Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Pursue
the
love
, and seek
earnestly
the
spiritual things
, and
rather that ye may prophecy,
Follow
after
charity
, and desire
spiritual gifts
, but
rather that ye may prophesy.
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;
For he that
speaketh
in an unknown tongue speaketh
not unto
men
, but unto
God :
for no man
understandeth
him;
howbeit
in the
spirit he speaketh
mysteries.
and
he who
is
prophesying
to
men doth
speak
edification, and exhortation, and comfort ;
But
he that
prophesieth
speaketh
unto
men to
edification, and exhortation, and comfort .
he who
is
speaking
in an `
unknown '
tongue ,
himself doth
edify,
and
he
who
is
prophesying,
an
assembly
doth
edify
;
He that
speaketh
in an unknown tongue edifieth
himself; but
he
that
prophesieth
edifieth
the
church.
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
.
I would
that
ye
all spake
with tongues but
rather
that ye prophesied:
for greater is he that
prophesieth
than he that
speaketh
with tongues, except he
interpret, that the church
may receive edifying
.
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
?
Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with
tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by
revelation, or by
knowledge, or by
prophesying, or by
doctrine
?
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?
And
even
things without life giving sound ,
whether pipe or harp ,
except
they
give
a distinction
in the sounds, how shall it
be known what
is piped or harped?
for if also
an uncertain sound a
trumpet
may
give
, who shall prepare himself for
battle?
For if the
trumpet
give
an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to
the
battle?
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.
So likewise
ye, except
ye
utter
by
the tongue words
easy
to
be
understood ,
how shall it
be known what
is
spoken
? for ye shall speak
into
the
air.
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without
signification.
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;
Therefore
if I know not
the meaning
of the voice, I shall be unto
him that
speaketh
a barbarian
, and he that
speaketh
shall
be
a barbarian
unto
me.
so also
ye, since
ye are earnestly
desirous
of spiritual gifts, for
the
building
up
of
the
assembly
seek that ye may abound;
Even
so ye, forasmuch
as
ye are zealous
of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel
to
the
edifying
of
the
church.
wherefore he
who
is
speaking
in an `
unknown '
tongue --
let
him
pray that he may interpret ;
Wherefore let
him
that
speaketh
in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret .
for if I pray in an `
unknown '
tongue, my spirit doth
pray
, and
my understanding is unfruitful.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth
, but
my understanding is unfruitful.
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 ;
What is it then
? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also:
I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
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
?
Else
when
thou shalt
bless with the spirit, how
shall
he that
occupieth
the room
of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing
he understandeth
not what
thou
sayest
?
for thou ,
indeed,
dost
give
thanks well, but the other is not built
up!
For thou verily
givest
thanks well, but the other is not edified.
I give
thanks
to
my God --
more than you
all with
tongues
speaking
--
I thank
my God ,
I
speak
with
tongues
more than ye
all :
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.
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.
Brethren, become
not children in the
understanding ,
but
in the
evil
be ye babes
, and
in the
understanding become
ye
perfect;
Brethren, be
not children in understanding :
howbeit
in malice
be ye children
, but
in understanding be
men.
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 ;'
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 .
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,
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.
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?
If therefore the whole church
be
come together into
one
place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those
that
are
unlearned ,
or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
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 ,
But
if all prophesy
, and there
come in one
that
believeth
not
, or one
unlearned, he is convinced
of
all, he is judged
of
all :
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.
And thus
are
the secrets of his heart made
manifest ;
and so falling
down
on
his face he will worship
God, and
report
that God is in
you of
a
truth
.
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;
How
is it then
, brethren? when
ye come together, every
one
of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine
, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation .
Let all things be done
unto
edifying.
if an `
unknown '
tongue any
one
do
speak
, by two, or at the most ,
by three, and in
turn,
and let one interpret ;
If any
man
speak
in
an unknown tongue, let
it
be
by two, or at the most by three, and that
by
course;
and let one interpret .
and
if there may
be no interpreter, let him be
silent
in an
assembly,
and to
himself
let him speak, and to God.
But
if there be no interpreter, let him keep
silence
in the
church;
and let him speak to
himself
, and to God.
And
prophets
--
let two or three speak
, and let the others
discern,
Let the
prophets
speak
two or three, and let the other
judge.
and
if to
another
sitting
`anything'
may
be revealed, let the first be
silent;
If any
thing
be revealed to
another
that
sitteth
by
, let the first hold
his
peace.
for ye are
able,
one by one, all
to
prophesy,
that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,
For ye may
all
prophesy
one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
and the spiritual
gift
of prophets
to
prophets are subject ,
And the spirits
of the
prophets are subject to
the
prophets.
for God is not `a
God'
of tumult
, but of peace, as in all the
assemblies
of the saints.
For God is not the
author
of confusion
, but of peace, as in all churches
of the saints.
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;
Let
your women keep
silence
in the churches:
for it is
not permitted unto
them to speak ;
but they
are
commanded
to be under
obedience
as also saith
the law .
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
.
And if they will
learn any
thing
, let them ask
their
husbands
at
home:
for it is a shame for
women to speak in the
church
.
From
you
did
the word of God come
forth
? or to
you
alone
did
it come
?
What?
came
the word of God out
from
you
? or came
it unto
you
only
?
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;
If any man
think himself
to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that
the things that I write unto
you are
the
commandments
of the Lord .
and
if any one
is
ignorant --
let him be ignorant ;
But
if any man
be
ignorant ,
let him be ignorant .
so
that
, brethren, earnestly
desire
to prophesy, and to speak with tongues do
not
forbid;
Wherefore
, brethren, covet
to prophesy, and forbid
not
to speak with tongues .
let all things be done decently and in order.
Let all things be done decently and in order.
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