1 Corinthians 14:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

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  • 1 Cor 14:4 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 14:6 : 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?

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  • 1 Cor 14:9-16
    8 verses
    85%

    9So 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.

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

    11But 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.

    12So 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.

    13For 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.

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

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

    16For 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?

  • 1 Cor 14:18-19
    2 verses
    81%

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

    19But 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.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-6
    6 verses
    76%

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

    2For 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.

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

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

    5Now 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.

    6But, 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?

  • 1 Cor 10:30
    75%

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

  • 1 Cor 14:23-28
    6 verses
    73%

    23If, 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?

    24But 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;

    25The 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.

    26What 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.

    27If 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:

    28But 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 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4I 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;

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

  • Eph 1:16
    72%

    16Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;

  • 1 Cor 11:17
    72%

    17But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

  • 2 Cor 9:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

    12For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

  • 2 Thess 1:3
    71%

    3It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

  • 2 Cor 9:15
    71%

    15Praise be to God for what he has given, which words have no power to say.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
    71%

    9For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

  • 2 Cor 1:11
    70%

    11You 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.

  • 1 Thess 1:2
    70%

    2We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

  • 2 Cor 8:16
    70%

    16But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.

  • Phlm 1:4
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    4I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,

  • 2 Cor 4:15
    70%

    15For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

  • Rom 14:16
    70%

    16Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

  • Phil 1:3
    70%

    3I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

  • 1 Cor 12:1
    70%

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

  • Eph 5:4
    69%

    4And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

  • Eph 5:20
    69%

    20Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

  • Col 2:7
    69%

    7Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
    69%

    7For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

  • 1 Thess 5:18
    69%

    18In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.

  • 1 Cor 14:39
    69%

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

  • 1 Cor 11:21
    68%

    21For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

  • Rom 14:19
    68%

    19So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

  • Col 3:17
    68%

    17And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

  • 1 Cor 16:18
    68%

    18For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.