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1 Corinthians 14:14-16
Worldwide English (New Testament)
1 Corinthians 14:14-16
Worldwide English (New Testament)
14 If I pray to God in a tongue of a different language, then I am talking with my spirit, but I do not use my mind.
15 What then shall I do? I will talk to God with my spirit and I will talk to God with my mind. I will sing with my spirit and I will sing with my mind.
16 If you thank God with your spirit only, an ordinary person cannot say, `Amen, it is so!' He does not know what you say.
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1 Corinthians 14:14-16
New International Version
1 Corinthians 14:14-16
New International Version
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,(A) but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit,(B) but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing(C) 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”(D) to your thanksgiving,(E) since they do not know what you are saying?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.
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