1 Corinthians 14:18

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

Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who thinks you’re different from anyone else? What do you have that wasn’t given to you? And if it was given to you, why do you brag as though it came from you?

1 Corinthians 14:2

Anyone who speaks in an unknown language doesn’t speak to people. They speak only to God. In fact, no one understands them, because what they say by the Spirit remains a mystery.

1 Corinthians 14:4

Those who speak in unknown languages build up only themselves. But the person who prophesies builds up the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5

I’d like all of you to speak in unknown languages, but I’d rather have you prophesy. The person who prophesies is more helpful than the one who speaks in an unknown language, unless someone explains what they’re saying; then the whole church can be built up.

1 Corinthians 14:17

You might be giving thanks, but no one else is being built up.

1 Corinthians 14:19

But in the church, I’d rather speak five words in a language people can understand, in order to teach them, than 10,000 words in an unfamiliar language.