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First Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter 14

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1 Corinthians 14 NASB - New American Standard Bible1 Corinthians 14 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 14 of 1 Corinthians—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1Pursue love, yet 2desire earnestly 3spiritual gifts, but especially that you may 4prophesy.
  2. For one who 5speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one [a]understands, but [b]in his spirit he speaks 6mysteries.
  3. But one who prophesies speaks to men for 7edification and 8exhortation and consolation.
  4. One who 9speaks in a tongue 10edifies himself; but one who 11prophesies 12edifies the church.
  5. Now I wish that you all 13spoke in tongues, but 14even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who 15speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive 16edifying.
  6. ¶ But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of 17revelation or of 18knowledge or of 19prophecy or of 20teaching?
  7. Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp?
  8. For if 21the [c]bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
  9. So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be 22speaking into the air.
  10. There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of [d]languages in the world, and no kind is without meaning.
  11. If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one who speaks a [e]23barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a [f]barbarian [g]to me.
  12. So also you, since you are zealous of [h]spiritual gifts, seek to abound for the 24edification of the church.
  13. ¶ Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
  14. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
  15. 25What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will 26sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.
  16. Otherwise if you bless [i]in the spirit only, how will the one who fills the place of the [j]ungifted say 27the “Amen” at your 28giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
  17. For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not 29edified.
  18. I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;
  19. however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
  20. 30Brethren, 31do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil 32be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
  21. In 33the Law it is written, “34BY MEN OF STRANGE TONGUES AND BY THE LIPS OF STRANGERS I WILL SPEAK TO THIS PEOPLE, AND EVEN SO THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME,” says the Lord.
  22. So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but 35prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers but to those who believe.
  23. Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and [k]ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that 36you are mad?
  24. But if all 37prophesy, and an unbeliever or an [l]ungifted man enters, he is 38convicted by all, he is called to account by all;
  25. 39the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will 40fall on his face and worship God, 41declaring that God is certainly among you.
  26. 42What is the outcome then, 43brethren? When you assemble, 44each one has a 45psalm, has a 46teaching, has a 47revelation, has a 48tongue, has an 49interpretation. Let 50all things be done for edification.
  27. If anyone speaks in a 51tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must 52interpret;
  28. but if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.
  29. Let two or three 53prophets speak, and let the others 54pass judgment.
  30. But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent.
  31. For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted;
  32. and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets;
  33. for God is not a God of 55confusion but of [m]peace, as in 56all the churches of the 57saints.
  34. ¶ The women are to 58keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but 59are to subject themselves, just as 60the Law also says.
  35. If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is [n]improper for a woman to speak in church.
  36. [o]Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it come to you only?
  37. 61If anyone thinks he is a prophet or 62spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you 63are the Lord’s commandment.
  38. But if anyone does not recognize this, he [p]is not recognized.
  39. ¶ Therefore, my brethren, 64desire earnestly to 65prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues.
  40. But 66all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit hears
  2. ^ Or by the Spirit
  3. ^ Lit trumpet
  4. ^ Lit voices
  5. ^ Or foreigner
  6. ^ Or foreigner
  7. ^ Or in my estimation
  8. ^ Lit spirits
  9. ^ Or with the
  10. ^ I.e. unversed in spiritual gifts
  11. ^ V 16, note 2
  12. ^ V 16, note 2
  13. ^ Or peace. As in all...saints, let
  14. ^ Or disgraceful
  15. ^ Lit Or was
  16. ^ Two early mss read is not to be recognized

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Co 16:14
  2. ^ 1Co 12:31; 14:39
  3. ^ 1Co 12:1
  4. ^ 1Co 13:2
  5. ^ Mr 16:17; 1Co 12:10, 28, 30; 13:1; 14:18ff
  6. ^ 1Co 13:2
  7. ^ Ro 14:19; 1Co 14:5, 12, 17, 26
  8. ^ Ac 4:36
  9. ^ Mr 16:17; 1Co 12:10, 28, 30; 13:1; 14:18ff, 26f
  10. ^ Ro 14:19; 1Co 14:5, 12, 17, 26
  11. ^ 1Co 13:2
  12. ^ Ro 14:19; 1Co 14:5, 12, 17, 26
  13. ^ Mr 16:17; 1Co 12:10, 28, 30; 13:1; 14:18ff, 26f
  14. ^ Nu 11:29
  15. ^ Mr 16:17; 1Co 12:10, 28, 30; 13:1; 14:18ff, 26f
  16. ^ Ro 14:19; 1Co 14:4, 12, 17, 26
  17. ^ 1Co 14:26; Eph 1:17
  18. ^ 1Co 12:8
  19. ^ 1Co 13:2
  20. ^ Ac 2:42; Ro 6:17; 1Co 14:26
  21. ^ Nu 10:9; Je 4:19; Eze 33:3-6; Jl 2:1
  22. ^ 1Co 9:26
  23. ^ Ac 28:2
  24. ^ Ro 14:19; 1Co 14:4, 5, 17, 26
  25. ^ Ac 21:22; 1Co 14:26
  26. ^ Eph 5:19; Col 3:16
  27. ^ De 27:15-26; 1Ch 16:36; Ne 5:13; 8:6; Ps 106:48; Je 11:5; 28:6; Re 5:14; 7:12
  28. ^ Mt 15:36
  29. ^ Ro 14:19; 1Co 14:4, 5, 12, 26
  30. ^ Ro 1:13
  31. ^ Eph 4:14; Heb 5:12f
  32. ^ Ps 131:2; Mt 18:3; Ro 16:19; 1Pe 2:2
  33. ^ Jn 10:34; 1Co 14:34
  34. ^ Is 28:11f
  35. ^ 1Co 14:1
  36. ^ Ac 2:13
  37. ^ 1Co 14:1
  38. ^ Jn 16:8
  39. ^ Jn 4:19
  40. ^ Lu 17:16
  41. ^ Is 45:14; Da 2:47; Zc 8:23; Ac 4:13
  42. ^ 1Co 14:15
  43. ^ Ro 1:13
  44. ^ 1Co 12:8-10
  45. ^ Eph 5:19
  46. ^ 1Co 14:6
  47. ^ 1Co 14:6
  48. ^ 1Co 14:2
  49. ^ 1Co 12:10; 14:5, 13, 27f
  50. ^ Ro 14:19
  51. ^ 1Co 14:2
  52. ^ 1Co 12:10; 14:5, 13, 26ff
  53. ^ 1Co 13:2; 14:32, 37
  54. ^ 1Co 12:10
  55. ^ 1Co 14:40
  56. ^ 1Co 4:17; 7:17
  57. ^ Ac 9:13
  58. ^ 1Co 11:5, 13
  59. ^ 1Ti 2:11f; 1Pe 3:1
  60. ^ 1Co 14:21
  61. ^ 2Co 10:7
  62. ^ 1Co 2:15
  63. ^ 1Jo 4:6
  64. ^ 1Co 12:31
  65. ^ 1Co 13:2; 14:1
  66. ^ 1Co 14:33

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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