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Follow after charity, and desire spiritual
gifts,
but rather that ye may prophesy.
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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.
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But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men
to
edification, and
exhortation, and comfort.
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He that speaketh in an
unknown
tongue edifieth himself; but he that
prophesieth edifieth the church.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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For
if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
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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.
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There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and
none of them
is
without signification.
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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.
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Even
so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual
gifts,
seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the
church.
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Wherefore let him that speaketh in an
unknown
tongue pray that he may interpret.
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For
if I pray in an
unknown
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
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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.
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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?
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For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
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I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
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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.
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Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be
ye children, but in understanding be men.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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But if there be no interpreter,
let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
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Let the prophets
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