1 Corinthians 14:13-19

New Century Version

¹³ The one who has the gift of speaking in a different language should pray for the gift to interpret what is spoken. ¹⁴ If I pray in a different language, my spirit is praying, but my mind does nothing. ¹⁵ So what should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind. ¹⁶ If you praise God with your spirit, those persons there without understanding cannot say amen^[a] to your prayer of thanks, because they do not know what you are saying. ¹⁷ You may be thanking God in a good way, but the other person is not helped.

¹⁸ I thank God that I speak in different kinds of languages more than all of you. ¹⁹ But in the church meetings I would rather speak five words I understand in order to teach others than thousands of words in a different language.