1 Corinthians 14:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ For you may give thanks well enough, but the other person is not 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Corinthians 14:17 Cross References

Romans 14:19

Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

1 Corinthians 14:18

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

1 Corinthians 14:4

Those who speak in a tongue build up themselves, but those who prophesy build up the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5

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.

1 Corinthians 14:6

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?