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16 Otherwise, if you are blessing[a] with your spirit[b] [only], how will the one filling the place of the uninstructed[c] say the “Amen” at your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? 17 For you are giving-thanks well[d]— but the other person is not being edified. 18 I give-thanks to God I speak in tongues more than all of you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:16 This is equivalent to praying [a blessing] in a tongue, v 14.
  2. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Or, spiritual gift, as in v 12.
  3. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Or, untrained, uninformed.
  4. 1 Corinthians 14:17 Or, commendably.

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