1Co 14:19
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that {by my voice} I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an {unknown} tongue.
King James Version
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In the law it is written, With {men of} other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
He that speaketh in an {unknown} tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which {be} the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: {plainness: or, boldness}
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that {it} should be published according to the language of every people. {that it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people}
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
And Philip ran thither to {him}, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
For if I pray in an {unknown} tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make {it} plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.