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1 Corinthians 14:2-19

2ForγὰρgarG1063he thatspeakethλαλῶνlalōnG2980in an unknowntongueγλώσσῃglōssēG1100speakethλαλεῖlaleiG2980notοὐκoukG3756tomenἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoisG444,butἀλλὰallaG235toGodθεῷ·theōG2316:forγὰρgarG1063nomanοὐδεὶςoudeisG3762understandethἀκούει,akoueiG191him ;yetδὲdeG1161in thespiritπνεύματιpneumatiG4151hespeakethλαλεῖlaleiG2980mysteriesμυστήρια·mustēriaG3466.

3ButδὲdeG1161he thatprophesiethπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395speakethλαλεῖlaleiG2980tomenἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoisG444toedificationοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619,andκαὶkaiG2532exhortationπαράκλησινparaklēsinG3874,andκαὶkaiG2532comfortπαραμυθίαν.paramuthianG3889.

4He thatspeakethλαλῶνlalōnG2980in an unknowntongueγλώσσῃglōssēG1100edifiethοἰκοδομεῖ,oikodomeiG3618himselfἑαυτὸνhe'autonG1438;butδὲdeG1161he thatprophesiethπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395edifiethοἰκοδομεῖ.¶oikodomeiG3618thechurchἐκκλησίανekklēsianG1577.

5G1161IwouldΘέλωThelōG2309thatyeG5209allπάνταςpantasG3956spokeλαλεῖνlaleinG2980withtonguesγλώσσαις,glōssaisG1100,butG1161ratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123thatἵναinaG2443yeprophesiedπροφητεύητε·prophēteuēteG4395:forG1063greaterG3187is he thatprophesiethπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395thanἢēG2228he thatspeakethλαλῶνlalōnG2980withtonguesγλώσσαιςglōssaisG1100,exceptἐκτὸςektosG1622 G1508heinterpretδιερμηνεύῃ,diermēneuēG1329,thatἵναinaG2443thechurchἐκκλησίαekklēsiaG1577mayreceiveλάβῃ.¶labēG2983edifyingοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619.

6δέ,deG1161NowG3570,brethrenἀδελφοί,adelphoiG80,ifG1437IcomeἔλθωelthōG2064toπρὸςprosG4314youG5209speakingλαλῶν,lalōnG2980withtonguesγλώσσαιςglōssaisG1100,whatτίtiG5101shall Iprofitὠφελήσω,ōphelēsōG5623youG5209,exceptG3362I shallspeakλαλήσωlalēsōG2980toyouG5213eitherἢēG2228byἐνenG1722revelationἀποκαλύψειapokalupseiG602,orἢēG2228byἐνenG1722knowledgeγνώσειgnōseiG1108,orἢēG2228byἐνenG1722prophesyingπροφητείᾳprophēteiaG4394,orἢēG2228byἐνenG1722doctrineδιδαχῇ;didachēaG1322?

7AndevenὅμωςhomōsG3676things withoutlifeἄψυχαapsuchaG895givingδιδόντα,didontaG1325soundφωνὴνphōnēnG5456,whetherεἴτεeiteG1535pipeαὐλὸςaulosG836orεἴτεeiteG1535harpκιθάρα,kitharaG2788,exceptG3362theygiveδῷ,dōG1325adistinctionδιαστολὴνdiastolēnG1293in thesoundsφθόγγοιςphthongoisG5353,howπῶςpōsG4459shall it beknownγνωσθήσεταιgnōsthēsetaiG1097what ispipedαὐλούμενονauloumenonG832orἢēG2228harpedκιθαριζόμενον;kitharizomenonG2789?

8Forκαὶ γὰρkai garG1063 G2532ifἐὰνeanG1437thetrumpetσάλπιγξsalpigxG4536shallgiveδῷ,dōG1325anuncertainἄδηλονadēlonG82soundφωνὴνphōnēnG5456,whoτίςtisG5101shall preparehimselfπαρασκευάσεταιparaskeuasetaiG3903forεἰςeisG1519battleπόλεμον;polemonG4171?

9SoοὕτωςhoutōsG3779likewiseκαὶkaiG2532yeG5210,exceptG3362yeutterδῶτε,dōteG1325byδιὰdiaG1223thetongueγλώσσηςglōssēsG1100wordsλόγονlogonG3056easy to beunderstoodεὔσημονeusēmonG2154,howπῶςpōsG4459shall it beknownγνωσθήσεταιgnōsthēsetaiG1097what isspokenλαλούμενον;laloumenonG2980?forγὰρgarG1063yeshallG2071speakλαλοῦντες.lalountesG2980intoεἰςeisG1519theairἀέραaeraG109.

