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1 Corinthians 14 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Prophecy a Superior Gift

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Pursue G1377 love G26, yet G1161 earnestly G2206 desire G2206 spiritual G4152 gifts, but especially G3123 that you may prophesy G4395.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2 - For the one who speaks G2980 in a tongue G1100 does not speak G2980 to people G444, but to God G2316; for no G3762 one G3762 [fn]understands G191, but [fn]in his spirit G4151 he speaks G2980 mysteries G3466.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:3 - But the one who prophesies G4395 speaks G2980 to people G444 for edification G3619, [fn]exhortation G3874, and consolation G3889.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4 - The one who speaks G2980 in a tongue G1100 edifies G3618 himself G1438; but the one who prophesies G4395 edifies G3618 the church G1577.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - Now G1161 I wish G2309 that you all G3956 spoke G2980 in tongues G1100, but rather G3123 that you would prophesy G4395; and greater G3173 is the one who prophesies G4395 than G2228 the one who speaks G2980 in tongues G1100, unless G1622 G1487 G3361 he interprets G1329, so G2443 that G2443 the church G1577 may receive G2983 edification G3619.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:6

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But now G3568, brothers G80 and sisters, if G1437 I come G2064 to you speaking G2980 in tongues G1100, how G5101 will I benefit G5623 you unless G1437 G3361 I speak G2980 to you either G2228 by way G1722 of revelation G602, or G2228 of knowledge G1108, or G2228 of prophecy G4394, or G2228 of teaching G1322?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:7 - Yet G3676 even lifeless G895 instruments, whether G1535 flute G836 or G1535 harp G2788, in producing G1325 a sound G5456, if G1437 they do not produce G1325 a distinction G1293 in the tones G5353, how G4459 will it be known G1097 what is played G832 on G832 the G832 flute G832 or G2228 on the harp G2789?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:8 - For if G1437 the trumpet G4536 produces G1325 an indistinct G82 sound G5456, who G5101 will prepare G3903 himself for battle G4171?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:9 - So G3779 you too G2532, unless G1437 G3361 you produce G1325 intelligible G2154 speech G3056 by the tongue G1100, how G4459 will it be known G1097 what is spoken G2980? For you will just be talking G2980 to the air G109.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10 - There are, perhaps G5177, a great G5118 many G5118 kinds G1085 of [fn]languages G5456 in the world G2889, and none G3762 is incapable G880 of G880 meaning G880.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:11 - So G3767 if G1437 I do not know G6063 the meaning G1411 of the language G5456, I will be unintelligible G915 to the one who speaks G2980, and the one who speaks G2980 will be unintelligible G915 [fn]to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:12 - So G3779 you too G2532, since G1893 you are eager G2207 to G2207 possess G2207 [fn]spiritual G4151 gifts, strive G2212 to excel G4052 for the edification G3619 of the church G1577.

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Therefore G1352, one who speaks G2980 in a tongue G1100 is to pray G4336 that he may interpret G1329.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:14 - For if G1437 I pray G4336 in a tongue G1100, my spirit G4151 prays G4336, but my mind G3563 is unproductive G175.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:15 - What G5101 is the outcome then G3767? I will pray G4336 with the spirit G4151, but I will pray G4336 with the mind G3563 also G2532; I will sing G5567 with the spirit G4151, but I will sing G5567 with the mind G3563 also G2532.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:16 - For G1893 otherwise G1893, if G1437 you bless G2127 God [fn]in the spirit G4151 only, how G4459 will the one who occupies G378 the place G5117 of the [fn]outsider G2399 know to say G3004 the “Amen G281” at your giving G2169 of G2169 thanks G2169, since G1894 he does not understand G6063 what G5101 you are saying G3004?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:17 - For you are giving G2168 thanks G2168 well G2573 enough, but the other G2087 person G2087 is not edified G3618.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:18 - I thank G2168 God G2316, I speak G2980 in tongues G1100 more G3123 than you all G3956;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:19 - nevertheless G235, in church G1577 I prefer G2309 to speak G2980 five G4002 words G3056 with my mind G3563 so G2443 that G2443 I may instruct G2727 others G243 also G2532, rather G2228 than G2228 ten G3463 thousand G3463 words G3056 in a tongue G1100.

