哥林多前书 14
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
论讲道和说方言
14 你们要追求爱，也要切慕属灵的恩赐，尤其是做先知讲道的恩赐。 2 人说方言，是对上帝说的，并非对人说的，因为没有人听得懂，他是在心灵里述说各样的奥秘。 3 但先知讲道是对人讲的，为了要造就、鼓励、安慰人。 4 说方言只是造就自己，但做先知讲道是造就教会。 5 我希望你们都能够说方言，不过，我更希望你们都能做先知讲道。说方言的不如做先知讲道的重要，除非把方言翻译出来，使教会得造就。
6 弟兄姊妹，如果我到你们那里只说方言，不讲解有关上帝的启示、知识、预言、教导，我对你们有什么益处呢？ 7 就连没有生命的箫和琴，如果发出的声音杂乱无章，谁能知道所吹所弹的是什么曲子呢？ 8 如果号声不清楚，谁会预备打仗呢？ 9 同样，除非你们讲出清楚的信息，不然听见的人怎能明白呢？那岂不等于对空气说话吗？ 10 世上有各种语言，却没有一种是毫无意义的。 11 如果有人对我说话，我却不明白他的语言，我们彼此就成了语言不通的人。 12 你们也是一样，既然渴慕属灵的恩赐，就应该多多追求造就教会的恩赐。
13 所以说方言的人应当祈求能把方言翻译出来。 14 如果我用方言祷告，那是我的灵在祷告，但我的悟性没有发挥作用。 15 那么，我该怎么做呢？我要用灵祷告，也要用悟性祷告；我要用灵歌唱，也要用悟性歌唱。 16 否则，如果你在聚会中用方言[a]来感恩，在座不懂方言的人不明白你在说些什么，怎能在你感恩的时候说“阿们”呢？ 17 你的感恩表达得固然美好，无奈不能造就别人。
18 感谢上帝，我说方言比你们众人都多。 19 但在教会中我宁可用悟性说五句教导人的话，胜过说万句别人不懂的方言。
20 弟兄姊妹，你们的思想不要像小孩子，要长大成熟，但在罪恶的事上要像婴孩。 21 律法书上记载：
“主说，‘我要借着讲陌生语言的人和外邦人的口向这些子民说话。
虽然如此，
他们仍然不听从我。’”
22 由此可见，讲方言不是显给信徒的标记，而是显给非信徒的标记；但先知讲道是显给信徒的标记，不是显给非信徒的标记。 23 所以，如果你们在聚会中，全体信徒都说方言，偶然有不懂方言的人或非信徒进来，他们岂不会说你们全都疯了吗？ 24 但如果你们都做先知讲道，偶然有非信徒或是不懂方言的人进来，他会醒悟到自己的罪，良心受到谴责， 25 心中的秘密也会显露出来，便会俯伏敬拜上帝，说：“上帝真的在你们当中！”
聚会的原则
26 那么，弟兄姊妹，你们该怎么做呢？你们聚会的时候，不管是唱诗、教导、讲启示、说方言或翻译方言，都应该是为了造就人。 27 如果有人要说方言，应当只限于两个人，最多三个，要轮流说，而且要有人把它翻译出来。 28 如果没有人翻译，说方言的人就当在聚会中闭口不言，只向自己和上帝说。
29 做先知讲道的也应该限于两三个人，其他的人应当慎思明辨。 30 但如果上帝的启示临到在座的其他人，正在讲的人要停下来， 31 这样大家都可以轮流讲道，人人都可以得到教导和勉励。 32 先知的灵受先知控制， 33 因为上帝不是叫人混乱的上帝，而是赐人平安的上帝。
34 正如圣徒的各教会一样，妇女[b]在聚会中要保持安静，因为她们不可以发言，总要顺服，正如律法书所说的。 35 如果她们想要学什么，可以在家问自己的丈夫，因为妇女在聚会中发言是可耻的。 36 难道上帝的道是出自你们哥林多人吗？难道上帝的道单单传给了你们吗？ 37 如果你们当中有人自认为是先知或属灵的人，他就应该知道我现在所写的是主的命令。 38 如果有人对此视而不见，不必理会他。
39 所以，我的弟兄姊妹，你们要切慕做先知讲道，也不要禁止说方言。 40 但无论做什么事，都要按规矩，有次序。
歌 林 多 前 書 14
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
用属灵的恩赐帮助教会
