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


In Context

11 if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;

12 so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

13 wherefore he who is speaking in an unknown tongue — let him pray that he may interpret;

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

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

16 since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known?

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 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 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.