1 Corinthians 14:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For you may give thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up. More versionsKing 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. |
Those who speak in a tongue build up themselves, but those who prophesy build up the church.
Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues but even more to prophesy. One who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.
Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you in some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?