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1 Corinthians 14:4-11

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.

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