14 你们应该追求爱，并且渴望属灵的恩赐，尤其是宣讲上帝信息的恩赐。 2 说不同语言的人不是在对人讲话，而是在对上帝讲话，因为没有人能听懂他的话—他在通过圣灵讲述各种奥秘。 3 但是，宣讲上帝信息的人给人力量鼓励和安慰。 4 说不同语言的人只是在加强自己，而宣讲上帝信息的人是在加强整个教会。 5 我希望你们都有讲不同语言的才能，但我更希望你们能宣讲上帝的信息。除非讲不同语言的人能翻译自己的话，从而使整个教会得到加强，否则，宣讲上帝信息的人比能讲不同语言的人更了不起。
6 兄弟们，如果我到你们那里去，只用另一种语言对你们说话，却没有给你们带来启示、知识、预言和教导，对你们又有什么益处呢？ 7 这就如同只会发声而没有生命的东西—犹如笛子或琴。如果乐器所奏出的声响没有高低音的区别，谁能辨出演奏的是什么曲子呢？ 8 如果号角吹的不响亮清晰，谁能做好战斗准备呢？ 9 同样，除非你们的舌头把话说清楚，否则就没有人能听懂你们的话，你们就只是在对空气讲话。 10 毫无疑问，世上有很多种语言，它们都有含意。 11 如果我听不懂一个人讲的话，我对他来说就是个外国人，他对我来说也是个外国人。 12 你们也是如此。既然你们都渴望着属灵的恩赐，那就应该尽力多做能够加强教会的事情。
13 因此，任何能说不同语言的人，应该祈祷他能翻译自己所说的话。 14 如果我用不同语言祈祷，那是我的灵在祈祷，而我的心却在无所事事。 15 那么，我应该怎么办呢？我不但要用灵祈祷，也要用心祈祷。我不但用灵唱颂歌，也要用心唱颂歌。 16 如果你只用灵赞美上帝，但是听者由于听不懂你的话，就不可能对你感恩的祈祷说“阿们”，因为没有人理解你在说些什么。 17 也许你感恩感得很好，但是他人却得不到帮助。
18 我会说的语言比你们任何人的都多，为之我感谢上帝。 19 但是我在教会里，宁愿说五句使人明白的话来教导人，也不愿用不同的语言讲上一万句话。
20 兄弟们，在思想上不要像儿童那么幼稚。但是在邪恶方面要像婴儿那样。在思想上要做成熟的人， 21 《经》上说：
“我通过那些说不同种语言的人，
通过外国人的嘴对这些人讲话，
即便如此，他们还是不听从我。”
这是主说的。
22 所以，说不同语言的恩赐不是为了相信的人，而是给不信之人的一个证据。宣讲上帝信息的恩赐不是为了不信之人，而是为了信徒。 23 如果整个教会的人都聚在一起，每个人都说着不同的语言，外人或非基督徒进来，岂不要说你们全都发疯了吗？ 24 但是如果你们每个人都宣讲上帝的信息，外人或非基督徒进来，就会通过你们所说的话意识到自己的罪孽，并受到这些话的评判； 25 他内心的隐密会显露出来，他会匍伏在地崇拜上帝说∶“上帝确实在你们中间！”
你们的聚会应该有助于众人
26 兄弟姐妹们，你们应该怎么做呢？当你们聚在一起时，有人有圣诗，有人有教导，有人有启示，有人说另一种语言，又有人能当翻译，做一切事情都应以加强教会为目的。 27 当你们聚在一起时，如果有人对大家用另一种语言讲话，最多是两三个人轮流说，并且要有一个人翻译所说的话。 28 如果没有翻译的人，讲不同语言的人在聚会时就应该沉默，只对自己和上帝讲话。 29 应该只有两三个有宣讲上帝信息才能的人讲话，其他的人则应该检验他们的话。 30 如果在坐的人得到启示，那个首先宣讲上帝信息的先知就应该停下来。 31 你们都能轮流宣讲上帝的信息，好让每个人都能得到教诲和受到鼓励。 32 先知的灵受先知本人的控制。 33 上帝不是混乱而是和平的上帝。
34 妇女在教会聚会时，应该保持沉默。在所有上帝子民的教会里都应如此。因为不允许她们讲话。如同摩西律法所说的，她们应该顺从。 35 如果她们想了解什么，就应该在家里问丈夫。因为女人在教会里发言不光彩。 36 上帝的教导源于你们吗？或只传给你们吗？
37 如果有人认为自己是先知，或者他有属灵的恩赐，他就应该承认我写给你们的是主的命令。 38 如果他不知道这点，他就不被上帝所知。
39 因此，兄弟们，积极地宣讲上帝的信息吧，不要阻止人们运用说不同语言的恩赐。 40 但凡事都应该恰如其份，有条不紊。
哥林多前书 14
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
讲道与说方言的恩赐
