1 Corinthians 14:23

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Yf the whole cogregacion now came together in to one place, & spake all with tunges, and there came in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not, shulde they not saye, that ye were out of youre wyttes?

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 2:13 : 13 But other mocked them, and sayde: They are full of swete wyne.
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 Whan he thus answered for himselfe, Festus sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou art besydes thy selfe, moch lernynge maketh ye madd.
  • 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 First, whan ye come together in the congregacion, I heare, that there are discensions amonge you, and I partly beleue it.
  • Hos 9:7 : 7 Be ye sure (O Israel) the tyme of visitacion is come, the dayes of recompencinge are at honde. As for the prophet, ye holde him for a foole: and him that is rich in the sprete, for a mad man: so greate is youre wickednes and malice.
  • John 10:20 : 20 Many of the sayde: He hath the deuell, and is madd, why heare ye him?

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  • 82%

    24 But yff all prophecied, and there came in one yt beleueth not, or one vnlerned, he shulde be rebuked of them all, and iudged of all,

    25 and so shulde the secrete of his hert be opened, and so shulde he fall downe vpon his face, worshippinge God, and knowleginge, that of a trueth God is in you.

    26 How is it then brethren? Whan ye come together, euery one hath a psalme, hath doctryne, hath a tunge, hath a reuelacion, hath an interpretacion. Let all be done to edifyenge.

    27 Yf eny ma speake with tunges, let him do it him selfe beynge the seconde, or at the most him selfe beynge ye thirde, and one after another, and let one interprete it.

    28 But yf there be not an interpreter, then let him kepe sylence in the congregacion, howbeit let him speake to himselfe and to God.

    29 As for the prophetes, let two or thre speake and let the other iudge.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-22
    22 verses
    81%

    1 Laboure for loue. Couet spirituall giftes, but specially that ye maye prophecye.

    2 For he yt speaketh with tunges, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him. Howbeit in ye sprete he speaketh misteries.

    3 But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto men to edifienge, & to exhortacion, and to coforte.

    4 He that speaketh with tunges, edifieth himselfe: but he that prophecieth, edifieth the cogregacion.

    5 I wolde that ye all spake with tunges, but rather that ye prophecied. For greater is he that prophecieth, then he that speaketh wt tuges: excepte he also expounde it, that the congregacion maye haue edifienge.

    6 But now brethren yf I come vnto you, and speake with tunges, what shal I profet you, excepte I speake vnto you ether by reuelacion or by knowlege, or by prophecienge, or by doctryne?

    7 Likewyse is it also in ye thinges that geue sounde, and yet lyue not: whether it be a pype or an harpe, excepte they geue distyncte soundes from them, how shal it be knowne what is pyped or harped?

    8 And yf the trope geue an vncertayne sounde, who wil prepare himselfe to the battayll?

    9 Euen so ye likewyse, whan ye speake with tunges, excepte ye speake playne wordes, how shal it be knowne what is spoke? for ye shal but speake in ye ayre.

    10 So many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde, and none of them is without significacion.

    11 Yf I knowe not now what ye voyce meaneth, I shalbe an aleaunt vnto him that speaketh: & he that speaketh, shalbe an aleaut vnto me.

    12 Eue so ye (for so moch as ye couet spirituall giftes (seke yt ye maye haue plentye to the edifienge of the congregacion.

    13 Wherfore let him that speaketh wt tunges, praye, that he maye interprete also.

    14 Yf I praye with tunges, my sprete prayeth, but my vnderstodinge bryngeth no man frute.

    15 How shal it be then? Namely thus: I wil praye with ye sprete, and wil praye with the vnderstodinge also: I wil synge psalmes in the sprete, and wil synge spalmes with ye vnderstondinge also.

    16 But whan thou geuest thankes with ye sprete, how shal he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned, saye Ame at thy geuynge of thankes, seynge he knoweth not what thou sayest?

    17 Thou geuest well thankes, but the other is not edifyed.

    18 I thanke my God, that I speake with tunges more then ye all.

    19 Yet had I leuer in the cogregacion to speake fyue wordes with my vnderstondinge yt I maye enfourme other also, rather then ten thousande wordes with tunges.

    20 Brethren be not children in vnderstondinge, howbeit as concerninge maliciousnes be childre, but in vnderstondinge be parfecte.

    21 In the lawe it is wrytten: With other tunges and with other lippes wyl I speake vnto this people, and yet shal they not so heare me, sayeth the LORDE

    22 Therfore are tunges for a token, not to the that beleue, but to them that beleue not. Contrary wyse, prophecienge, not to them that beleue not, but to them which beleue.

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    38 But yf eny man be ignoraunt, let him be ignoraunt.

    39 Wherfore brethren, couet to prophecye, and forbyd not to speake with tunges.

    40 Let all thinges be done honestly and in order.

  • 72%

    29 Are they all Apostles? Are they all prophetes? Are they all teachers? Are they all doers of miracles?

    30 Haue they all the giftes of healinge? Speake they all with tunges? Can they all interprete?

  • Acts 2:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 Cretes and Arabians: we heare them speake with oure awne tunges the greate workes of God.

    12 They were all amased, and wondred, and sayde one to another: What wil this be?

  • Acts 2:6-8
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    6 Now whan this voyce came to passe, the multitude came together, and were astonyed: For euery one herde, that they spake with his awne tunge.

    7 They wondred all and marueyled, and sayde amonge them selues: Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile?

    8 How heare we the euery one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne?

  • 1 Though I spake with the tunges of men and angels, and yet had not loue, I were euen as sowndinge brasse, or as a tynklinge Cymball.

  • 36 Or spronge the worde of God from amonge you? Or is it come vnto you onely?

  • 46 For they herde that they spake with tunges, and magnified God. The answered Peter:

  • 4 and they were all fylled with the holy goost. And they beganne to preach with other tunges, euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce.

  • 11 And therfore the LORDE also shal speake wt lispinge lippes and wt a straunge laguage vnto this people, to whom he spake afore of this maner:

  • 17 As for the tokens, which shal folowe the that beleue, these are they: In my name shal they cast out deuyls: Speake with new tunges:

  • 1 As concernynge spirituall giftes (brethren) I wolde not that ye were ignoraunt.

  • 19 Neuertheles yf all the mebres were one membre, where were then the body?

  • 10 to another, power to do miracles: to another, prophecienge: to another, iudgment to discerne spretes: to another, dyuerse tunges: to another, the interpretacion of tunges.

  • 31 Ye maye all prophecye one after another that they all maye lerne, and that all maye haue comforte.

  • 17 Yf all the body were an eye, where were then the hearinge? Yf all were hearinge, where then the smellinge?

  • 4 And it semeth to the a straunge thinge, yt ye runne not also wt them vnto the same excesse of ryote, & speake euell of you.