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1 Corinthians 14:18-20
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1 Corinthians 14:18-20
American Standard Version
18 I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all: 19 howbeit 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.
20 Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be [a]men.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:20 Greek of full age. Compare 2:6.
1 Corinthians 14:18-20
New International Version
1 Corinthians 14:18-20
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18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.(A)
20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(B) In regard to evil be infants,(C) but in your thinking be adults.
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