17You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.


In Context

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?

17 You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.

18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

1st Corinthians 14:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17For you most certainly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!