17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

18 [a]I thank my God, I speak languages more than ye all.

19 Yet had I rather in the Church to speak [b]five words with mine understanding, that I might also instruct others, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:18 He propoundeth himself for an example, both that they may be ashamed of their foolish ambition, and also that he may eschew all suspicion of envy.
  2. 1 Corinthians 14:19 A very few words.

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