¹⁷ If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;^(A) and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.^(B)

Concerning Change of Status

¹⁷ Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.^(A) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.^(B)

⁴ Anyone who speaks in a tongue^(A) edifies^(B) themselves, but the one who prophesies^(C) edifies the church.

⁵ I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,^[a] but I would rather have you prophesy.^(A) The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,^[b] unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.^(B)

¹² So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit,^(A) try to excel in those that build up^(B) the church.

¹⁹ But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.^(A)

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?^(A)

²⁸ If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.

³³ For God is not a God of disorder^(A) but of peace^(B)—as in all the congregations^(C) of the Lord’s people.^(D)

³⁴ Women^[a] should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,^(A) but must be in submission,^(B) as the law^(C) says.