{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/14","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-02T19:51:09.820Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":14,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":13,"nextChapter":15,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":40},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"FOLLOW after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts; but rather that you may prophesy. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For he that speaketh in a tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But he that prophesieth, speaketh to men unto edification, and exhortation, and comfort. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He that speaketh in a tongue, edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive edification. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine? "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped ? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle ? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said ? For you shall be speaking into the air. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world; and none is without voice. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian; and he that speaketh, a barbarian to me. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"What is it then ? I will pray with the spirit, I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Else if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing ? because he knoweth not what thou sayest. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I thank my God I speak with all your tongues. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also; than ten thousand words in a tongue. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecies not to unbelievers, but to believers. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If therefore the whole church come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels, will they not say that you are mad ? "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or an unlearned person, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so, falling down on his face, he will adore God, affirming that God is among you indeed. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"How is it then, brethren ? When you come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation: let all things be done to edification. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in course, and let one interpret. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But if there be no interpreter, let him hold his peace in the church, and speak to himself and to God. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And let the prophets speak, two or three; and let the rest judge. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"But if any thing be revealed to another sitting, let the first hold his peace. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For you may all prophesy one by one; that all may learn, and all may be exhorted: "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach in all the churches of the saints. "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith. "},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"But if they would learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church. "},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Or did the word of God come out from you ? Or came it only unto you ? "},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"If any seem to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know the things that I write to you, that they are the commandments of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But if any man know not, he shall not be known. "},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Wherefore, brethren, be zealous to prophesy; and forbid not to speak with tongues. "},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"But let all things be done decently, and according to order. "}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 14 (DRB)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 14](https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/14)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/14 (accessed 2026-06-02)."}}