14For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.


In Context

11 If therefore I do not know the power of the sound, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks a barbarian for me.

12 Thus ye also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly.

13 Wherefore let him that speaks with a tongue pray that he may interpret.

14 For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, but I will sing also with the understanding.

16 Since otherwise, if thou blessest with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the simple Christian say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, since he does not know what thou sayest?

1 Corinthians 14:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in an unknown language, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14for if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.