1 Corinthians 14:9
Euen so lykewyse, when ye speake with tongues, except ye speake wordes that haue signification, howe shall it be vnderstande what is spoken? For ye shall speake into the ayer.
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- 1 Cor 9:26 : 26 I therfore so run, not as at an vncertayne thing: So fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre.
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- 1 Cor 14:10-2415 verses84%
10 There are so many kyndes of voyces, as it commeth to passe in the worlde, and none of them are without signification.
11 If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth, I shalbe lyke vnto hym that speaketh, an aliaunt: and he that speaketh, shalbe an aliaunt vnto me.
12 Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes seke that ye may excell, vnto the edifiyng of the Churche.
13 Wherfore, let him that speaketh with tongue, pray that he may interprete.
14 For yf I pray with tongue, my spirite prayeth, but my vnderstanding is without fruite.
15 What is it then? I wyll pray with the spirite, and wyll pray with the vnderstandyng also. I wyll syng with the spirite, and wyll syng with the vnderstandyng also.
16 Els, when thou blessest with the spirite, howe shall he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned, say Amen at thy geuyng of thankes, seyng he vnderstandeth not what thou sayest?
17 Thou veryly geuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
18 I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more the ye all.
19 Yet had I rather, in the Churche to speake fiue wordes with my vnderstandyng, to the information of other, then ten thousande wordes with the tongue.
20 Brethren, be not chyldren in wytte: Howbeit, as concerning maliciousnesse, be chyldren: but in wytte, be perfect.
21 In the lawe it is written: With sundry tongues, and with sundry lyppes, wyll I speake vnto this people, and yet for all that will they not heare me, sayth the Lorde.
22 Wherfore, tongues are for a signe, not to them that beleue, but to them that beleue not: But prophesiyng serueth not for them that beleue not, but for them which beleue.
23 If therfore, when all the Churche is come together in one, & all speake with tongues, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not: wyll they not say yt ye are out of your wittes?
24 But yf all prophesie, and there come in one ye beleueth not, or one vnlearned: he is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of euery man:
- 1 Cor 14:1-88 verses81%
1 Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie.
2 For he that speaketh with the tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: For no man heareth hym. Howbeit, in the spirite he speaketh misteries.
3 But he that prophesieth, speaketh vnto men to their edifiyng, to their exhortation, and to their comfort.
4 He that speaketh with the tongue, edifieth hym selfe: he that prophesieth, edifieth the Churche.
5 I woulde yt ye al spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: For greater is he that prophesieth, then he that speaketh with tongues, except he expounde it, that the Churche may haue edifiyng.
6 Nowe brethren, yf I come vnto you speakyng with tongues, what shall I profite you, except I speake to you eyther by reuelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesiyng, or by doctrine?
7 Moreouer, thynges without lyfe geuing sound, whether it be a pipe or an harpe, except they make a distinction in the soundes, howe shall it be knowen what is piped or harped?
8 And also yf the trumpe geue an vncertayne sounde, who shall prepare him selfe to the warre?
- 1 Cor 14:26-283 verses77%
26 Howe is it then brethren? When ye come together, euery one of you hath a psalme, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a reuelation, hath interpretation. Let all thynges be done vnto edifiyng.
27 Yf any man speake with tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course, and let one interprete.
28 But yf there be no interpreter, let him kepe scilence in the Churche, and let him speake to hym selfe, and to God.
- 1 Cor 14:38-403 verses75%
38 But yf any man be ignoraunt, let hym be ignoraunt.
39 Wherfore brethren, couet to prophesie, and forbyd not to speake with tongues.
40 Let all thynges be done honestlie and in order.
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11 For he that speaketh vnto this people, is euen as one that vseth rudenesse of speache, and a straunge language.
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1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels, and haue not loue, I am as soundyng brasse, or as a tincklyng Cimball:
- Matt 10:19-202 verses71%
19 But whe they delyuer you vp, take ye no thought, how or what ye shal speake. For it shalbe geuen you, euen in that same houre, what ye shall speake.
20 For it is not ye that speake, but ye spirite of your father, which speaketh in you.
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3 No language, no wordes, no voyce of theirs is hearde:
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1 Concernyng spirituall gyftes, brethren, I woulde not haue you ignoraunt.
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13 Which thynges also we speake, not in the wordes which mans wisedome teacheth, but which ye holy ghost teacheth, comparyng spirituall thynges with spirituall thynges.
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11 But when they leade you, and present you, be not carefull aforehande, neither take thought what ye shall speake: but whatsoeuer is geuen you in the same houre, that speake ye. For it is not ye that speake, but the holy ghost.
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14 Howe then shall they call on hym, on whom they haue not beleued? Howe shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not hearde? Howe shal they heare, without a preacher?
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31 For ye may all prophesie one by one, that all may learne, and all may haue comfort.
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6 Not to many nations whiche haue profounde lippes and harde languages, whose wordes thou vnderstandest not: otherwise if I had sent thee vnto them, they would haue hearkened vnto thee.
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8 And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne?
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30 Are all, doers of miracles? Haue all the giftes of healyng? Do all speake with tongues? Do all interprete?
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36 Sproung the worde of God from you? Either came it vnto you only?
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21 But as it is written: To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that hearde not, shall vnderstande.
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10 To another, power to do miracles, to another, prophesie, to another iudgement to discerne spirites, to another, diuers kyndes of tongues, to another, the interpretation of tongues.
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17 If all the body were an eye, where were then the hearyng? If all were hearyng, where were the smellyng?
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12 They were all amased, and wondred, saying one to another: What meaneth this?
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6 When this was noysed about, the multitude came together and were astonnyed, because that euery man hearde them speake with his owne language.
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20 Shall it be tolde him what I saye? Shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?
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19 There shalt thou not see a cruel people of a straunge tongue, to haue so diffused a language that it may not be vnderstanded, neither so straunge a speache but it shalbe perceaued.