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Brothers G80 and sisters, do not be children G3813 in your thinking G5424; yet G235 in evil G2549 be infants G3515, but in your thinking G5424 be mature G5046.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:21 - In the [fn]Law G3551 it is written G1125: “BY MEN G2084 OF G2084 STRANGE G2084 TONGUES G2084 AND BY THE LIPS G5491 OF STRANGERS G2087 I WILL SPEAK G2980 TO THIS G3778 PEOPLE G2992, AND EVEN G3761 SO G3779 THEY WILL NOT LISTEN G1522 TO ME,” says G3004 the Lord G2962.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:22 - So G5620 then G5620, tongues G1100 are for a sign G4592, not to those G3588 who believe G4100 but to unbelievers G571; but prophecy G4394 is not for unbelievers G571, but for those G3588 who believe G4100.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:23 - Therefore G3767 if G1437 the whole G3650 church G1577 gathers G4905 together G1909 G3588 G846 and all G3956 the people speak G2980 in tongues G1100, and [fn]outsiders G2399 or G2228 unbelievers G571 enter G1525, will they not say G3004 that you are G3105 insane G3105?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:24 - But if G1437 all G3956 prophesy G4395, and an unbeliever G571 or G2228 an [fn]outsider G2399 enters G1525, he is convicted G1651 by all G3956, he is called G350 to G350 account G350 by all G3956;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:25 - the secrets G2927 of his heart G2588 are disclosed G5318; and so G3779 he will fall G4098 on his face G4383 and worship G4352 God G2316, declaring G518 that God G2316 is certainly G3689 among G1722 you.

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What G5101 is the outcome then G3767, brothers G80 and sisters? When G3752 you assemble G4905, each G1538 one G1538 has G2192 a psalm G5568, has G2192 a teaching G1322, has G2192 a revelation G602, has G2192 a tongue G1100, has G2192 an interpretation G2058. All G3956 things G3956 are to be done G1096 for edification G3619.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:27 - If G1535 anyone G5100 speaks G2980 in a tongue G1100, it must be by two G1417 or G2228 at the most G4183 three G5140, and each one in turn G303 G3313, and one G1520 is to interpret G1329;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:28 - but if G1437 there is no G3361 interpreter G1328, he is to keep G4601 silent G4601 in church G1577; and have him speak G2980 to himself G1438 and to God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:29 - Have two G1417 or G2228 three G5140 prophets G4396 speak G2980, and have the others G243 pass G1252 judgment G1252.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:30 - But if G1437 a revelation G601 is G601 made G601 to another G243 who is seated G2521, then the first G4413 one is to keep G4601 silent G4601.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:31 - For you can G1410 all G3956 prophesy G4395 one G2596 G1520 by one G2596 G1520, so G2443 that G2443 all G3956 may learn G3129 and all G3956 may be [fn]exhorted G3870;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:32 - and the spirits G4151 of prophets G4396 are subject G5293 to prophets G4396;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:33 - for God G2316 is not a God of confusion G181, but of peace G1515.

As in all G3956 the churches G1577 of the [fn]saints G40,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:34 - the women G1135 are to keep G4601 silent G4601 in the churches G1577; for they are not permitted G2010 to speak G2980, but are to subject G5293 themselves, just G2531 as G2531 the Law G3551 also G2532 says G3004.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:35 - If G1487 they desire G2309 to learn G3129 anything G5100, let them ask G1905 their own G2398 husbands G435 at home G3624; for it is [fn]improper G150 for a woman G1135 to speak G2980 in church G1577.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:36 - Or G2228 was it from you that the word G3056 of God G2316 first went G1831 out G1831? Or G2228 has it come G2658 to you only G3441?

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If G1487 anyone G5100 thinks G1380 that he is a prophet G4396 or G2228 spiritual G4152, let him recognize G1921 that the things which G3739 I write G1125 to you are the Lord’s G2962 commandment G1785.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:38 - But if G1487 anyone G5100 does not recognize G50 this, [fn]he is not recognized G50.

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Therefore G5620, my brothers G80 and sisters, earnestly G2206 desire G2206 to prophesy G4395, and do not forbid G2967 speaking G2980 in tongues G1100.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:40 - But all G3956 things G3956 must be done G1096 properly G2156 and in an orderly G5010 way G5010.
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Lit hears
Or by the Spirit
Or encouragement
Lit voices
Or in my estimation
Lit spirits
Or with the
Lit private person
I.e., Old Testament, Isaiah
See note 2 v 16
See note 2 v 16
Or encouraged
I.e., God’s people
Or disgraceful
Two early mss let him continue not to recognize it
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