1 Corinthians 14:5

New International Reader's Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 30:34

“I agree,” said Laban. “Let’s do what you have said.”

Mark 16:17

Here are the miraculous signs that those who believe will do. In my name they will drive out demons. They will speak in languages they had not known before.

Romans 14:19

So let us do all we can to live in peace. And let us work hard to build up one another.

1 Corinthians 12:10

To others he gives the power to do miracles. To others he gives the ability to prophesy. To others he gives the ability to tell the spirits apart. To others he gives the ability to speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages.

1 Corinthians 13:1

Suppose I speak in the languages of human beings or of angels. If I don’t have love, I am only a loud gong or a noisy cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud.

1 Corinthians 14:1

Follow the way of love. You should also want the gifts the Holy Spirit gives. Most of all, you should want the gift of prophecy.

1 Corinthians 14:17

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