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1Cr 14:14 — For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

my spirit		1Cr 14:2,15,16,19
but		"That is, ""not productive of any benefit to others."""

Correlating Passages

my spirit

	1Cr 14:2	For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
	1Cr 14:15	What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
	1Cr 14:16	Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
	1Cr 14:19	Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Corinthians 14:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Cr/14/14.html>.

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