14 你们要追求爱，也要热切地渴慕属灵的恩赐，特别是先知讲道的恩赐。 2 原来那说方言的不是对人说，而是对 神说，因为没有人能听得懂；他是在灵里讲奥秘的事。 3 但那讲道的是对人讲说，使他们得着造就、安慰和劝勉。 4 那说方言的是造就自己，但那讲道的是造就教会。 5 我愿意你们都说方言，但我更愿意你们都讲道；因为那说方言的，如果不翻译出来使教会得着造就，就远不如那讲道的了。
6 弟兄们，你们想想，如果我到你们那里去，只说方言，不向你们讲有关启示、知识、预言，或教训的话，那我对你们有甚么益处呢？ 7 甚至那些没有生命却能发声的东西，例如箫或琴，如果音调不分，怎能使人知道所弹所奏的是甚么呢？ 8 又如果军号所发的声音不清楚，谁会准备作战呢？ 9 你们也是这样，如果用舌头发出人听不懂的话来，人怎会知道你所讲的是甚么呢？这样，你们就是向空气说话了。 10 世上有那么多种语言，但没有一种是没有意义的。 11 我若不明白某一种语言的意思，在那讲的人来看，我就是个外国人；在我来说，那讲话的人也是个外国人。 12 你们也是这样，你们既然热切地渴慕属灵的恩赐，就应当追求多多得着造就教会的恩赐。 13 所以，说方言的应当祈求，使他能把方言翻译出来。 14 我若用方言祷告，是我的灵在祷告，我的理智并没有作用。 15 那么我应当怎样行呢？我要用灵祷告，也要用理智祷告；我要用灵歌唱，也要用理智歌唱。 16 不然，如果你用灵赞美，在场那些不明白的人，因为不知道你在说甚么，怎能在你感谢的时候说“阿们”呢？ 17 你感谢固然是好，但别人却得不着造就。 18 我感谢 神，我说方言比你们大家都多。 19 但在教会中，我宁愿用理智说五句话去教导人，胜过用方言说万句话。
20 弟兄们，你们在思想上不要作小孩子，却要在恶事上作婴孩，在思想上作成年人。 21 律法上记着说：“主说：
我要借着说别种话的人，
用外国人的嘴唇，
对这人民说话；
虽然这样，他们还是不听我。”
22 可见说方言不是要给信主的人作记号，而是要给未信的人；讲道不是要给未信的人，而是要给信主的人作记号。 23 所以，如果全教会聚在一起的时候，大家都说方言，有不明白的人或未信的人进来，不是要说你们疯了吗？ 24 如果大家都讲道，有未信的人或不明白的人进来，他就会被众人劝服而知罪，被众人审问了。 25 他心里隐秘的事被显露出来，他就必俯伏敬拜 神，宣告说：“ 神真的是在你们中间了。”
神不是混乱而是和平的
26 弟兄们，那么应该怎么办呢？你们聚集在一起的时候，各人或有诗歌，或有教训，或有启示，或有方言，或有翻译出来的话，一切都应该能造就人。 27 如果有人说方言，只可以有两个人，或最多三个人，并且要轮流说，同时要有一个人翻译。 28 如果没有人翻译，他就应当在会中闭口，只对自己和对 神说好了。 29 讲道的，也只可以两三个人讲，其余的人要衡量他们所讲的。 30 在座的有人得了启示，那先讲的人就应当住口。 31 因为你们都可以轮流讲道，好让大家都可以学习，都可以得到勉励。 32 先知的灵是受先知控制的， 33 因为 神不是混乱的，而是和平的。 34 妇女在聚会中应当闭口，好象在圣徒的众教会中一样，因为她们是不准讲话的；就如律法所说的，她们应该顺服。 35 如果她们想要学甚么，可以在家里问自己的丈夫，因为妇女在聚会中讲话原是可耻的。 36 难道 神的道是从你们出来的吗？是单单临到你们的吗？
37 如果有人自以为是先知或是属灵的，他就应该知道我写给你们的是主的命令； 38 如果有人不理会，别人也不必理会他。 39 所以我的弟兄们，你们要热切地追求讲道的恩赐，也不要禁止说方言。 40 凡事都要规规矩矩地按着次序行。
Kehillah in Corinth I 14
Orthodox Jewish Bible
14 Pursue ahavah (agape), and eagerly desire the things of the Ruach Hakodesh (matanot HaRuach Hakodesh), and especially that you may speak forth a dvar hanevu’ah (word of prophecy).
