17 And these signs(A) will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons;(B) they will speak in new tongues;(C)

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16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.(A)

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28 And God has placed in the church(A) first of all apostles,(B) second prophets,(C) third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing,(D) of helping, of guidance,(E) and of different kinds of tongues.(F)

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10 to another miraculous powers,(A) to another prophecy,(B) to another distinguishing between spirits,(C) to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a](D) and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28
  2. 1 Corinthians 12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28

46 For they heard them speaking in tongues[a](A) and praising God.

Then Peter said,

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  1. Acts 10:46 Or other languages

For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(A) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(B)

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17 The seventy-two(A) returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”(B)

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30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues[a]?(A) Do all interpret?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 12:30 Or other languages

When Paul placed his hands on them,(A) the Holy Spirit came on them,(B) and they spoke in tongues[a](C) and prophesied.

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  1. Acts 19:6 Or other languages

For anyone who speaks in a tongue[a](A) does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;(B) they utter mysteries(C) by the Spirit.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:2 Or in another language; also in verses 4, 13, 14, 19, 26 and 27

13 If I speak in the tongues[a](A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages

18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.(A)

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12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured(A) and the evil spirits left them.

13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits(B) tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus(C) whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” 14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?” 16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

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12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes(A) in me will do the works I have been doing,(B) and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit(A) and began to speak in other tongues[a](B) as the Spirit enabled them.

Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing(C) Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed,(D) they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?(E) Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,(F) Pontus(G) and Asia,[b](H) 10 Phrygia(I) and Pamphylia,(J) Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene;(K) visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

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  1. Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11
  2. Acts 2:9 That is, the Roman province by that name

Anyone who speaks in a tongue(A) edifies(B) themselves, but the one who prophesies(C) edifies the church. I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,[a] but I would rather have you prophesy.(D) The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,[b] unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.(E)

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation(F) or knowledge(G) or prophecy or word of instruction?(H) Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?(I) So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. 10 Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. 11 If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.(J) 12 So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit,(K) try to excel in those that build up(L) the church.

13 For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.(M) 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,(N) but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit,(O) but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing(P) with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. 16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,[c] say “Amen”(Q) to your thanksgiving,(R) since they do not know what you are saying? 17 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.(S)

18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.(T)

20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(U) In regard to evil be infants,(V) but in your thinking be adults. 21 In the Law(W) 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,(X)
says the Lord.”[d]

22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy,(Y) however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. 23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind?(Z) 24 But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, 25 as the secrets(AA) of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”(AB)

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26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters?(AC) When you come together, each of you(AD) has a hymn,(AE) or a word of instruction,(AF) a revelation, a tongue(AG) or an interpretation.(AH) Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.(AI)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39
  2. 1 Corinthians 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39
  3. 1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.
  4. 1 Corinthians 14:21 Isaiah 28:11,12

Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us(A)

38 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”(B)

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33 Exalted(A) to the right hand of God,(B) he has received from the Father(C) the promised Holy Spirit(D) and has poured out(E) what you now see and hear.

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