¹⁵ So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit,^(A) but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing^(B) with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. ¹⁶ Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,^[a] say “Amen”^(C) to your thanksgiving,^(D) since they do not know what you are saying? ¹⁷ You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.^(E)

¹⁸ Do not get drunk on wine,^(A) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,^{(B) 19} speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.^(C) Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

⁴⁶ For they heard them speaking in tongues^[a](A) and praising God.

Then Peter said,

⁶ When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.

¹¹ (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”