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


In Context

11 If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

12 So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church.

13 For this reason anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret what he says.

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

15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

16 If you are praising God with your spirit, how can one who finds himself among those who do not understand say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

1st 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, 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.