1 Corinthians 14

1 Corinthians 14:1

• Pursue
• Follow the
• Follow after

• love, and
• love; and
• love and
• love

• desire
• earnestly desire the

• spiritual

• gifts, but
• gifts but
• gifts,
• gifts, and

• especially that
• rather that

• you may

• prophesy.
• prophecy.
• prophecy,

1 Corinthians 14:2

• For one who speaks in a
• For those who speak in a
• For the one speaking in a

• tongue
• tongue,

• does
• do

• not speak to other

• people, but to
• people but to

• God; for no
• God, for no
• God, because no
• God. No
• God; no

• one understands

• them. They
• them; they

• are speaking

• mysteries in the
• mysteries by the
• secret things through the

• Spirit.
• spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:3

• But the one who prophesies
• But he who prophesies
• On the other hand, the one who prophesies
• But those who prophesy are

• speaks to

• people for
• men for
• people.
• people
• people, to
• people to

• their strengthening,
• their edification,
• edification and

• encouragement, and
• encouragement and
• exhortation and
• exhortation, and

• consolation.
• comfort.

1 Corinthians 14:4

• The one who
• He who

• speaks in a
• speaks in another

• tongue
• language

• edifies
• builds
• helps
• builds up

• himself. But the
• himself, but the
• himself, but

• one who
• he who

• prophesies

• edifies the
• builds up the

• church.

1 Corinthians 14:5

• Now I would like all of

• you to
• you all to
• you
• you all

• speak in
• speak in ‘
• spoke in
• speak with

• tongues, but even more to prophesy. One who prophesies is greater than one who

• speaks in
• speaks in ‘
• speaks with

• tongues, unless
• tongues,’ unless

• he
• someone
• they

• interprets
• interprets,

• so that the church may be

• built up.
• strengthened.
• edified.

1 Corinthians 14:6

• But now,
• Now,

• brothers, if
• brothers and sisters, if
• brethren, if

• I

• come to
• came to

• you
• you and

• speaking in
• speaking with
• speak in

• tongues, how
• tongues, what

• will
• shall

• I

• help
• profit
• benefit
• do
• be to

• you, unless
• you unless

• I

• speak to
• bring

• you some
• you with a
• you a

• revelation or
• revelation, or
• revelation or of
• revelation, or of
• revelation or with
• new truth or some

• knowledge, or
• knowledge or
• knowledge,
• knowledge or some
• knowledge, or some
• knowledge, or of
• knowledge or of

• prophecy or
• prophecy, or
• prophecy or a
• prophecy, or a

• teaching.
• teaching?
• instruction?

1 Corinthians 14:7

• Even

• lifeless
• inanimate

• things that

• produce
• make
• make a

• sound, like a

• flute or
• flute or a
• flute or the

• harp; if
• harp. If

• they do

• not
• n’t

• make a
• produce a

• distinction in the

• notes, how
• tones, how

• will what
• will it

• is being
• is
• be known what is

• played on the
• played on

• flute or
• flute or the

• harp be

• recognized?
• understood?

1 Corinthians 14:8

• For if the trumpet
• And if the bugle
• If the bugle

• gives an
• makes an

• indistinct
• uncertain
• unclear

• sound, who
• call, who

• will

• get ready for
• prepare for
• prepare himself for
• get ready to

• battle?
• fight.
• fight?
• war?

1 Corinthians 14:9

• So also you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is

• spoken? For
• spoken? for
• spoken be known? for
• spoken be known? For
• being said? For

• you will be

• speaking into the
• talking to the
• talking into the

• air!
• air.
• wind.

1 Corinthians 14:10

• There are,
• There are

• many different languages in the

• world, and
• world, and no

• none
• none of
• kind

• is without
• them is without
• is

• meaning.
• meaning,
• meaning;
• meaningless.
• meaningless;
• sound;
• sound.

1 Corinthians 14:11

• But if I
• but if I
• If then I
• if, then, I
• Therefore, if I

• do

• not
• n’t

• know the
• grasp the
• understand the

• meaning of the
• meaning of a

• language,
• sound,

• I

• will
• shall

• be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will

• be a
• be like
• be like a

• foreigner to
• foreigners to
• stranger to
• barbarian to

• me.

1 Corinthians 14:12

• So with

• you. Since
• you: since
• you, since

• you are eager for

• gifts of the
• manifestations of the

• Spirit, seek to excel in building up the church.

