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| | |Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. | | |Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. |
| − | | | + | |More than that, you, to the extent that you seek zealously after spiritual gifts, seek that you excel at building up the church. |
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| | |Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. | | |Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. |
| − | | | + | |So let anyone who speaks in an unknown language, pray that he can interpret it, too. |
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| | |For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. | | |For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. |
| − | | | + | |For if I am praying in an unknown language, my spirit is praying, but my understanding will be unfruitful. |
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| | |What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. | | |What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. |
| − | | | + | |So what good is it? I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with understanding as well. I will sing with the Spirit, and I will sing with understanding as well. |
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| | |Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? | | |Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? |
| − | | | + | |Otherwise, when you bless with the Spirit, how will anyone taking the place of an unlearned man say "Amen" at the giving of thanks, if he cannot understand what you are saying? |
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| | |For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. | | |For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. |
| − | | | + | |For in fact you might be giving thanks in a good way, but the other person will not be built up. |
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| | |I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: | | |I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: |
| − | | | + | |I thank my God, because I speak with more languages than all of you. |
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| | |Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. | | |Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. |
| − | | | + | |But in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, so that I might also teach others with my voice, than ten thousand words in a language that nobody knows. |
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| | |Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. | | |Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. |
| − | | | + | |Brothersm, don't be children in your understanding. In malice you are children, but in understanding, you need to be adults. |
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