
Two or three prophets
should
speak, and the others should
weigh
carefully
what
is
said.
And
prophets
--
let
two or three speak, and let
the others discern,
And if a
revelation
comes
to someone
who
is
seated
, the first speaker
should
stop.
and if to another
sitting
`anything'
may
be
revealed
, let
the first be
silent;
For you
can
all prophesy in
turn
so
that everyone
may be
instructed
and encouraged.
for ye
are
able,
one
by
one,
all to
prophesy ,
that all
may learn,
and all
may
be
exhorted,
The spirits
of prophets are
subject
to prophets .
and
the spiritual
gift
of prophets to prophets are
subject,
For God is not a God of disorder
, but of peace —
as in all the churches
of the saints.
for God is not `
a God '
of tumult
, but of peace ,
as in all the assemblies
of the saints.
Women are
to
be
silent
in the churches.
They
are
not permitted to speak, but must
be in
submission
, as the law says.
Your
women in the assemblies
let
them
be
silent,
for
it
hath
not been
permitted to them
to
speak, but to
be subject
, as also
the law saith;
If they wish to inquire
about
something
, they
are
to
ask
their own husbands at
home;
for it is dishonorable
for
a woman
to speak in the
church
.
and
if they wish to learn
anything
, at
home
their own husbands let
them
question,
for it is a shame
to women
to
speak in an
assembly
.
Did the word of God originate
with
you
? Or are
you the
only
ones
it has
reached
?
From
you
did the word of God come
forth
? or to
you alone
did
it come
?
If anyone
considers
himself
a prophet or spiritual person
, let him acknowledge that what
I am
writing
you is
the Lord’s
command.
if any
one
doth
think
to
be
a prophet ,
or spiritual, let him acknowledge the
things
that I write
to
you --
that
of
the Lord
they
are
commands;
But
if anyone
ignores
this,
he
himself
will
be ignored.
and
if any
one
is
ignorant
--
let
him
be ignorant;
So, my
brothers
, be
eager
to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking
in
tongues.
so that
, brethren
, earnestly
desire
to prophesy, and to
speak
with
tongues
do not forbid ;
But
everything
must
be done in
a
proper
and orderly
manner
.
let
all
things
be done decently
and in
order
.
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