1 Corinthians 14:18

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I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

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  • 1 Cor 1:4-6 : 4 I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 That in every way you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge, 6 Just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you,
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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  • 1 Cor 14:19
    82%

    19 But in the church, I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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

    9 In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

    10 There are so many kinds of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

    11 If I do not understand the meaning of what someone is saying, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

    12 So with yourselves, since you are eager for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in building up the church.

    13 Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.

    14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

    15 What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

    16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can someone who is in the position of an outsider say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?

    17 You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-6
    6 verses
    78%

    1 Pursue love, and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

    2 For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands; they speak mysteries by the Spirit.

    3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and comfort.

    4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up themselves, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

    5 I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but I would rather you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless they interpret so that the church may be built up.

    6 Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what good will I be to you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

  • 1 Cor 1:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

    5 That in every way you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge,

  • Phil 1:3
    72%

    3 I thank my God every time I remember you.

  • 1 Cor 14:26-28
    3 verses
    72%

    26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

    27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be two or at most three, each in turn, and let someone interpret.

    28 But if there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep silent in the church and speak to themselves and to God.

  • 1 Cor 14:39
    72%

    39 So then, brothers and sisters, eagerly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

  • Phlm 1:4
    71%

    4 I always thank my God as I mention you in my prayers,

  • Rom 1:8
    71%

    8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

  • 1 Cor 14:21-23
    3 verses
    71%

    21 In the Law it is written: 'By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,' says the Lord.

    22 Thus, tongues are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign, not for unbelievers but for believers.

    23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

  • 1 Cor 1:14
    70%

    14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

  • Eph 1:16
    70%

    16 I never stop giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

  • 1 Cor 12:30
    70%

    30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

  • 1 Cor 10:30
    69%

    30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of what I give thanks for?

  • Rom 15:15
    69%

    15 Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points, to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me.

  • 1 Cor 13:1
    69%

    1 If I speak in the tongues of people and of angels, but do not have love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting.

    18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.

  • 1 Cor 15:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

    11 Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • 1 Thess 1:2
    69%

    2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers without ceasing.

  • 2 Cor 9:15
    69%

    15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

  • 2 Thess 1:3
    68%

    3 We always ought to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you for one another is increasing.

  • 2 Cor 2:14
    68%

    14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and manifests the aroma of the knowledge of Him through us in every place.

  • Rom 15:17
    68%

    17 Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
    68%

    15 All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
    68%

    9 For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
    68%

    1 Now, concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.

  • 1 Tim 1:12
    67%

    12 I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to His service.

  • 2 Cor 7:16
    67%

    16 I rejoice that I have complete confidence in you.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    67%

    5 I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • Col 4:4
    67%

    4 Pray that I may reveal it clearly, as I ought to speak.