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


In Context

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.

20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

21 In the Law it is written: "Through men of strange tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me," says the Lord.

1st Corinthians 14:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:19Yet 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:19But 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:19howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:19but in the assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:19howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown language.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:19However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:19but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an unknown tongue.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:19Yet 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.