1 Corinthians 14:13

• For this reason the
• For this reason, the
• So
• Therefore the

• anyone who
• one who

• speaks in a
• speaks in another

• tongue
• tongue—
• language

• should
• must

• pray that he may

• interpret;
• interpret
• interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:14

• For if I
• If I

• pray in a
• pray in another
• pray in

• tongue,
• language,
• different language,

• my spirit

• prays but
• prays. But
• prays, but
• is praying, but

• my

• mind
• understanding

• is
• does

• unfruitful.
• unproductive.
• nothing.

1 Corinthians 14:15

• So what
• What then

• should
• shall

• I

• do?
• do then?
• do, then?

• I will pray with my

• spirit. But
• spirit, but
• spirit and
• spirit, and

• I will also pray with my

• mind.
• mind;
• understanding.
• understanding;

• Iwill

• sing with
• sing

• my
• praise with my
• praise with the
• praises with my

• spirit. But
• spirit, but
• spirit and
• spirit, and

• I will also

• sing with
• sing

• my
• praises with my

• mind.
• understanding.
• mind also.

1 Corinthians 14:16

• Otherwise, if
• Otherwise if

• you

• are
• praise
• say a

• blessing with the spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider

• say “Amen” to
• say, “Amen,” to
• say “Amen!” to
• say ‘Amen’ to
• say the “Amen” to
• say “Amen” at
• say the “Amen” at

• your

• thanksgiving, since
• thanksgiving since
• thanksgiving, when
• thanksgiving when
• prayer of thanks, because
• giving of thanks, since

• he
• they

• does
• do

• not
• n’t

• know what
• understand what

• you

• are
• ’re

• saying!
• saying.
• saying?

1 Corinthians 14:17

• You
• For you

• may

• be giving
• be thanking

• thanks
• God in a

• well, but the

• other person
• other

• is

• not
• not being

• built up.
• edified.
• helped.

1 Corinthians 14:18

• I

• thank
• give thanks to

• God that
• God,
• God
• my God
• my God,

• I
• my

• speak in
• speak with
• gift of speaking in

• tongues
• other languages
• unknown languages
• different kinds of languages

• more than all of
• more than any of
• more than
• is greater than any of

• you.
• you,
• you;
• you all.
• you all;
• yours.

1 Corinthians 14:19

• but in the church
• But in the church
• yet in the church
• But in the church meetings

• Iwould rather

• speak five
• say five

• words with my mind, in order to

• instruct
• teach

• others,
• others

• also, than ten thousand

• words in a
• words in another
• words in an

• tongue.
• language.

1 Corinthians 14:20

• Brothers and sisters, do

• not
• n’t

• be
• think like

• children. In
• children in
• childish in

• your
• evil

• thinking.
• thinking;
• things

• be
• Be
• be like

• babies. But in
• babies, but in

• your thinking you should

• be
• be like

• mature.
• adults.
• grown-ups.

1 Corinthians 14:21

• In the Law
• In the law

• it is

• written, “By
• written, “Through
• written: “Through

• men of
• people with
• people of
• people who speak

• strange
• foreign
• other

• tongues and by the
• languages and through the
• languages and by the

• lips of

• foreigners,
• foreigners
• strangers

• I will

• speak to this
• speak to these

• people, but
• people. But
• people, and
• people; And

• even then,
• even then
• even so

• they will not

• listen to
• hear
• obey

• me,”
• Me,
• me,
• Me,”

• says the

• Lord.
• Lord.’
• Lord.”

1 Corinthians 14:22

• So then
• So then,
• Thus
• Thus,

• tongues’
• tongues

• are for a
• are a
• is intended as a

• sign,
• sign

• not for

• believers, but for
• believers but for

• unbelievers, but
• unbelievers; but
• unbelievers, whereas
• unbelievers, while

• prophecy
• prophesying

• is
• is for a sign,

• not for

• unbelievers but for
• unbelievers, but for
• unbelievers, but for those who
• unbelievers but for those who

• believers.
• believe.

1 Corinthians 14:23

• So if the
• Therefore if the
• Therefore, if the
• Suppose the
• If therefore the
• If, therefore, the

• whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers

• come in,
• enter,

• will they not

• say that
• think
• say

• you

• are
• are out of

• crazy?
• crazy.
• your minds?
• your mind?
• mad?

