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1 Corinthians 14:14
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1 Corinthians 14:14
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14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.
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1 Corinthians 14:14
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14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,(A) but my mind is unfruitful.
1 Corinthians 14:14
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1 Corinthians 14:14
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14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
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1 Corinthians 14:2
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1 Corinthians 14:2
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2 For (A)one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 14:2
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1 Corinthians 14:2
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2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue[a](A) does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;(B) they utter mysteries(C) by the Spirit.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:2 Or in another language; also in verses 4, 13, 14, 19, 26 and 27
1 Corinthians 14:2
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1 Corinthians 14:2
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2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
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1 Corinthians 14:15-16
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1 Corinthians 14:15-16
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15 What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; (A)I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will (B)sing with my mind also. 16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider[a] say (C)“Amen” to (D)your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?
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- 1 Corinthians 14:16 Or of him that is without gifts
1 Corinthians 14:15-16
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1 Corinthians 14:15-16
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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?
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- 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.
1 Corinthians 14:15-16
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1 Corinthians 14:15-16
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15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
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1 Corinthians 14:19
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1 Corinthians 14:19
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19 Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
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1 Corinthians 14:19
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19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.(A)
1 Corinthians 14:19
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1 Corinthians 14:19
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19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
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