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1 Corinthians 14:2-19

2ForhethatspeaksG2980withatongueγλώσσῃglōssēG1100doesnotspeakG2980tomenG444buttoGodθεῷ·theōG2316:fornooneοὐδεὶςoudeisG3762hearsἀκούει,akoueiG191;butinspiritπνεύματιpneumatiG4151hespeaksG2980mysteriesμυστήρια·mustēriaG3466.

3ButhethatprophesiesπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395speaksλαλεῖlaleiG2980tomenG444[in]edificationοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619,andencouragementπαράκλησινparaklēsinG3874,andconsolation.

4HethatspeaksλαλῶνlalōnG2980withatongueγλώσσῃglōssēG1100edifiesοἰκοδομεῖ,oikodomeiG3618himself;buthethatprophesiesπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395edifiesοἰκοδομεῖ.¶oikodomeiG3618[the]assemblyG1577.

5NowG1161IdesireΘέλωThelōG2309thatyeshouldallspeakλαλεῖνlaleinG2980withtonguesG1100,butratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123thatyeshouldprophesyπροφητεύητε·prophēteuēteG4395.ButgreaterG3173ishethatprophesiesπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395thanhethatspeaksλαλῶνlalōnG2980withtonguesG1100,unlessheinterpretδιερμηνεύῃ,diermēneuēG1329,thattheassemblyG1577mayreceiveλάβῃ.¶labēG2983edificationοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619.

6AndnowG1161,brethren,ifIcomeἔλθωelthōG2064toyouspeakingλαλῶν,lalōnG2980withtonguesG1100,whatshallIprofitὠφελήσω,ōphelēsōG5623you,unlessIshallspeakλαλήσωlalēsōG2980toyoueitherinrevelationἀποκαλύψειapokalupseiG602,orinknowledgeγνώσειgnōseiG1108,orinprophecyπροφητείᾳprophēteiaG4394,orinteachingδιδαχῇ;didachēaG1322?

7EvenlifelessthingsgivingG1325asoundφωνὴνphōnēnG5456,whetherpipeorharpκιθάρα,kitharaG2788,iftheygiveG1325notdistinctionδιαστολὴνdiastolēnG1293tothesoundsG5456,howπῶςpōsG4459shallitbeknownG1097whatispipedorharped?

8ForalsoκαὶkaiG2532,ifthetrumpetσάλπιγξsalpigxG4536giveδῷ,dōG1325anuncertainsoundφωνὴνphōnēnG5456,whoshallpreparehimselfforwarG4171?

9ThusG3779alsoκαὶkaiG2532yewiththetongueγλώσσηςglōssēsG1100,unlessyegiveδῶτε,dōteG1325adistinctspeechλόγονlogonG3056,howπῶςpōsG4459shallitbeἔσεσθεesestheG1510knownG1097whatisG1510spokenλαλούμενον;laloumenonG2980?foryewillbeG1510speakingλαλοῦντες.lalountesG2980totheairἀέραaeraG109.

10ThereareG1510,itmaybeG1510,somanyτοσαῦτα,tosautaG5118kindsγένηgenēG1085ofvoicesG5456intheworldκόσμῳ,kosmōG2889,andnoneοὐδὲνoudenG3762ofundistinguishablesoundG5456.

11IfthereforeοὖνounG3767IdonotknowthepowerδύναμινdunaminG1411ofthesoundφωνῆς,phōnēsG5456,IshallbeἔσομαιesomaiG1510tohimthatspeaksλαλοῦντιlalountiG2980abarbarian,andhethatspeaksλαλῶνlalōnG2980abarbarianforme.

12ThusG3779yealsoκαὶkaiG2532,sinceyeareG1510desirousofspiritsG4151,seekζητεῖτεzēteiteG2212thatyemayaboundG4052fortheedificationοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619oftheassemblyG1577.

13WhereforelethimthatspeaksλαλῶνlalōnG2980withatongueγλώσσῃglōssēG1100prayπροσευχέσθωproseuchesthōG4336thathemayinterpretδιερμηνεύῃ.diermēneuēG1329.

14ForifIprayG4336withatongueγλώσσῃ,glōssēG1100, myspiritπνεῦμάpneumaG4151praysG4336,butmyunderstandingG3563isG1510unfruitfulἄκαρπόςakarposG175.

15WhatisG1510itthen?IwillprayπροσεύξομαιproseuxomaiG4336withthespiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151,butIwillprayπροσεύξομαιproseuxomaiG4336alsoκαὶkaiG2532withtheunderstandingG3563;IwillsingψαλῶpsalōG5567withthespiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151,butIwillsingψαλῶpsalōG5567alsoκαὶkaiG2532withtheunderstandingG3563.

16SinceotherwiseἐπεὶepeiG1893,ifthou blessestwith[the]spiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151,howπῶςpōsG4459shallhewhofillsG378theplaceτόπονtoponG5117ofthesimple [Christian]sayλέγειςlegeisG3004AmenἀμὴνamēnG281,atthygivingofthanks,sincehedoesnotknowwhatthou sayest?

17Forthouindeedgivestthanksεὐχαριστεῖς,eucharisteisG2168wellκαλῶςkalōsG2573,buttheotherἕτεροςheterosG2087isnotedifiedG3618.

18IthankΕὐχαριστῶEucharistōG2168GodθεῷtheōG2316Ispeakλαλῶ·lalōG2980inatongueG1100moreμᾶλλονmallonG3123thanallofyou:

19butin[the]assemblyG1577IdesireθέλωthelōG2309tospeakλαλῆσαι,lalēsaiG2980fiveπέντεpenteG4002wordsλόγουςlogousG3056withmyunderstandingG3563,thatImayinstructG2727othersἄλλουςallousG243alsoκαὶkaiG2532, [ratherG235]thantenμυρίουςmuriousG3463thousandG3463wordsλόγουςlogousG3056inatongueγλώσσῃ.¶glōssēG1100.

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