1 Corinthians 14:22
Good News Translation
So then, the gift of speaking in strange tongues is proof for unbelievers, not for believers, while the gift of proclaiming God's message is proof for believers, not for unbelievers.

New Revised Standard Version
Tongues, then, are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.

Contemporary English Version
Languages others don't know may mean something to unbelievers, but not to the Lord's followers. Prophecy, on the other hand, is for followers, not for unbelievers.

New American Bible
Thus, tongues are a sign not for those who believe but for unbelievers, whereas prophecy is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers but to unbelievers: but prophecies, not to unbelievers but to believers.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers but to unbelievers: but prophecies, not to unbelievers but to believers.

for a.

Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name they shall cast out devils. They shall speak with new tongues.

Acts 2:6-12,32-36 And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue. . . .

not to.

1 Timothy 1:9 Knowing this: That the law is not made for the just man but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

but for.

1 Corinthians 14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh to men unto edification and exhortation and comfort.

Context
Prophecy and Tongues
21In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people: and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord. 22Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers but to unbelievers: but prophecies, not to unbelievers but to believers. 23If therefore the whole church come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels, will they not say that you are mad?…
Cross References
Luke 12:46
The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not: and shall separate him and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.

1 Corinthians 14:1
Follow after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts; but rather that you may prophesy.

1 Corinthians 14:21
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