A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 14:19
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 14:17
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
- 1 Corinthians 14:18
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21
In 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.