1 Corinthians 14:18

New International Reader's Version

I thank God that I speak in other languages more than all of you do.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:17

You are certainly giving thanks. But no one else is being built up.

1 Corinthians 14:19

In the church, I wouldn’t want to speak 10,000 words in an unfamiliar language. I’d rather speak five words in a language people could understand. Then I would be teaching others.

1 Corinthians 14:2

Anyone who speaks in a language they had not known before doesn’t speak to people. They speak only to God. In fact, no one understands them. What they say by the Spirit remains a mystery.

1 Corinthians 14:4

Anyone who speaks in other languages builds up only themselves. But the person who prophesies builds up the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5

I would like all of you to speak in other languages. But I would rather have you prophesy. The person who prophesies is more helpful than those who speak in other languages. But that is not the case if someone explains what was said in the other languages. Then the whole church can be built up.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you brag as though you did not?