Bible verses about "tongues" | Coverdale

¹⁷ As for the tokens, which shal folowe the that beleue, these are they: In my name shal they cast out deuyls: Speake with new tunges:

⁴⁶ For they herde that they spake with tunges, and magnified God. The answered Peter:

⁸ Though prophecienges fayle, or tunges ceasse, or knowlege perishe, yet loue falleth neuer awaye.

¹⁰ to another, power to do miracles: to another, prophecienge: to another, iudgment to discerne spretes: to another, dyuerse tunges: to another, the interpretacion of tunges.

²⁸ And God hath ordeyned in the congregacion, first the Apostles, secodly prophetes, thirdly teachers, then doers of miracles, after that the giftes of healinge, helpers, gouerners, dyuerse tunges.

²⁷ Yf eny ma speake with tunges, let him do it him selfe beynge the seconde, or at the most him selfe beynge ye thirde, and one after another, and let one interprete it.

¹ And whan the Whit sondaye was fulfylled, they were all with one acorde together in one place. ² And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen, as it had bene the comynge of a mightie wynde, and it fylled the whole house where they sat. ³ And there appeared vnto them clouen tunges, like as they had bene of fyre. And he sat vpon ech one of them, ⁴ and they were all fylled with the holy goost. And they beganne to preach with other tunges, euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce. ⁵ There were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes, men that feared God, out of euery nacion that is vnder heauen. ⁶ Now whan this voyce came to passe, the multitude came together, and were astonyed: For euery one herde, that they spake with his awne tunge. ⁷ They wondred all and marueyled, and sayde amonge them selues: Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile? ⁸ How heare we the euery one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne? ⁹ Parthians and Medes, and Elamites, and we that dwell in Mesopotamia, and in Iewry and Capadocia, Pontus, and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrigia and Pamphilia, Egipte, and in the partes of Lybia by Cyren, and straungers of Rome, Iewes and Proselytes, ¹¹ Cretes and Arabians: we heare them speake with oure awne tunges the greate workes of God. ¹² They were all amased, and wondred, and sayde one to another: What wil this be? ¹³ But other mocked them, and sayde: They are full of swete wyne. ¹⁴ Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen, and lift vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iewry, and all ye that dwell at Ierusale, be this knowne vnto you, and let my wordes entre in at youre eares. ¹⁵ For these are not dronken, as ye suppose, for it is yet but the thirde houre of ye daye: ¹⁶ but this is it, that was spoke before by the prophet Ioel: ¹⁷ And it shal come to passe in the last dayes, sayeth God, I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh, and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye, and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames, ¹⁸ and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes, & they shal prophecye. ¹⁹ And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens on the earth beneth, bloude and fyre, and the vapoure of smoke. ²⁰ The Sonne shalbe turned in to darknesse, and the Moone in to bloude, before that greate and notable daye of the LORDE come. ²¹ And it shall come to passe, Who so euer shal call vpo the name of the LORDE, shalbe saued. ²² Ye men of Israel, heare these wordes: Iesus of Nazareth, ye man approued of God amonge you with miracles, and wonders and tokens, which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you, as ye yor selues knowe also, ²³ him (after that he was delyuered by the determinate councell and foreknowlege of God) haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous personnes, and crucifyed him, & slayne him, ²⁴ who God hath raysed vp, and lowsed the sorowes of death, for so moch as it was vnpossyble that he shulde be holden of it. ²⁵ For Dauid speaketh of him: Afore honde haue I set the LORDE allwayes before me, for he is on my right hode, that I shulde not be moued. ²⁶ Therfore dyd my hert reioyse, and my tunge was glad: For my flesh also shal rest in hope. ²⁷ For thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffer yi Holy to se corrupcion. ²⁸ Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life, thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce. ²⁹ Ye men and brethren, let me frely speake vnto you of the Patryarke Dauid: For he is deed and buried, and his sepulcre is with vs vnto this daye. ³⁰ Wherfore now seinge yt he was a prophet, and knewe that God had promised him with an ooth, that the frute of his loynes shulde syt on his seate, ³¹ he sawe it before, and spake of the resurreccion of Christ: for his soule was not left in hell, nether hath his flesh sene corrupcion. ³² This Iesus hath God raysed vp, wherof we all are witnesses. ³³ Seynge now that he by the right hande of God is exalted, and hath receaued of ye father ye promyse of the holy goost, he hath shed forth this, that ye se and heare. ³⁴ For Dauid is not ascended in to heauen, but he sayde: The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE: Syt thou on my righte hande, ³⁵ vntyll I make thine enemies yi fote stole. ³⁶ So therfore let all the house of Israel knowe for a suertye, yt God hath made this same Iesus (whom ye haue crucified) LORDE and Christ. ³⁷ Whan they herde this, their hert pricked them, and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles: Ye men and brethre, What shal we do? ³⁸ Peter sayde onto them: Amede youre selues, and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ, for the remyssion of synnes, and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost. ³⁹ For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children, and to all that are farre of, who so euer the LORDE oure God shal call. ⁴⁰ And wt many other wordes bare he witnesse, and exorted them, and sayde: Saue youre selues from this vntowarde generacion. ⁴¹ They that gladly receaued his preachinge, were baptysed, & the same daye there were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules. ⁴² They contynued in the Apostles doctryne, and in the felashippe, and in breakynge of bred, and in prayer. ⁴³ And feare came vpo euery soule, and many wonders and tokens were done by ye Apostles. ⁴⁴ But all they that beleued, were together, and had all thinges commen. ⁴⁵ They solde their goodes and possessions, and parted them out amonge all, acordinge as euery ma had nede. ⁴⁶ And they contynued daylie with one acorde in the teple, and brake bred in euery house: they toke their meate with ioye & synglenesse of hert, ⁴⁷ praysinge God, and had fauoure with all ye people. And the LORDE added to the congregacion daylie soch as shulde be saued.

