1 Corinthians 14:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

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  • 1 Chr 16:36 : 36 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.
  • Ps 106:48 : 48 Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.
  • Rev 5:14 : 14 And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.
  • 1 Cor 11:24 : 24 And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.
  • Deut 27:15-26 : 15 Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it. 16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it. 17 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it. 18 Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it. 19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it. 20 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it. 21 Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it. 22 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it. 23 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it. 24 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it. 25 Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it. 26 Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Jer 28:6 : 6 The prophet Jeremiah said, So be it: may the Lord do so: may the Lord give effect to the words which you have said, and let the vessels of the Lord's house, and all the people who have been taken away, come back from Babylon to this place.
  • Neh 8:6 : 6 And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.
  • Rev 7:12 : 12 So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.
  • Rev 22:20 : 20 He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.
  • Isa 29:11-12 : 11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut: 12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.
  • Jer 11:5 : 5 So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.
  • 1 Cor 14:2 : 2 For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.
  • 1 Cor 14:14 : 14 For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.
  • 1 Cor 14:23-24 : 23 If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced? 24 But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;
  • 1 Cor 16:24 : 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. So be it.
  • Num 5:22 : 22 And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.
  • Ps 41:13 : 13 May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.
  • Ps 72:19 : 19 Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.
  • Ps 89:52 : 52 Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
  • 1 Kgs 1:36 : 36 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.
  • Neh 5:13 : 13 And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
  • Mark 16:20 : 20 And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.
  • John 7:15 : 15 Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school.
  • John 21:25 : 25 And Jesus did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be.
  • Acts 4:13 : 13 Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.
  • 1 Cor 1:4-8 : 4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus; 5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort; 6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you: 7 So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; 8 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • 1 Cor 14:17-28
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    17 For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

    18 I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:

    19 But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

    20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

    21 In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

    22 For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

    23 If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced?

    24 But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

    25 The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.

    26 What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

    27 If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

    28 But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-15
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    1 Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

    2 For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

    3 But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

    4 He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church.

    5 Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

    6 But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching?

    7 Even things without life, having a voice, such as a music-pipe or other instrument, if they do not give out different sounds, who may be certain what is being played?

    8 For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight?

    9 So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

    10 There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense.

    11 But if the sense of the voice is not clear to me, I am like a man from a strange country to him who is talking, and he will be the same to me.

    12 So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

    13 For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

    14 For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.

    15 What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1 But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

  • 1 Cor 14:38-39
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    38 But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.

    39 So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

  • 1 Cor 2:13-14
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    13 And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

    14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 10:30
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    30 But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

  • 1 Cor 12:3
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    3 So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

  • Eph 1:16-17
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    16 Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;

    17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

  • Rom 8:26
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    26 And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

  • 1 Pet 4:11
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    11 If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

  • 2 Cor 9:15
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    15 Praise be to God for what he has given, which words have no power to say.

  • 1 Cor 14:30-31
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    30 But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.

    31 For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

  • Isa 29:12
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    12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

  • 1 Cor 12:30
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    30 Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7 Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.

  • 1 Cor 11:29
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    29 For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

  • 1 Cor 2:11
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    11 For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

  • 2 Cor 9:11
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    11 Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

  • 1 Cor 10:16
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    16 The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?

  • 2 Cor 1:11
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    11 You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.