15 What then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with my understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with my understanding. 16 Otherwise, if you praise with the spirit,[a] how will the uninformed person[b] say “Amen”(A) at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying? 17 For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Or praise by the Spirit
  2. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Lit the one filling the place of the uninformed

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