10εἰeiG1487ThereareG2076, it maybeτύχοι,tuchoiG5177, somanyτοσαῦτα,tosautaG5118kindsγένηgenēG1085ofvoicesφωνῶνphōnōnG5456inἐνenG1722theworldκόσμῳ,kosmōG2889,andκαὶkaiG2532none ofthemοὐδὲνoudenG3762is withoutsignificationἄφωνον·aphōnonG880 G846.

11ThereforeοὖνounG3767ifG3362IknowG1492notG3362themeaningδύναμινdunaminG1411of thevoiceφωνῆς,phōnēsG5456, I shallbeG2071to him thatspeakethλαλοῦντιlalountiG2980abarbarianβάρβαροςbarbarosG915,andκαὶkaiG2532he thatspeakethλαλῶνlalōnG2980shall be abarbarianβάρβαρος·barbarosG915toἐνenG1722meG1698.

12EvenκαὶkaiG2532soοὕτωςhoutōsG3779yeG5210, forasmuchasἐπεὶepeiG1893yeareG2075zealousζηλωταίzēlōtaiG2207ofspiritualπνευμάτων,pneumatōnG4151gifts,seekζητεῖτεzēteiteG2212thatἵναinaG2443ye mayexcelπερισσεύητε.¶perisseuēteG4052toπρὸςprosG4314theedifyingοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619of thechurchἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasG1577.

13ThereforeG1355let him thatspeakethλαλῶνlalōnG2980in an unknowntongueγλώσσῃglōssēG1100prayπροσευχέσθωproseuchesthōG4336thatἵναinaG2443he mayinterpretδιερμηνεύῃ.diermēneuēG1329.

14ForγὰρgarG1063ifἐὰνeanG1437IprayπροσεύχωμαιproseuchōmaiG4336in an unknowntongueγλώσσῃ,glōssēG1100,myG3450spiritπνεῦμάpneumaG4151prayethπροσεύχεται,proseuchetaiG4336,butδὲdeG1161myG3450understandingνοῦςnousG3563isG2076unfruitfulἄκαρπόςakarposG175.

15WhatτίtiG5101isitG2076thenοὖνounG3767? I willprayπροσεύξομαιproseuxomaiG4336with thespiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151,andδὲdeG1161I willprayπροσεύξομαιproseuxomaiG4336with theunderstandingνοΐ·noiG3563alsoκαὶkaiG2532: I willsingψαλῶpsalōG5567with thespiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151,andδὲdeG1161I willsingψαλῶpsalōG5567with theunderstandingνοΐ.noiG3563alsoκαὶkaiG2532.

16ElseἐπεὶepeiG1893whenἐὰνeanG1437thou shaltblessεὐλογῇςeulogēasG2127with thespiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151,howπῶςpōsG4459shall he thatoccupiethἀναπληρῶνanaplērōnG378theplaceτόπονtoponG5117of theunlearnedἰδιώτουidiōtouG2399sayG2046AmenἀμὴνamēnG281atἐπὶepiG1909thyG4674giving ofthanksεὐχαριστίᾳ;eucharistiaG2169,seeingἐπειδὴepeidēG1894heunderstandethG1492notοὐκoukG3756whatτίtiG5101thousayestλέγειςlegeisG3004?

17ForγὰρgarG1063thouσὺsuG4771verilyμὲνmenG3303givestthanksεὐχαριστεῖς,eucharisteisG2168wellκαλῶςkalōsG2573,butἀλλ᾽all᾽G235theotherἕτεροςheterosG2087isG3618notοὐκoukG3756edifiedG3618.

18IthankΕὐχαριστῶEucharistōG2168myG3450GodθεῷtheōG2316, Ispeakλαλῶ·lalōG2980withtonguesγλώσσαιςglōssaisG1100morethanμᾶλλονmallonG3123yeG5216allπάντωνpantōnG3956:

19Yetἀλλ᾽all᾽G235inἐνenG1722thechurchἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiaG1577I hadratherθέλωthelōG2309speakλαλῆσαι,lalēsaiG2980fiveπέντεpenteG4002wordsλόγουςlogousG3056withG1223myG3450understandingνοΐnoiG3563,thatἵναinaG2443by my voice I mayteachκατηχήσω,katēchēsōG2727othersἄλλουςallousG243alsoκαὶkaiG2532,thanἢēG2228tenthousandμυρίουςmuriousG3463wordsλόγουςlogousG3056inἐνenG1722an unknowntongueγλώσσῃ.¶glōssēG1100.

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