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NASB | 1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I wish that all of you spoke in unknown tongues, but even more [I wish] that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater [and more useful] than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he translates or explains [what he says], so that the church may be edified [instructed, improved, strengthened]. |
Subject: IS TONGUES FOR TODAY? |
Bible Note: HamsteRuiz: Your one-post Summary of the Bible, with all its anthropomorphic absurdities, would read fine, just fine, if you had begun it with "Once upon a time" and ended with "and they all lived happily ever after." Not since the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen have I read a more fascinating fairy tale. --Hank |