2 For the one speaking in a lashon (tongue) speaks not to Bnei Adam but to Hashem; for no one grasps with their ears, but the speaker by the Ruach Hakodesh speaks sodot (mysteries).
3 However, the one speaking forth divrei nevu’ah (words of prophecy) speaks to Bnei Adam for chizzuk (strengthening) and musar encouragement and nechamah (comfort).
4 The one speaking in a lashon (tongue) edifies himself; but, the one speaking forth a dvar hanevu’ah (word of prophecy) edifies kehillah.
5 Now I desire all of you to speak in leshonot (tongues), and even more that you may speak forth a dvar hanevu’ah (word of prophecy) (BAMIDBAR 11:29). Now greater is the one speaking forth a dvar nevu’ah (word of prophecy) than the one speaking in leshonot, unless he gives the pitron (interpretation) of the leshonot (tongues), that the kehillah (congregation) may receive the edification.
6 But now, Achim b’Moshiach, if I come to you speaking in leshonot (tongues), what will I benefit you unless I speak to you either with a dvar hisgalus (a word of revelation) or with a dvar da’as or with a dvar nevu’ah or with a dvar hora’ah (word of teaching)?
7 So even lifeless things, like the flute or harp, if they do not articulate a distinction in the notes, how will it be known what is being played on the flute or on the harp?
8 Indeed, if a shofar gives an unclear trumpet call, who will prepare himself for krav (battle)? [BAMIDBAR 10:9; YIRMEYAH 4:19]
9 So also unless you by your lashon (tongue) render an intelligible dvar Torah, how will the thing being uttered be known? For you will be merely speaking into the air.
10 There are doubtless many kinds of foreign languages in the Olam Hazeh, and not one is meaningless.
11 If, therefore, I do not have da’as of the meaning of the language, I will be to the speaker a foreigner and the speaker will be a foreigner to me. [BERESHIS 11:7]
12 So also you, als (since) you have a zeal for the matanot of the Ruach Hakodesh, endeavor to abound in them for the edification of the Kehillah (Congregation).
13 Therefore, the speaker in a lashon (tongue), let him offer tefillos that he may give the pitron (interpretation).
14 For if I daven (pray) in a lashon, my nashamah davens, but my sikhliyut (rationality) lies shemitah (fallow).
15 Nu? (Well?) I will daven [in leshonot] with my nashamah, and I will daven also with my seichel; I will sing [in leshonot] with my nashamah, and I will sing niggunim also with my seichel.
16 Otherwise, if you make a bracha [in leshonot] with your neshamah, how will the am ha’aretz, who have no idea what you are saying, answer the "Omein"? [DEVARIM 27:15:26; DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF 16:36; NECHEMYAH 8:6; TEHILLIM 106:48]
17 For indeed you make the bracha well enough, but the other is not being edified.
18 Modeh Ani Hashem that I speak in leshonot more than all of you,
19 but in kehillah I want to speak five words with my sikhliyut (rationality), that also others I may instruct with a dvar hora’ah (word of teaching), rather than speak ten thousand words in a lashon (tongue).
20 Achim b’Moshiach, be not yeladim in your machsh’vot (thoughts); be infantile in kavvanah ra’ah (malice), perhaps, but in your binah, be mature. [YIRMEYAH 4:22]
21 In the Torah it stands written, KI BELA’AGEI SAFAH UVELASHON ACHERET YEDABER EL HAAM HAZEH...V’LO AVU SHMO’A ("Then with ones of foreign lip and with strange tongue he will speak to this people... but they were not willing to listen"‖YESHAYAH 28:11-12), says the L-rd.
22 So then the leshonot (tongues) are for an ot (miraculous sign), not to the ones believing, the ma’aminim in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, but an ot (miraculous sign) to the Apikorosim; but divrei hanevu’ah (words of prophecy) are not for the Apikorosim, but for the ones believing, the ma’aminim in Moshiach.
