1 Corinthians 14:23

American Standard Version (1901)

If therefore the whole church be assembled together and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?

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  • Acts 2:13 : 13 But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine.
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 And as he thus made his defense, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.
  • 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.
  • Hos 9:7 : 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
  • John 10:20 : 20 And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

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  • 1 Cor 14:24-29
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    24But if all prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is reproved by all, he is judged by all;

    25the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.

    26What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

    27If any man speaketh in a tongue, [let it be] by two, or at the most three, and [that] in turn; and let one interpret:

    28but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

    29And let the prophets speak [by] two or three, and let the others discern.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-22
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    1Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.

    2For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

    3But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

    4He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

    5Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

    6But now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?

    7Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

    8For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?

    9So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air.

    10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no [kind] is without signification.

    11If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me.

    12So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.

    13Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

    14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

    15What 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.

    16Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

    17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

    18I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

    19howbeit 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.

    20Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

    21In 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.

    22Wherefore 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 14:38-40
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    38But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant.

    39Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

    40But let all things be done decently and in order.

  • 1 Cor 12:29-30
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    29Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all [workers of] miracles?

    30have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

  • Acts 2:11-12
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    11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.

    12And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

  • Acts 2:6-8
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    6And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.

    7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galilaeans?

    8And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?

  • 1 Cor 13:1
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    1If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

  • 1 Cor 14:36
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    36What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?

  • Acts 10:46
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    46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

  • Acts 2:4
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    4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

  • Isa 28:11
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    11Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;

  • Mark 16:17
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    17And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

  • 1 Cor 12:19
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    19And if they were all one member, where were the body?

  • 1 Cor 12:10
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    10and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues: [

  • 1 Cor 14:31
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    31For ye all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted;

  • 1 Cor 12:17
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    17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you] :