1 Corinthians 14
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1 Corinthians 14:18-25

18I thankG2168 GodG2316, I speakG2980 in tonguesG1100 moreG3123 than you allG3956; 19neverthelessG235, in churchG1577 I preferG2309 to speakG2980 fiveG4002 wordsG3056 with my mindG3563 soG2443 thatG2443 I may instructG2727 othersG243 alsoG2532, ratherG2228 thanG2228 tenG3463 thousandG3463 wordsG3056 in a tongueG1100.

201BrothersG80 and sisters, 2do not be childrenG3813 in your thinkingG5424; yetG235 in evilG2549 3be infantsG3515, but in your thinkingG5424 be matureG5046. 21In 4the 5LawG3551 it is writtenG1125: “6By menG2084 ofG2084 strangeG2084 tonguesG2084 and by the lipsG5491 of strangersG2087 I will speakG2980 to thisG3778 peopleG2992, and evenG3761 soG3779 they will not listenG1522 to Me,” saysG3004 the LordG2962. 22SoG5620 thenG5620, tonguesG1100 are for a signG4592, not to thoseG3588 who believeG4100 but to unbelieversG571; but 7prophecyG4394 is not for unbelieversG571, but for thoseG3588 who believeG4100. 23ThereforeG3767 ifG1437 the wholeG3650 churchG1577 gathersG4905 togetherG1909G3588G846 and allG3956 the people speakG2980 in tonguesG1100, and 8outsidersG2399 orG2228 unbelieversG571 enterG1525, will they not sayG3004 that 9you areG3105 insaneG3105? 24But ifG1437 allG3956 10prophesyG4395, and an unbelieverG571 orG2228 an 11outsiderG2399 entersG1525, he is 12convictedG1651 by allG3956, he is calledG350 toG350 accountG350 by allG3956; 2513the secretsG2927 of his heartG2588 are disclosedG5318; and soG3779 he will 14fallG4098 on his faceG4383 and worshipG4352 GodG2316, 15declaringG518 that GodG2316 is certainlyG3689 amongG1722 you.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Rom 1:13 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Eph 4:14; Heb 5:12f ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Ps 131:2; Matt 18:3; Rom 16:19; 1 Pet 2:2 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 14:21 John 10:34; 1 Cor 14:34 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 14:21 I.e., Old Testament, Isaiah ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 14:21 Is 28:11f ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 14:22 1 Cor 14:1 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 14:23 See note 2 v 16 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 14:23 Acts 2:13 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 14:24 1 Cor 14:1 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 14:24 See note 2 v 16 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 14:24 John 16:8 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 14:25 John 4:19 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 14:25 Luke 17:16 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 14:25 Is 45:14; Dan 2:47; Zech 8:23; Acts 4:13 ↩

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