1 Corinthians 14

¹Followe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes, and rather that ye may prophecie.

²For hee that speaketh a strange tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him: howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things.

³But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto me to edifying, and to exhortation, and to comfort.

⁴He that speaketh strange language, edifieth himselfe: but hee that prophecieth, edifieth the Church.

⁵I would that ye all spake strange languages, but rather that ye prophecied: for greater is hee that prophecieth, then hee that speaketh diuers tongues, except hee expound it, that the Church may receiue edification.

⁶And nowe, brethren, if I come vnto you speaking diuers tongues, what shall I profite you, except I speake to you, either by reuelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecying, or by doctrine?

⁷Moreouer things without life which giue a sounde, whether it be a pipe or an harpe, except they make a distinction in the soundes, how shall it be knowen what is piped or harped?

⁸And also if the trumpet giue an vncertaine sound, who shall prepare himselfe to battell?

⁹So likewise you, by the tongue, except yee vtter wordes that haue signification, howe shall it be vnderstand what is spoken? for ye shall speake in the ayre.

¹⁰There are so many kindes of voyces (as it commeth to passe) in the world, and none of them is dumme.

¹¹Except I know then the power of ye voyce, I shall be vnto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh, shalbe a barbarian vnto me.