1 Corinthians 14:17
“For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.”
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Related Verses
“I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:”
“He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.”
“Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?”
“Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.”
“For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.”