1 Corinthians 14:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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

So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.

1 Corinthians 14:18

I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

1 Corinthians 14:4

He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5

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.

1 Corinthians 14:6

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?