1 Corinthians 14
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1 Corinthians 14:2-5

2For one whospeaksλαλῶνlalōnG2980in a tongueγλώσσῃglōssēG1100does not speakλαλεῖlaleiG2980to menἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoisG444but to Godθεῷ·theōG2316;for noG3762oneοὐδεὶςoudeisG3762understandsἀκούει,akoueiG191, but in hisspiritπνεύματιpneumatiG4151he speaksλαλεῖlaleiG2980mysteriesμυστήρια·mustēriaG3466.
3But one who prophesiesπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395speaksλαλεῖlaleiG2980to menἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoisG444foredificationοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619andexhortationπαράκλησινparaklēsinG3874and consolationπαραμυθίαν.paramuthianG3889.
4One whospeaksλαλῶνlalōnG2980in a tongueγλώσσῃglōssēG1100edifiesοἰκοδομεῖ,oikodomeiG3618himselfἑαυτὸνhe'autonG1438; but one whoprophesiesπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395edifiesοἰκοδομεῖ.¶oikodomeiG3618the churchἐκκλησίανekklēsianG1577.
5NowG1161I wishΘέλωThelōG2309that you allπάνταςpantasG3956spokeλαλεῖνlaleinG2980in tonguesγλώσσαις,glōssaisG1100, but evenmoreμᾶλλονmallonG3123that you would prophesyπροφητεύητε·prophēteuēteG4395;and greaterμείζωνmeizōnG3173is one who prophesiesπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395thanἢēG2228one whospeaksλαλῶνlalōnG2980in tonguesγλώσσαιςglōssaisG1100,unlessεἰ μὴei mēG1487G3361he interpretsδιερμηνεύῃ,diermēneuēG1329,soG2443that the churchἐκκλησίαekklēsiaG1577may receiveλάβῃ.¶labēG2983edifyingοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619.
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