1 Corinthians 14:23-33

Complete Jewish Bible

²³So if the whole congregation comes together with everybody speaking in tongues, and uninstructed people or unbelievers come in, won’t they say you’re crazy? ²⁴But if you all prophesy, and some unbeliever or uninstructed person enters, he is convicted of sin by all, he is brought under judgment by all, ²⁵and the secrets of his heart are laid bare; so he falls on his face and worships God, saying, “God is really here among you!”

²⁶What is our conclusion, brothers? Whenever you come together, let everyone be ready with a psalm or a teaching or a revelation, or ready to use his gift of tongues or give an interpretation; but let everything be for edification. ²⁷If the gift of tongues is exercised, let it be by two or at most three, and each in turn; and let someone interpret. ²⁸And if there is no one present who can interpret, let the people who speak in tongues keep silent when the congregation meets — they can speak to themselves and to God. ²⁹Let two or three prophets speak, while the others weigh what is said. ³⁰And if something is revealed to a prophet who is sitting down, let the first one be silent. ³¹For you can all prophesy one by one, with the result that all will learn something and all will be encouraged. ³²Also, the prophets’ spirits are under the prophets’ control; ³³for God is not a God of unruliness but of shalom.