New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Corinthians 14:9-20

9SoG3779 you tooG2532, unlessG1437 G3361 you produceG1325 intelligibleG2154 speechG3056 by the tongueG1100, howG4459 will it be knownG1097 what is spokenG2980? For you will just be 1talkingG2980 to the airG109. 10There are, perhapsG5177, a greatG5118 manyG5118 kindsG1085 of 2languagesG5456 in the worldG2889, and noneG3762 is incapableG880 ofG880 meaningG880. 11SoG3767 ifG1437 I do not knowG3609 the meaningG1411 of the languageG5456, I will be 3unintelligibleG915 to the one who speaksG2980, and the one who speaksG2980 will be unintelligibleG915 4to me. 12SoG3779 you tooG2532, sinceG1893 you are eagerG2207 toG2207 possessG2207 5spiritualG4151 gifts, striveG2212 to excelG4052 for the 6edificationG3619 of the churchG1577.

13ThereforeG1352, one who speaksG2980 in a tongueG1100 is to prayG4336 that he may interpretG1329. 14For ifG1437 I prayG4336 in a tongueG1100, my spiritG4151 praysG4336, but my mindG3563 is unproductiveG175. 15 7WhatG5101 is the outcome thenG3767? I will prayG4336 with the spiritG4151, but I will prayG4336 with the mindG3563 alsoG2532; I will 8singG5567 with the spiritG4151, but I will singG5567 with the mindG3563 alsoG2532. 16ForG1893 otherwiseG1893, ifG1437 you blessG2127 God 9in the spiritG4151 only, howG4459 will the one who occupiesG378 the placeG5117 of the 10outsiderG2399 know to sayG3004 11the “AmenG281” at your 12givingG2169 ofG2169 thanksG2169, sinceG1894 he does not understandG3609 whatG5101 you are sayingG3004? 17For you are givingG2168 thanksG2168 wellG2573 enough, but the otherG2087 personG2087 is not 13edifiedG3618. 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.

20 14BrothersG80 and sisters, 15do not be childrenG3813 in your thinkingG5424; yetG235 in evilG2549 16be infantsG3515, but in your thinkingG5424 be matureG5046.

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 14:9 1 Cor 9:26 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 14:10 Lit voices ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 14:11 Acts 28:2 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 14:11 Or in my estimation ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 14:12 Lit spirits ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 14:12 Rom 14:19; 1 Cor 14:4, 5, 17, 26 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 14:15 Acts 21:22; 1 Cor 14:26 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 14:15 Eph 5:19; Col 3:16 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Or with the ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Lit private person ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Deut 27:15-26; 1 Chr 16:36; Neh 5:13; 8:6; Ps 106:48; Jer 11:5; 28:6; Rev 5:14; 7:12 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Matt 15:36 ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 14:17 Rom 14:19; 1 Cor 14:4, 5, 12, 26 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Rom 1:13 ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Eph 4:14; Heb 5:12f ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Ps 131:2; Matt 18:3; Rom 16:19; 1 Pet 2:2 ↩