1 Corinthians 14:20-25

New American Standard Bible

Instruction for the Church

^20 (A)Brothers and sisters, ^(B)do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil ^(C)be infants, but in your thinking be mature. ²¹ In ^(D)the ^[a]Law it is written: “^(E)By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. ²² So then, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but ^(F)prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe. ²³ Therefore if the whole church gathers together and all the people speak in tongues, and ^[b]outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that ^(G)you are insane? ²⁴ But if all ^(H)prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ^[c]outsider enters, he is ^(I)convicted by all, he is called to account by all; ^25 (J)the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will ^(K)fall on his face and worship God, ^(L)declaring that God is certainly among you.