1 Corinthians 14:16

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

1 Corinthians 14:16 — American Standard Version

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Context — 1 Corinthians 14

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13Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

16Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

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

19howbeit 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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