1 Corinthians 14:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Eph 1:17 : 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 6:17 : 17 But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
  • Rom 15:14 : 14 And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.
  • 1 Cor 12:7-8 : 7 But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good. 8 For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
  • 1 Cor 13:2-3 : 2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
  • 1 Cor 13:8-9 : 8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end. 9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:
  • 1 Cor 14:1 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 14:26-30 : 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. 29 And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say. 30 But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.
  • 2 Cor 11:6 : 6 But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.
  • Eph 3:4 : 4 By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;
  • Phil 3:15 : 15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
  • 2 Tim 3:10 : 10 But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
  • 2 Tim 3:16 : 16 Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
  • 2 Pet 1:5 : 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
  • 2 John 1:9 : 9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.
  • 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.
  • Jer 16:19 : 19 O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.
  • Jer 23:32 : 32 See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
  • Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Acts 2:42 : 42 And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

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  • 1 Cor 14:1-5
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 14:7-28
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    7Even 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?

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

    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?

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

    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.

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

    21In 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.

    22For 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.

    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 14:38-40
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    38But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.

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

    40Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-3
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    1If 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.

    2And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

    3And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

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

  • 1 Cor 14:36
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    36What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you?

  • 1 Cor 4:19
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    19But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

  • 1 Cor 2:1
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    1And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

  • 1 Cor 12:10
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    10And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

  • 1 Cor 12:30-31
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    30Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

    31But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 14:31
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    31For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

  • 1 Cor 13:8
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    8Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

  • 1 Cor 12:7
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    7But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

  • Isa 28:11
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    11No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:

  • 2 Cor 11:6
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    6But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

  • 1 Cor 2:13
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    13And 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.

  • 1 Cor 4:21
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    21What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?