³⁹ Wherfore brethren, couet to prophecye, and forbyd not to speake with tunges.

² For he yt speaketh with tunges, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him. Howbeit in ye sprete he speaketh misteries.

¹ Laboure for loue. Couet spirituall giftes, but specially that ye maye prophecye. ² For he yt speaketh with tunges, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him. Howbeit in ye sprete he speaketh misteries. ³ But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto men to edifienge, & to exhortacion, and to coforte. ⁴ He that speaketh with tunges, edifieth himselfe: but he that prophecieth, edifieth the cogregacion. ⁵ I wolde that ye all spake with tunges, but rather that ye prophecied. For greater is he that prophecieth, then he that speaketh wt tuges: excepte he also expounde it, that the congregacion maye haue edifienge. ⁶ But now brethren yf I come vnto you, and speake with tunges, what shal I profet you, excepte I speake vnto you ether by reuelacion or by knowlege, or by prophecienge, or by doctryne? ⁷ Likewyse is it also in ye thinges that geue sounde, and yet lyue not: whether it be a pype or an harpe, excepte they geue distyncte soundes from them, how shal it be knowne what is pyped or harped? ⁸ And yf the trope geue an vncertayne sounde, who wil prepare himselfe to the battayll? ⁹ Euen so ye likewyse, whan ye speake with tunges, excepte ye speake playne wordes, how shal it be knowne what is spoke? for ye shal but speake in ye ayre. ¹⁰ So many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde, and none of them is without significacion. ¹¹ Yf I knowe not now what ye voyce meaneth, I shalbe an aleaunt vnto him that speaketh: & he that speaketh, shalbe an aleaut vnto me. ¹² Eue so ye (for so moch as ye couet spirituall giftes (seke yt ye maye haue plentye to the edifienge of the congregacion. ¹³ Wherfore let him that speaketh wt tunges, praye, that he maye interprete also. ¹⁴ Yf I praye with tunges, my sprete prayeth, but my vnderstodinge bryngeth no man frute. ¹⁵ How shal it be then? Namely thus: I wil praye with ye sprete, and wil praye with the vnderstodinge also: I wil synge psalmes in the sprete, and wil synge spalmes with ye vnderstondinge also. ¹⁶ But whan thou geuest thankes with ye sprete, how shal he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned, saye Ame at thy geuynge of thankes, seynge he knoweth not what thou sayest? ¹⁷ Thou geuest well thankes, but the other is not edifyed. ¹⁸ I thanke my God, that I speake with tunges more then ye all. ¹⁹ Yet had I leuer in the cogregacion to speake fyue wordes with my vnderstondinge yt I maye enfourme other also, rather then ten thousande wordes with tunges. ²⁰ Brethren be not children in vnderstondinge, howbeit as concerninge maliciousnes be childre, but in vnderstondinge be parfecte. ²¹ In the lawe it is wrytten: With other tunges and with other lippes wyl I speake vnto this people, and yet shal they not so heare me, sayeth the LORDE ²² Therfore are tunges for a token, not to the that beleue, but to them that beleue not. Contrary wyse, prophecienge, not to them that beleue not, but to them which beleue. ²³ Yf the whole cogregacion now came together in to one place, & spake all with tunges, and there came in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not, shulde they not saye, that ye were out of youre wyttes? ²⁴ But yff all prophecied, and there came in one yt beleueth not, or one vnlerned, he shulde be rebuked of them all, and iudged of all, ²⁵ and so shulde the secrete of his hert be opened, and so shulde he fall downe vpon his face, worshippinge God, and knowleginge, that of a trueth God is in you. ²⁶ How is it then brethren? Whan ye come together, euery one hath a psalme, hath doctryne, hath a tunge, hath a reuelacion, hath an interpretacion. Let all be done to edifyenge. ²⁷ Yf eny ma speake with tunges, let him do it him selfe beynge the seconde, or at the most him selfe beynge ye thirde, and one after another, and let one interprete it. ²⁸ But yf there be not an interpreter, then let him kepe sylence in the congregacion, howbeit let him speake to himselfe and to God. ²⁹ As for the prophetes, let two or thre speake and let the other iudge. ³⁰ But yf eny reuelacion be made vnto another that sytteth, then let the first holde his peace. ³¹ Ye maye all prophecye one after another that they all maye lerne, and that all maye haue comforte. ³² And the spretes of the prophetes are subiecte vnto the prophetes. ³³ For God is not a God off discension, but off peace, like as in all congregacions off the sayntes. ³⁴ Let youre wyues kepe sylence in the cogregacion, for it shal not be permytted vnto the to speake, but to be vnder obedience, as ye lawe sayeth also. ³⁵ But yf they wyll lerne eny thinge, let them axe their hussbades at home. For it becommeth not weme to speake in the congregacion. ³⁶ Or spronge the worde of God from amonge you? Or is it come vnto you onely? ³⁷ Yf eny man thynke himselfe to be a prophet, or spirituall, let him knowe what I wryte vnto you, for they are the commaundementes of the LORDE. ³⁸ But yf eny man be ignoraunt, let him be ignoraunt. ³⁹ Wherfore brethren, couet to prophecye, and forbyd not to speake with tunges. ⁴⁰ Let all thinges be done honestly and in order.