1 Corinthians 14:18

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 14:18

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

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WEB

World English Bible

I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.

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ASV

American Standard Version

I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

I thank God [that] I speak in tongues more than all of you⁺.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Corinthians 14

¹⁶ Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed 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 one 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 coherent 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 mature.

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