1 Corinthians 14:18
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
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.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
- KJV
- I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
- WEB
- I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
- ASV
- I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
- DARBY
- I thank God I speak in a tongue more than all of you:
- BLB
- I thank God [that] I speak in tongues more than all of you⁺.
- ÅB
- Jeg takker Gud: jeg taler mere med tunge enn dere alle;
- OTB
- Jeg er takknemlig til Gud for at jeg taler med tunger mer enn dere alle;
- B1930
- Jeg takker Gud: jeg taler mere med tunge enn I alle;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 1:4–6
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:7
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
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