1 Corinthians 14:19
King James Version
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17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.Select 1 Corinthians 14:17
18I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:Select 1 Corinthians 14:18
19Yet 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.Select 1 Corinthians 14:19
20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.Select 1 Corinthians 14:20
21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.Select 1 Corinthians 14:21
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14:19 However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.
ASV
14:19 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.
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