23 If, therefore, the kehillah has a farbrengen gathering and all speak in leshonot (tongues), and then in walks the am ha’aretz or the Apikorosim, will they not say that you are all meshuggah?
24 However, if all speak forth divrei hanevu’ah (words of prophecy), and then in walks some Apikorosim or am ha’aretz, such a visitor is brought under conviction by all, he is brought into mishpat (judgment) by all,
25 What is hiding in his lev (heart) becomes manifest, and, having fallen on his face, he worships Hashem, declaring that G-d is among you (Zech 8:23; Isa 45:14; Dan 2:47).
26 Nu? Well? Achim b’Moshiach, when you come together, each one has a mizmor (hymn, psalm), a musar (teaching with an ethical point), a dvar hisgalus (a dvar of revelation), a lashon (tongue), or a pitron (interpretation) of a lashon (tongue); let all things be for edification.
27 If anyone speaks in a lashon (tongue), let the speakers be shenayim (two) or at most shloshah (three), and by turn, and let one give the pitron (interpretation).
28 But if there is no one to give the pitron, let the one with the lashon (tongue) be silent in the kehillah and let him instead speak to himself and to Hashem.
29 And let shenayim or shloshah nevi’im speak and let the other nevi’im be used with discernings of ruchot (spirits) (12:10).
30 And if a dvar hisgalus (a word of revelation) is given to a navi sitting by, let the first navi become silent.
31 For you all are able one by one to speak forth a dvar hanevu’ah (word of prophecy), in order that all may learn and receive chizzuk (strengthening).
32 And the neshamot of nevi’im are subject to the nevi’im.
33 For Hashem is no Elohei HaMevucha (the G-d of Confusion, Tohu); He is Elohei HaShalom, and this is so in all the kehillot of the Kadoshim.
34 Let the nashim in the kehillot be silent, for it is not permitted for them to blurt out, but let them become submissive, as it says in the Torah (BERESHIS 3:16).
35 And if the nashim wish to inquire about something, let them inquire of their own be’alim b’bayis, for it is a bushah (shame) for an isha to blurt out in the kehillah (BERESHIS 3:2).
36 Or from you did the dvar Hashem go forth (YESHAYAH 2:3), or to you only did it reach?
37 If anyone thinks himself to be a navi or a man of the Ruach Hakodesh (2:13), let him have full da’as that the things I wrote to you are a mitzvoh of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu.
38 But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
39 So then, Achim b’Moshiach of mine, earnestly desire to speak forth a dvar hanevu’ah (word of prophecy), and do not forbid speaking in leshonot (tongues).
40 Let all things be done b’seder and without bushah (shame).
1 Corinthians 14
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
14 Eagerly pursue and seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest]; and earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual endowments (gifts), especially that you may prophesy ([a]interpret the divine will and purpose in inspired preaching and teaching).
2 For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the understanding].
3 But [on the other hand], the one who prophesies [who [b]interprets the divine will and purpose in inspired preaching and teaching] speaks to men for their upbuilding and constructive spiritual progress and encouragement and consolation.
4 He who speaks in a [strange] tongue edifies and improves himself, but he who prophesies [[c]interpreting the divine will and purpose and teaching with inspiration] edifies and improves the church and promotes growth [in Christian wisdom, piety, holiness, and happiness].
5 Now I wish that you might all speak in [unknown] tongues, but more especially [I want you] to prophesy (to be inspired to preach and interpret the divine will and purpose). He who prophesies [who is inspired to preach and teach] is greater (more useful and more important) than he who speaks in [unknown] tongues, unless he should interpret [what he says], so that the church may be edified and receive good [from it].
6 Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in [unknown] tongues, how shall I make it to your advantage unless I speak to you either in revelation (disclosure of God’s will to man) in knowledge or in prophecy or in instruction?
7 If even inanimate musical instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone [listening] know or understand what is played?
8 And if the war bugle gives an uncertain (indistinct) call, who will prepare for battle?
9 Just so it is with you; if you in the [unknown] tongue speak words that are not intelligible, how will anyone understand what you are saying? For you will be talking into empty space!
10 There are, I suppose, all these many [to us unknown] tongues in the world [somewhere], and none is destitute of [its own power of] expression and meaning.
11 But if I do not know the force and significance of the speech (language), I shall seem to be a foreigner to the one who speaks [to me], and the speaker who addresses [me] will seem a foreigner to me.
