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 14:2
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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 14:15-16
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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 14:19
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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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