1 Corinthians 14:1 Make love your aim, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

1 Corinthians 14:2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:3 On the other hand, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.

1 Corinthians 14:4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless some one interprets, so that the church may be edified.

1 Corinthians 14:6 Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how shall I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

1 Corinthians 14:7 If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will any one know what is played?

1 Corinthians 14:8 And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

1 Corinthians 14:9 So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.

1 Corinthians 14:10 There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning;

1 Corinthians 14:11 but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

1 Corinthians 14:12 So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

1 Corinthians 14:13 Therefore, he who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:15 What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.

1 Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?

1 Corinthians 14:17 For you may give thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.

1 Corinthians 14:18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;

1 Corinthians 14:19 nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be babes in evil, but in thinking be mature.

1 Corinthians 14:21 In the law it is written, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord."

1 Corinthians 14:22 Thus, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.

1 Corinthians 14:23 If, therefore, the whole church assembles and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?

1 Corinthians 14:24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all,

1 Corinthians 14:25 the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.

1 Corinthians 14:26 What then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

1 Corinthians 14:27 If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn; and let one interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:28 But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silence in church and speak to himself and to God.

1 Corinthians 14:29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.

1 Corinthians 14:30 If a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first be silent.

1 Corinthians 14:31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged;

1 Corinthians 14:32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.

1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

1 Corinthians 14:34 the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.

1 Corinthians 14:35 If there is anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

1 Corinthians 14:36 What! Did the word of God originate with you, or are you the only ones it has reached?

1 Corinthians 14:37 If any one thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 14:38 If any one does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

1 Corinthians 14:39 So, my brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues;

1 Corinthians 14:40 but all things should be done decently and in order.