12 So it is with yourselves; since you are so eager and ambitious to possess spiritual endowments and manifestations of the [Holy] Spirit, [concentrate on] striving to excel and to abound [in them] in ways that will build up the church.
13 Therefore, the person who speaks in an [unknown] tongue should pray [for the power] to interpret and explain what he says.
14 For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit [by the [d]Holy Spirit within me] prays, but my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps nobody].
15 Then what am I to do? I will pray with my spirit [by the [e]Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will also pray [intelligently] with my mind and understanding; I will sing with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will sing [intelligently] with my mind and understanding also.
16 Otherwise, if you bless and render thanks with [your] spirit [[f]thoroughly aroused by the Holy Spirit], how can anyone in the position of an outsider or he who is not gifted with [interpreting of unknown] tongues, say the Amen to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?(A)
17 To be sure, you may give thanks well (nobly), but the bystander is not edified [it does him no good].
18 I thank God that I speak in [strange] tongues (languages) more than any of you or all of you put together;
19 Nevertheless, in public worship, I would rather say five words with my understanding and intelligently in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a [strange] tongue (language).
20 Brethren, do not be children [immature] in your thinking; continue to be babes in [matters of] evil, but in your minds be mature [men].
21 It is written in the Law, By men of strange languages and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and not even then will they listen to Me, says the Lord.(B)
22 Thus [unknown] tongues are meant for a [supernatural] sign, not for believers but for unbelievers [on the point of believing], while prophecy (inspired preaching and teaching, interpreting the divine will and purpose) is not for unbelievers [on the point of believing] but for believers.
23 Therefore, if the whole church assembles and all of you speak in [unknown] tongues, and the ungifted and uninitiated or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are demented?
24 But if all prophesy [giving inspired testimony and interpreting the divine will and purpose] and an unbeliever or untaught outsider comes in, he is told of his sin and reproved and convicted and convinced by all, and his defects and needs are examined (estimated, determined) and he is called to account by all,
25 The secrets of his heart are laid bare; and so, falling on [his] face, he will worship God, declaring that God is among you in very truth.
26 What then, brethren, is [the right course]? When you meet together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a disclosure of special knowledge or information, an utterance in a [strange] tongue, or an interpretation of it. [But] let everything be constructive and edifying and for the good of all.
27 If some speak in a [strange] tongue, let the number be limited to two or at the most three, and each one [taking his] turn, and let one interpret and explain [what is said].
28 But if there is no one to do the interpreting, let each of them keep still in church and talk to himself and to God.
29 So let two or three prophets speak [those inspired to preach or teach], while the rest pay attention and weigh and discern what is said.
30 But if an inspired revelation comes to another who is sitting by, then let the first one be silent.
31 For in this way you can give testimony [prophesying and thus interpreting the divine will and purpose] one by one, so that all may be instructed and all may be stimulated and encouraged;
32 For the spirits of the prophets (the speakers in tongues) are under the speaker’s control [and subject to being silenced as may be necessary],
33 For He [Who is the source of their prophesying] is not a God of confusion and disorder but of peace and order. As [is the practice] in all the churches of the saints (God’s people),
34 The women should keep quiet in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but should take a secondary and subordinate place, just as the Law also says.(C)
35 But if there is anything they want to learn, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to talk in church [[g]for her to usurp and exercise authority over men in the church].
36 What! Did the word of the Lord originate with you [Corinthians], or has it reached only you?
37 If anyone thinks and claims that he is a prophet [filled with and governed by the Holy Spirit of God and inspired to interpret the divine will and purpose in preaching or teaching] or has any other spiritual endowment, let him understand (recognize and acknowledge) that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.
38 But if anyone disregards or does not recognize [[h]that it is a command of the Lord], he is disregarded and not recognized [he is [i]one whom God knows not].
39 So [to conclude], my brethren, earnestly desire and set your hearts on prophesying (on being inspired to preach and teach and to interpret God’s will and purpose), and do not forbid or hinder speaking in [unknown] tongues.
40 But all things should be done with regard to decency and propriety and in an orderly fashion.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 14:1 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- 1 Corinthians 14:3 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- 1 Corinthians 14:4 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- 1 Corinthians 14:14 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 Corinthians 14:15 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 Corinthians 14:16 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 1 Corinthians 14:35 W. Robertson Nicoll, ed., The Expositor’s Greek New Testament.
- 1 Corinthians 14:38 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 1 Corinthians 14:38 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies. Some manuscripts read: “he is not known.”
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