Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 14:21-22 : 21 In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord. 22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying [is for a sign], not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.
• 1 Cor 14:4 : 4 He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.