1 Corinthians 14:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 1:4-6 : 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:
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For 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?

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  • 1 Cor 14:19
    82%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 14:9-17
    9 verses
    81%

    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.

    16 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?

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

  • 1 Cor 14:1-6
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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?

  • 1 Cor 1:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    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;

  • Phil 1:3
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 14:26-28
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    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 14:39
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    39 So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

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

  • Rom 1:8
    71%

    8 First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.

  • 1 Cor 14:21-23
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    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?

  • 1 Cor 1:14
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    14 I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius;

  • Eph 1:16
    70%

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

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • Rom 15:15
    69%

    15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

  • 1 Cor 13:1
    69%

    1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
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    69%

    17 What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

    18 Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.

  • 1 Cor 15:10-11
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    10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • 1 Thess 1:2
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    2 We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

  • 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.

  • 2 Thess 1:3
    68%

    3 It 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 2:14
    68%

    14 But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.

  • Rom 15:17
    68%

    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15 For 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.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
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    9 For 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;

  • 1 Cor 12:1
    68%

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

  • 1 Tim 1:12
    67%

    12 I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

  • 2 Cor 7:16
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    16 It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • Col 4:4
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    4 So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.