1 Corinthians 14:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ To be sure, you may give thanks well (nobly), but the bystander is not edified [it does him no good].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ You may offer a beautiful prayer of thanksgiving, but the other person is not being built up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ In this case, certainly, you give thanks well, but the other person is not edified.

1 Corinthians 14:17 Cross References

Romans 14:19

So then, let us pursue what promotes peace  and what builds up one another.

1 Corinthians 14:18

I thank  God that I speak in tongues more than all of you;

1 Corinthians 14:4

The person who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5

I wish all of you spoke in tongues,  but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.

1 Corinthians 14:6

So now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation  or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?