Book of Common Prayer
So In Church, Tongues Must Be Interpreted If The Hearers Are To Be Edified
13 Therefore let the one speaking in a tongue pray in order that he might interpret. 14 For if I am praying in a tongue, my spirit[a] is praying, but my mind[b] is unfruitful[c]. 15 What then[d] is to be done? I will pray with the spirit, and[e] I will also pray with the mind. I will sing-praise with the spirit, and I will also sing-praise with the mind. 16 Otherwise, if you are blessing[f] with your spirit[g] [only], how will the one filling the place of the uninstructed[h] say the “Amen” at your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? 17 For you are giving-thanks well[i]— but the other person is not being edified. 18 I give-thanks to God I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19 But in church[j], I want to speak five words with my mind in order that I might also instruct others, rather than ten-thousand words in a tongue.
Tongues Are a Sign For Unbelievers; Prophecy Is For Believers
20 Brothers, do not be children in your understanding. But be childlike in evilness, and be mature in your understanding. 21 It has been written in the Law [in Isa 28:11-12] that “I will speak to this people by people of other-tongues, and by the lips of others. And not even in this manner will they listen-to Me, says the Lord”. 22 So then the tongues are for a sign[k]— not for the ones believing, but for the unbelievers. But the prophecy is not for the unbelievers, but for the ones believing.
So In Church, Tongues Not Understood Breed Confusion. Prophecy Edifies
23 Therefore, if the whole church comes-together at the same place, and they all speak in tongues[l], and uninstructed ones or unbelievers come-in, will they not say that you are mad[m]? 24 But if they all prophesy[n], and some unbeliever or an uninstructed one comes in, he is convicted[o] by all. He is examined by all. 25 The hidden things of his heart become evident[p]. And thus, having fallen on his face, he will give-worship to God, declaring that God is really among you.
Proclaim The Truth Boldly; Do Not Fear Them. God Will Watch Over You
24 “A disciple[a] is not above the teacher, nor is a slave above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they called the Household-Master[b] Beelzebul[c], how much more His household-members! 26 So do not fear[d] them. For nothing has been covered which will not be revealed, and is secret which will not be known. 27 What I am saying to you in the darkness, speak in the light. And what you are hearing in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops. 28 And do not be fearing[e] anything from the ones killing the body but not being able to kill the soul. But be fearing instead the One being able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna[f]. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion[g]? And one of them will not fall on the ground apart from[h] your Father. 30 But even the hairs of your head have all been numbered! 31 So do not be fearing. You are more valuable than many sparrows.
Jesus Instructs Them About His Mission: I Came To Divide The World Over Myself
32 “Everyone therefore who will confess Me in front of people, I also will confess him in front of My Father in the heavens. 33 But whoever denies[i] Me in front of people, I also will deny him in front of My Father in the heavens.
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