1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 Corinthians 14

1 Prophecy is commended, 2, 3, 4 and preferred before speaking with tongues, 6 by a comparison drawn from musical instruments. 12 Both must be referred to edification, 22 as to their true and proper end. 26 The true use of each is taught, 27 and the abuse taxed. 34 Women are forbidden to speak in the Church.

 14:1 Pursue 1377 love 26, yet 1161 desire 2206 earnestly 2206 spiritual 4152 [gifts], but especially 3123 that you may prophesy 4395.

 14:2 For one who speaks 2980 in a tongue 1100 does not speak 2980 to men 444 but to God 2316; for no 3762 one 3762 understands 191, but in [his] spirit 4151 he speaks 2980 mysteries 3466.

 14:3 But one who prophesies 4395 speaks 2980 to men 444 for edification 3619 and exhortation 3874 and consolation 3889.

 14:4 One who speaks 2980 in a tongue 1100 edifies 3618 himself 1438; but one who prophesies 4395 edifies 3618 the church 1577.

 14:5 Now 1161 I wish 2309 that you all 3956 spoke 2980 in tongues 1100, but [even] more 3123 that you would prophesy 4395; and greater 3173 is one who prophesies 4395 than 2228 one who speaks 2980 in tongues 1100, unless 1487 3361 he interprets 1329, so 2443 that the church 1577 may receive 2983 edifying 3619.

 14:6 ¶ But now 3568, brethren 80, if 1437 I come 2064 to you speaking 2980 in tongues 1100, what 5101 will I profit 5623 you unless 1437 3361 I speak 2980 to you either 2228 by way 1722 of revelation 602 or 2228 of knowledge 1108 or 2228 of prophecy 4394 or 2228 of teaching 1322?

 14:7 Yet 3676 [even] lifeless 895 things 895, either 1535a flute 836 or 1535a harp 2788, in producing 1325 a sound 5456, if 1437 they do not produce 1325 a distinction 1293 in the tones 5353, how 4459 will it be known 1097 what is played 832 on the flute 832 or 2228 on the harp 2789?

 14:8 For if 1437 the bugle 4536 produces 1325 an indistinct 82 sound 5456, who 5101 will prepare 3903 himself for battle 4171?

 14:9 So 3779 also 2532 you, unless 1437 3361 you utter 1325 by the tongue 1100 speech 3056 that is clear 2154, how 4459 will it be known 1097 what is spoken 2980? For you will be speaking 2980 into the air 109.

 14:10 There are, perhaps 5177, a great 5118 many 5118 kinds 1085 of languages 5456 in the world 2889, and no 3762 [kind] is without 880 meaning 880.

 14:11 If 1437 then 3767 I do not know 3609a the meaning 1411 of the language 5456, I will be to the one who speaks 2980 a barbarian 915, and the one who speaks 2980 will be a barbarian 915 to me.

 14:12 So 3779 also 2532 you, since 1893 you are zealous 2207 of spiritual 4151 [gifts], seek 2212 to abound 4052 for the edification 3619 of the church 1577.

 14:13 ¶ Therefore 1352 let one who speaks 2980 in a tongue 1100 pray 4336 that he may interpret 1329.

 14:14 For if 1437 I pray 4336 in a tongue 1100, my spirit 4151 prays 4336, but my mind 3563 is unfruitful 175.

 14:15 What 5101 is [the outcome] then 3767? I will pray 4336 with the spirit 4151 and I will pray 4336 with the mind 3563 also 2532; I will sing 5567 with the spirit 4151 and I will sing 5567 with the mind 3563 also 2532.

 14:16 Otherwise 1893 if 1437 you bless 2127 in the spirit 4151 [only], how 4459 will the one who fills 378 the place 5117 of the ungifted 2399 say 3004 the “Amen 281” at your giving 2169 of thanks 2169, since 1894 he does not know 3609a what 5101 you are saying 3004?

 14:17 For you are giving 2168 thanks 2168 well 2573 enough 2573, but the other 2087 person 2087 is not edified 3618.

 14:18 I thank 2168 God 2316, I speak 2980 in tongues 1100 more 3123 than you all 3956;

 14:19 however 235, in the church 1577 I desire 2309 to speak 2980 five 4002 words 3056 with my mind 3563 so 2443 that I may instruct 2727 others 243 also 2532, rather 2228 than 2228 ten 3463 thousand 3463 words 3056 in a tongue 1100.

