1 Corinthians 14:12-17 Likewise you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts for the edification of the church, seek that you may excel in these gifts.

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² Likewise you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts for the edification of the church, seek that you may excel in these gifts. ¹³ Thus he who speaks in an unknown tongue, pray that he may interpret it. ¹⁴ For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my knowledge is fruitless. ¹⁵ What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, and I will pray with my understanding also: I will sing with my spirit, and I will sing with my understanding also. ¹⁶ Otherwise, if you say a blessing with the spirit, how can one who occupies the place of the unlearned say Amen to your thanksgiving, since he does not understand what you say? ¹⁷ For indeed you bless well, but your fellow man is not enlightened.