Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

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.