 14:20 ¶ Brethren 80, do not be children 3813 in your thinking 5424; yet 235 in evil 2549 be infants 3515, but in your thinking 5424 be mature 5046.

 14:21 In the Law 3551 it is written 1125, “BY MEN 2084 OF STRANGE 2084 TONGUES 2084 AND BY THE LIPS 5491 OF STRANGERS 2087 I WILL SPEAK 2980 TO THIS 3778 PEOPLE 2992, AND EVEN 3761 SO 3779 THEY WILL NOT LISTEN 1522 TO ME,” says 3004 the Lord 2962.

 14:22 So 5620 then 5620 tongues 1100 are for a sign 4592, not to those 3588 who believe 4100 but to unbelievers 571; but prophecy 4394 [is for a sign], not to unbelievers 571 but to those 3588 who believe 4100.

 14:23 Therefore 3767 if 1437 the whole 3650 church 1577 assembles 4905 together 1909 3588 846 and all 3956 speak 2980 in tongues 1100, and ungifted 2399 men 2399 or 2228 unbelievers 571 enter 1525, will they not say 3004 that you are mad 3105?

 14:24 But if 1437 all 3956 prophesy 4395, and an unbeliever 571 or 2228 an ungifted 2399 man 2399 enters 1525, he is convicted 1651 by all 3956, he is called 350 to account 350 by all 3956;

 14:25 the secrets 2927 of his heart 2588 are disclosed 5318; and so 3779 he will fall 4098 on his face 4383 and worship 4352 God 2316, declaring 518 that God 2316 is certainly 3689 among 1722 you.

 14:26 ¶ What 5101 is [the outcome] then 3767, brethren 80? When 3752 you assemble 4905, each 1538 one 1538 has 2192 a psalm 5568, has 2192 a teaching 1322, has 2192 a revelation 602, has 2192 a tongue 1100, has 2192 an interpretation 2058. Let all 3956 things 3956 be done 1096 for edification 3619.

 14:27 If 1535a anyone 5100 speaks 2980 in a tongue 1100, [it should be] by two 1417 or 2228 at the most 4183 three 5140, and [each] in turn 3313, and one 1520 must interpret 1329;

 14:28 but if 1437 there is no 3361 interpreter 1328, he must keep 4601 silent 4601 in the church 1577; and let him speak 2980 to himself 1438 and to God 2316.

 14:29 Let two 1417 or 2228 three 5140 prophets 4396 speak 2980, and let the others 243 pass 1252 judgment 1252.

 14:30 But if 1437 a revelation 601 is made 601 to another 243 who is seated 2521, the first 4413 one must keep 4601 silent 4601.

 14:31 For you can 1410 all 3956 prophesy 4395 one 2596 1520 by one 2596 1520, so 2443 that all 3956 may learn 3129 and all 3956 may be exhorted 3870;

 14:32 and the spirits 4151 of prophets 4396 are subject 5293 to prophets 4396;

 14:33 for God 2316 is not [a God] of confusion 181 but of peace 1515, as in all 3956 the churches 1577 of the saints 40.

 14:34 ¶ The women 1135 are to keep 4601 silent 4601 in the churches 1577; for they are not permitted 2010 to speak 2980, but are to subject 5293 themselves, just 2531a as the Law 3551 also 2532 says 3004.

 14:35 If 1487 they desire 2309 to learn 3129 anything 5100, let them ask 1905 their own 2398 husbands 435 at home 3624; for it is improper 150 for a woman 1135 to speak 2980 in church 1577.

 14:36 Was it from you that the word 3056 of God 2316 [first] went 1831 forth 1831? Or 2228 has it come 2658 to you only 3441?

 14:37 ¶ If 1487 anyone 5100 thinks 1380 he is a prophet 4396 or 2228 spiritual 4152, let him recognize 1921 that the things which 3739 I write 1125 to you are the Lord’s 2962 commandment 1785.

 14:38 But if 1487 anyone 5100 does not recognize 50 [this], he is not recognized 50.

 14:39 ¶ Therefore 5620, my brethren 80, desire 2206 earnestly 2206 to prophesy 4395, and do not forbid 2967 to speak 2980 in tongues 1100.

 14:40 But all 3956 things 3956 must be done 1096 properly 2156 and in an orderly 5010 manner 5010.