1 Corinthians 14:19
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
In context
17 You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
19 But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
21 It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 14:19 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- However, in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.
- ASV American Standard Version
- howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an [unknown] tongue.
- DBY Darby Translation
- but in [the] assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, [rather] than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown language.