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1 Corinthians 14:19 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 14 · verse 19 · King James Version
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.1 Corinthians 14:19 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 14:19 in context
17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19Yet 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.
20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the LORD.
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Key words (Strong's)
- understandingnousthe mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of…G3563 →
- thousandmyriosinnumerable, countless, ten thousandG3463 →
- churchekklēsiaa gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly…G1577 →
- ratherthelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
- othersallosanother, otherG243 →
- tongueglōssathe tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech, a tongue, the language or dialect…G1100 →
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