1 Corinthians 14
New King James Version
Prophecy and Tongues
14 Pursue love, and (A)desire spiritual gifts, (B)but especially that you may prophesy. 2 For he who (C)speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 3 But he who prophesies speaks (D)edification and (E)exhortation and comfort to men. 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; [a]for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.
Tongues Must Be Interpreted
6 But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by (F)revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching? 7 Even things without life, whether flute or harp, when they make a sound, unless they make a distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is piped or played? 8 For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle? 9 So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without [b]significance. 11 Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a [c]foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me. 12 Even so you, since you are [d]zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the [e]edification of the church that you seek to excel.
13 Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may (G)interpret. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. (H)I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing (I)with the understanding. 16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” (J)at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say? 17 For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18 I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all; 19 yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Tongues a Sign to Unbelievers
20 Brethren, (K)do not be children in understanding; however, in malice (L)be babes, but in understanding be mature.
21 (M)In the law it is written:
(N)“With men of other tongues and other lips
I will speak to this people;
And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me,”
says the Lord.
22 Therefore tongues are for a (O)sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe. 23 Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, (P)will they not say that you are [f]out of your mind? 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. 25 [g]And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report (Q)that God is truly among you.
Order in Church Meetings
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, (R)has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. (S)Let all things be done for [h]edification. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. 28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and (T)let the others judge. 30 But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, (U)let the first keep silent. 31 For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. 32 And (V)the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the author of [i]confusion but of peace, (W)as in all the churches of the saints.
34 (X)Let [j]your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the (Y)law also says. 35 And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.
36 Or did the word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it reached? 37 (Z)If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But [k]if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39 Therefore, brethren, (AA)desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues. 40 (AB)Let all things be done decently and in order.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 14:5 NU and
- 1 Corinthians 14:10 meaning
- 1 Corinthians 14:11 Lit. barbarian
- 1 Corinthians 14:12 eager
- 1 Corinthians 14:12 building up
- 1 Corinthians 14:23 insane
- 1 Corinthians 14:25 NU omits And thus
- 1 Corinthians 14:26 building up
- 1 Corinthians 14:33 disorder
- 1 Corinthians 14:34 NU omits your
- 1 Corinthians 14:38 NU if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
1 Corinto 14
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
14 Sundin ninyo ang pagibig; gayon ma'y maningas ninyong pakanasain ang mga kaloob na ayon sa espiritu, nguni't lalo na ang kayo'y mangakapanghula.
2 Sapagka't ang nagsasalita ng wika ay hindi sa mga tao nagsasalita, kundi sa Dios; sapagka't walang nakauunawa sa kaniya; kundi sa espiritu ay nagsasalita ng mga hiwaga.
3 Datapuwa't ang nanghuhula ay nagsasalita sa mga tao sa ikatitibay, at sa ikapangangaral, at sa ikaaaliw.
4 Ang nagsasalita ng wika, ay nagpapatibay sa sarili; nguni't ang nanghuhula ay nagpapatibay sa iglesia.
5 Ibig ko sanang kayong lahat ay mangagsalita ng mga wika, datapuwa't lalo na ang kayo'y magsipanghula: at lalong dakila ang nanghuhula kay sa nagsasalita ng mga wika, maliban na kung siya'y magpapaliwanag upang ang iglesia ay mapagtibay.
6 Ngayon nga, mga kapatid, kung ako'y pumariyan sa inyo na nagsasalita ng mga wika, anong inyong pakikinabangin sa akin, maliban na kung kayo'y pagsalitaan ko sa pamamagitan ng pahayag, o ng kaalaman, o ng panghuhula, o ng aral?
7 Kahit ang mga bagay na walang buhay, na nagsisitunog, maging plauta, o alpa, kundi bigyan ng pagkakaiba ang mga tunog, paanong malalaman kung ano ang tinutugtog sa plauta o sa alpa?
8 Sapagka't kung ang pakakak ay tumunog na walang katiyakan, sino ang hahanda sa pakikibaka?
9 Gayon din naman kayo, kung hindi ipinangungusap ninyo ng dila ang mga salitang madaling maunawaan, paanong matatalos ang inyong sinasalita? sapagka't sa hangin kayo magsisipagsalita.
10 Halimbawa, mayroon ngang iba't ibang mga tinig sa sanglibutan, at walang di may kahulugan.
11 Kung hindi ko nga nalalaman ang kahulugan ng tinig, magiging barbaro ako sa nagsasalita, at ang nagsasalita ay magiging barbaro sa akin.
12 Gayon din naman kayo, na yamang kayo'y mapagsikap sa mga kaloob na ayon sa espiritu ay pagsikapan ninyong kayo'y magsisagana sa ikatitibay ng iglesia.
13 Kaya't ang nagsasalita ng wika ay manalangin na siya'y makapagpaliwanag.
14 Sapagka't kung ako'y nananalangin sa wika, ay nananalangin ang aking espiritu, datapuwa't ang aking pagiisip ay hindi namumunga.
