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


In Context

11 If then I don't know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.

12 So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

13 Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.

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

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

16 Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the |Amen| at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn't know what you say?

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 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 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.