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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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 1:4-6 : 4 Thanksgiving I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus. 5 For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge– 6 just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you–
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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  • 1 Cor 14:19
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    19but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

  • 1 Cor 14:9-17
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    9It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

    10There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

    11If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

    12It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

    13So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

    14If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

    15What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.

    16Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

    17For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-6
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    1Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

    2For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

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

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

    5I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

    6Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

  • 1 Cor 1:4-5
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    4Thanksgiving I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

    5For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge–

  • Phil 1:3
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    3Prayer for the Church I thank my God every time I remember you.

  • 1 Cor 14:26-28
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    26Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

    27If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

    28But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

  • 1 Cor 14:39
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    39So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

  • Phlm 1:4
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    4Thanks for Philemon’s Love and Faith I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,

  • Rom 1:8
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    8Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

  • 1 Cor 14:21-23
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    21It is written in the law:“By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” says the Lord.

    22So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

    23So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

  • 1 Cor 1:14
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    14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

  • Eph 1:16
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    16I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

  • 1 Cor 12:30
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    30Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

  • 1 Cor 10:30
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    30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?

  • Rom 15:15
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    15But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God

  • 1 Cor 13:1
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    1The Way of Love If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
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    17What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

    18Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.

  • 1 Cor 15:10-11
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

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

  • 1 Thess 1:2
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    2Thanksgiving for Response to the Gospel We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly in our prayers,

  • 2 Cor 9:15
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    15Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

  • 2 Thess 1:3
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    3Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

  • 2 Cor 2:14
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    14Apostolic Ministry But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

  • Rom 15:17
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    17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
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    9For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

  • 1 Tim 1:12
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    12I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

  • 2 Cor 7:16
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    16I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • Col 4:4
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    4Pray that I may make it known as I should.