1 Corinthians 14:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit [by the Holy Spirit within me] prays, but my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps nobody].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind isn’t productive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ So, if I pray in tongues, my spirit prays, but my mind is without fruit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit.

1 Corinthians 14:14 Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:13

Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:19

howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

1 Corinthians 14:2

For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.