◄ 1 Corinthians 14:19 ►
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Good News Translation
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.

New Revised Standard Version
nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Contemporary English Version
But words that make sense can help the church. This is why in church I would rather speak five words that make sense than to speak 10,000 words in a language that others don't know.

New American Bible
but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, so as to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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1 Corinthians 14:4,21,22 He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church. . . .

Context
Prophecy and Tongues
…18I thank my God I speak with all your tongues. 19But 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. 20Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be children: and in sense be perfect.…
Cross References
Luke 1:4
That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed.

1 Corinthians 14:18
I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.

1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be children: and in sense be perfect.

1 Corinthians 14:18
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