1 Corinthians 14:20-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.(A) 21 It is written in the law:
I will speak to these people
by people of other languages
and by the lips of foreigners,
and even then, they will not listen to Me,(B)[a]
says the Lord. 22 It follows that speaking in other languages is intended as a sign,[b] not for believers but for unbelievers. But prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:21 Is 28:11-12
- 1 Corinthians 14:22 Lit that languages are for a sign
1 Corinthians 14:20-22
Lexham English Bible
20 Brothers, do not become children in your understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in your understanding be mature. 21 In the law it is written:
“By those who speak a foreign language
and by the lips of others
I will speak to this people,
and not even in this way will they obey me,”[a]
says the Lord. 22 So then, tongues are for a sign not to those who believe, but to unbelievers, but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:21 A quotation from Isa 28:11–12
1 Corinthians 14:20-22
New International Version
20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(A) In regard to evil be infants,(B) but in your thinking be adults. 21 In the Law(C) it is written:
“With other tongues
and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
but even then they will not listen to me,(D)
says the Lord.”[a]
22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy,(E) however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 14:21 Isaiah 28:11,12
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