1 Corinthians 14:24

• But if all prophesy, and an

• unbeliever or
• unbeliever or an

• outsider
• uninformed person

• comes in,
• enters,

• he

• is
• will be

• convicted by all, he

• is
• will be

• judged by all,
• judged by all;
• judged by all
• judged by all.
• called to account by all.
• called to account by all,
• called to account by all;

1 Corinthians 14:25

• the secrets of
• The secrets of
• and the secrets of
• The secret things in
• And thus the secrets of

• his
• their

• heart are

• revealed; and
• revealed, and

• so, falling on his face, he will worship

• God,
• God and
• God, and

• declaring, “
• declaring that “
• declaring that
• proclaiming, “

• God is

• really among
• truly among
• certainly among
• indeed among

• you.’
• you.
• you!’
• you.”
• you!”
• you!

1 Corinthians 14:26

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 14:27

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 14:28

• But if there is no
• If there is no

• interpreter
• interpreter,
• interpreter, the

• let each of
• person

• should
• them

• keep
• be

• silent in
• silent in the
• quiet in the

• church and
• assembly, and
• church. They

• speak to
• speak

• himself, and to
• himself and to
• themselves and to
• only to themselves and to
• only to himself and
• only to himself and to

• God.

1 Corinthians 14:29

• Let two or three prophets

• speak, and
• speak and

• let the others

• evaluate what is
• weigh what is

• said.

1 Corinthians 14:30

• and if a revelation
• And if a revelation
• And if a message from God

• comes to
• comes to another

• person who
• someone who

• is

• sitting down, the
• sitting, the

• first speaker should

• be silent.
• stop.
• be quiet.

1 Corinthians 14:31

• For you
• You
• For you all

• can all prophesy one by one, so that all may

• learn and all
• learn, and all
• learn and

• be
• may be

• encouraged.
• encouraged;
• encouraged,
• exhorted;
• exhorted,
• exhorted.

1 Corinthians 14:32

• The spirits of
• And the spirits of
• and the spirits of
• and the spirits of the
• And the spirits of the
• Indeed, the spirits of

• prophets

• are
• are under the

• subject to the
• subject to
• control of the
• prophets

• prophets,
• prophets.
• prophets;
• prophets
• ’ control;
• ’ control,

1 Corinthians 14:33

• for God
• For God
• God
• since God

• is

• not a
• not
• not the

• God of

• disorder but of
• confusion but of
• confusion, but of

• peace, as in all the
• peace. As in all the

• churches of the
• churches of

• saints.
• saints,
• God’s people,

1 Corinthians 14:34

• The women
• the women
• women
• Women

• should
• are to

• keep
• be
• remain

• silent in the
• quiet in the
• silence in the

• churches. For
• churches; for
• churches, for
• church meetings
• church meetings.
• meetings.

• they
• They
• it
• It

• are
• is

• not

• allowed to
• permitted to

• speak; but
• speak, but

• should
• must
• they are to
• they must

• be
• be in

• submissive, as the
• submission, as the
• submission, just as the
• subordinate, as even the

• law
• Law
• law of
• Law of

• says.
• directs.
• also says.
• Moses says.

1 Corinthians 14:35

• If they
• And if they
• and if they
• If there is something they
• If there is anything they
• But if they

• want to
• desire to

• learn
• find out about
• know

• something,
• anything,
• anything

• they

• should
• can

• ask their

• own husbands at
• husbands at

• home: for
• home, for
• home. For
• home; for
• home.
• home:

• It
• it

• is
• is a
• ’s

• shameful for a
• disgraceful for a
• improper for a
• shame for a
• shameful for

• woman to
• women to

• speak in
• speak in the
• speak in a

• church.
• church meeting.
• assembly.
• church meetings.

1 Corinthians 14:36

• Did the
• Or did the

• word of God

• originate with
• begin with

• you? Or
• you, or
• you?

• are
• Are

• you the only

• ones
• ones to whom
• people
• people to whom

• it

• has reached.
• has reached?
• has come?
• came?

1 Corinthians 14:37

• If anyone thinks
• If anyone thinks that
• If anyone considers

• he
• they

• is a
• are
• are a

• prophet or
• prophet, or
• prophet or a

• spiritual,
• spiritual person,

• he
• you

• should
• must

• recognize that what
• acknowledge that what
• understand that what

• Iam writing to you

• is a
• are the

• command of the
• commandment of the
• command from the

• Lord.

1 Corinthians 14:38

• Anyone who
• But if anyone
• If anyone

• does not recognize this,
• does not recognize this
• ignores this,

• he
• it
• he himself

• is not
• will not be
• will be

• recognized.
• ignored.
• acknowledged.

1 Corinthians 14:39

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 14:40

• but everything
• But everything
• but all things
• But all things
• Everything

• should
• must

• be done in a way that is right and

• orderly way.
• orderly.