1 Corinthians 14:16-18
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16 Otherwise, if you say a blessing with the spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since the outsider does not know what you are saying?(A) 17 For you may give thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.(B) 18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you;
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1 Corinthians 14:16-18
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16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,[a] say “Amen”(A) to your thanksgiving,(B) since they do not know what you are saying? 17 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.(C)
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.
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