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speaketh  in  a  tongue  ^edifieth  himself  ;  but  he  that  proph-

5  esieth  ^edifieth    the  church.      "Now   I  would    have    you

all  speak  with  tongues,  but  rather  that  ye  should  prophesy  :

and  greater  is  he  that  prophesieth  than  he  that  speaketh

with  tongues,  except  he  interpret,  that  the  church  may

(6  receive  edifying.      "But  now,  brethren,  if  I  come  unto  you

speaking  with  tongues,  what  shall  I  profit  you,  unless  I

speak  to  you   either  by  way  of  revelation,  or  of  knowl-

(7  edge,  or  of  prophesying,  or  of  teaching ?     "Even  things

without  life,  giving  a  voice,  whether  pipe  or  harp,  if  they

give    not  a  distinction    in   the    sounds,  how  shall   it  be

8  known  what  is  piped  or  harped?     "For  if  the  trumpet
give  an  uncertain  voice,  who  shall  prepare  himself  for

9  war  ?     "So  also  ye,  unless  ye  utter  by  the  tongue  speech
easy  to  be  understood,  how  shall  it  be  known  what  is

(10  spoken?  for  ye  will  be  speaking  into  the  air.  "There
are,   it  may  be,  so   many  kinds  of    voices  in  the  world,

nand^no  kind  is  without  signification.  "If  then  I  know
not  the  meaning  of  the  voice,  I  shall  be  to  him  that
speaketh    a   barbarian,   and  he  that  speaketh  will  be  a

12  barbarian  ^unto  me.  "So  also  ye,  since  ye  are  zealous  of
*  spiritual  gifts,  seek  that  ye  may  abound  unto  the  edifying

(13  of  the  church.      "Wherefore  let  him  that  speaketh  in  a

(14  tongue  pray  that  he  may  interpret.  "For  if  I  pray  in  a
tongue,  my  spirit  prayeth,  but  my  understanding  is  un-

15  fruitful.  "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

(16  also.  "Else  if  thou  bless  with  the  spirit,  how  shall  he  that
filleth  the  place  of  ^  the  unlearned  say  the  Amen  at  thy
giving  of  thanks,  seeing  he  knoweth  not  what  thou  say-

'  Gr.  buildeth  up.  ^  Or,  nothing  is  without  voice  ^  Or,  in  my  case  ■*  Gr.
