So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.
1 Corinthians 14:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To be sure, you may give thanks well (nobly), but the bystander is not edified [it does him no good]. American Standard Version (1901) For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. Common English Bible You may offer a beautiful prayer of thanksgiving, but the other person is not being built up. Catholic Public Domain Version In this case, certainly, you give thanks well, but the other person is not edified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. |
So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.
The person who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.
I wish all of you spoke in tongues, but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.
So now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?