15 Ano nga ito? Mananalangin ako sa espiritu, at mananalangin din naman ako sa pagiisip: aawit ako sa espiritu, at aawit din naman ako sa pagiisip.
16 Sa ibang paraan, kung ikaw ay nagpupuri sa espiritu, ang nasa kalagayan ng di marunong, paanong siya'y makapagsasabi ng Siya nawa, sa iyong pagpapasalamat, palibhasa'y hindi nalalaman ang inyong sinasabi?
17 Sapagka't ikaw sa katotohanan ay nagpapasalamat kang mabuti, datapuwa't ang iba'y hindi napapagtibay.
18 Nagpapasalamat ako sa Dios, na ako'y nagsasalita ng mga wika na higit kay sa inyong lahat:
19 Nguni't sa iglesia ibig ko pang magsalita ng limang salita ng aking pagiisip, upang makapagturo ako naman sa iba, kay sa magsalita ng sangpung libong salita sa wika.
20 Mga kapatid, huwag kayong mangagpakabata sa pagiisip; gayon ma'y sa kahalayan ay mangagpakasanggol kayo, datapuwa't sa pagiisip kayo'y mangagpakatao.
21 Sa kautusan ay nasusulat, sa pamamagitan ng mga taong may iba't ibang wika, at sa pamamagitan ng mga labi ng mga taga ibang lupa ay magsasalita ako, sa bayang ito: at gayon ma'y hindi ako pakikinggan nila, ang sabi ng Panginoon.
22 Kaya nga ang mga wika ay pinaka tanda, hindi sa mga nagsisisampalataya; kundi sa mga hindi nagsisisampalataya; nguni't ang panghuhula ay hindi sa mga hindi nagsisisampalataya, kundi sa mga nagsisisampalataya.
23 Kung ang buong iglesia nga'y magkatipon sa isang dako at lahat ay mangagsalita ng mga wika, at mangagsipasok ang mga hindi marurunong o hindi mga nagsisisampalataya, hindi baga nila sasabihing kayo'y mga ulol?
24 Datapuwa't kung ang lahat ay nagsisipanghula, at may pumasok na isang hindi sumasampalataya, o hindi marunong, mahihikayat siya ng lahat, masisiyasat siya ng lahat;
25 Ang mga lihim ng kaniyang puso ay nahahayag; at sa gayo'y magpapatirapa siya at sasamba sa Dios, na sasabihing tunay ngang ang Dios ay nasa gitna ninyo.
26 Ano nga ito, mga kapatid? Pagka kayo'y nangagkakatipon ang bawa't isa sa inyo'y may isang awit, may isang aral, may isang pahayag, may wika, may isang pagpapaliwanag. Gawin ninyo ang lahat ng mga bagay sa ikatitibay.
27 Kung nagsasalita ang sinoman ng wika, maging dalawa, o huwag higit sa tatlo, at sunodsunod; at ang isa'y magpaliwanag:
28 Datapuwa't kung walang tagapagpaliwanag ay tumahimik siya sa iglesia; at siya'y magsalita sa kaniyang sarili, at sa Dios.
29 At ang dalawa o tatlo sa mga propeta ay magsipagsalita, at ang mga iba'y mangagsiyasat.
30 Datapuwa't kung may ipinahayag na anoman sa isang nauupo, ay tumahimik ang nauuna.
31 Sapagka't kayong lahat ay makapanghuhulang isa-isa, upang ang lahat ay mangatuto, at ang lahat ay maaralan;
32 At ang mga espiritu ng mga propeta ay nasasakupan ng mga propeta;
33 Sapagka't ang Dios ay hindi Dios ng kaguluhan, kundi ng kapayapaan. Gaya sa lahat ng mga iglesia ng mga banal,
34 Ang mga babae ay magsitahimik sa mga iglesia: sapagka't sila'y walang kapahintulutang mangagsalita; kundi sila'y pasakop, gaya naman ng sinasabi ng kautusan.
35 At kung ibig nilang maalaman ang anomang bagay, magtanong sila sa kanilang asawa sa bahay; sapagka't mahalay na ang isang babae ay magsalita sa iglesia.
36 Ano? lumabas baga mula sa inyo ang salita ng Dios? o sa inyo lamang dumating?
37 Kung iniisip ninoman na siya'y propeta, o ayon sa espiritu, ay kilalanin niya ang mga bagay na sa inyo'y isinusulat ko, na pawang utos ng Panginoon.
38 Datapuwa't kung ang sinoman ay mangmang, ay manatili siyang mangmang.
39 Kaya nga, mga kapatid ko, maningas na pakanasain ninyong makapanghula, at huwag ninyong ipagbawal ang magsalita ng mga wika.
40 Datapuwa't gawin ninyong may karapatan at may kaayusan ang lahat ng mga bagay.
1 Corinthians 14
King James Version
14 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
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.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
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?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
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.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
