1 Corinthians 14:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Nevertheless, in public worship, I would rather say five words with my understanding and intelligently in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a [strange] tongue (language).

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ But in the church I’d rather speak five words in my right mind than speak thousands of words in a tongue so that I can teach others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ But in the Church, I prefer to speak five words from my mind, so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in tongues.

1 Corinthians 14:19 Références croisées

Luke 1:4

so that you may have a firm grasp of the words in which you have been instructed.

1 Corinthians 14:18

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you;

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults.

1 Corinthians 14:4

Those who speak in a tongue build up themselves, but those who prophesy build up the church.