1 Corinthians 14:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² Tongues, then, are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Thus [unknown] tongues are meant for a [supernatural] sign, not for believers but for unbelievers [on the point of believing], while prophecy (inspired preaching and teaching, interpreting the divine will and purpose) is not for unbelievers [on the point of believing] but for believers.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.

Common English Bible

²² So then, tongues are a sign for those who don’t believe, not for those who believe. But prophecy is a sign for believers, not for those who don’t believe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² And so, tongues are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers; and prophecies are not for unbelievers, but for believers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecies not to unbelievers, but to believers.

1 Corinthians 14:22 Cross References

Mark 16:17

And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

Luke 12:46

the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful.

1 Corinthians 14:1

Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts and especially that you may prophesy.

1 Timothy 1:9

this means understanding that the law is laid down not for the righteous but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers,