Worsley - I Corinthians - 14

14:1  Labour after charity, and be desirous of spiritual gifts: but especially that ye may prophesy.

14:2  For he, that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not to men, but to God: for no one understandeth, though in spirit he speaketh mysteries.

14:3  But he, that prophesieth, speaketh edification, and exhortation, and comfort to men.

14:4  He, that speaketh in an unknown tongue, edifieth himself: but he, that prophesieth, edifieth the church.

14:5  I could wish that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edification.

14:6  Now, my brethren, if I come to you speaking with many tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak intelligibly to you of revelation, or knowledge, or prophecy, or doctrine?

14:7  As inanimate things which give a found, whether pipe or harp, unless they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall what is piped or harped be understood?

14:8  For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

14:9  So also unless ye utter by the tongue intelligible words, how shall what is spoken be understood? for thus ye will be only talking to the wind.

14:10  There are, it may be, as many kinds of voices in the world as people, and none of them insignificant.

14:11  But if I know not the force of the words, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian to me.

14:12  So ye also, since ye are so desirous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound in them to the edification of the church.

14:13  Wherefore let him, that speaketh in an unknown tongue, pray that he may interpret.

14:14  For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit indeed prayeth, but my meaning is fruitless.

14:15  What is then to be done? I will pray with the Spirit, but I will pray to be understood: I will sing with the spirit, but I will sing to be understood.

14:16  For if thou bless in the spirit, how shall the unlearned say Amen to thy thanksgiving, when he knoweth not what thou sayst?

14:17  thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

14:18  I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all.

14:19  But in a public assembly I had rather speak five words to be understood, that I may instruct others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

14:20  My brethren, be not children in sense: but in malice be infants, and in your judgements shew yourselves to be men.

14:21  It is written in the law, "By men of another language, and by other lips, will I speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to me, saith the Lord."

14:22  So that tongues are for a sign, not to believers but to unbelievers: but prophecy not to unbelievers but to those that believe.

14:23  If then the whole church be come together and all speak in unknown tongues, and there come in illiterate persons, or infidels, will they not say that ye are mad?

14:24  But if all prophesy, and there come in an unbeliever, or one unlearned, he is convinced by all, he is judged by all.

14:25  And thus the secrets of his heart are made manifest; so that falling down upon his face he will worship God, declaring that God is indeed among you.

14:26  What is then to be done, my brethren? when ye come together, if any of you hath a psalm, a doctrine, a tongue, a revelation, an interpretation,---let all be done for edification.

14:27  And if any one speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at most by three, and that by turns; and let one interpret.

14:28  But if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in the assembly; and let him speak to himself and to God.

14:29  And let but two or three of the prophets speak, and the others judge.

14:30  And if any thing be revealed to another sitting by, let the first have done speaking before the other begins.

14:31  For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

14:32  And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets:

14:33  for God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as we see in all the assemblies of the saints.

14:34  Let your women be silent in your assemblies: for it is not permitted to them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as the law saith.

14:35  And if they would learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it does not become women to speak in a public assembly.

14:36  Did the word of God come out first from you? or did it come to you only?

14:37  If any one seem to be a prophet, or acted by the Spirit, let him acknowlege that what I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

14:38  But if any will be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

14:39  Wherefore, my brethren, be most desirous to prophesy, and yet forbid not to speak with tongues:

14:40  but let all things be done decently and in order.