So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
1 Corinthians 14:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To be sure, you may give thanks well (nobly), but the bystander is not edified [it does him no good]. American Standard Version (1901) For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. Common English Bible You may offer a beautiful prayer of thanksgiving, but the other person is not being built up. Catholic Public Domain Version In this case, certainly, you give thanks well, but the other person is not edified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. |
So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
But now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?