Matthew(i)
1 Laboure for loue, and couete spyrytuall gyftes: and moste chiefely for to prophecye.
2 For he that speaketh wyth tounges speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God, for no man heareth hym, howe be it in the spyryte he speaketh mysteryes.
3 But he that prophecyeth, speaketh vnto men, to edifiynge, to exhortation and to comforte.
4 He that speaketh wyth tounges profyteth hym selfe: he that prophecieth edifyeth the congregation.
5 I woulde that ye all spake with tounges: but rather that ye prophecyed. For greater is he that prophecieth, then he that speaketh with tounges, excepte he expounde it also, that the congregacion maye haue edifiyng.
6 Nowe brethren yf I come vnto you speakinge with tounges, what shall I profite you, excepte I speake vnto you, other by reuelation or knowledge, or propheciynge, or doctryne.
7 Moreouer when thynges wythout lyfe, geue sounde: whether it be a pipe or an harpe excepte they make a distinction in the soundes, howe shal it be knowen what is piped or harped?
8 And also yf the trompe geue an vncertaine voice, who shall prepare him selfe to fyght?
9 Euen so likewyse when ye speake with tounges, excepte ye speake wordes that haue signifycacion, howe shall it be vnderstande what is spoken? For ye shall but speake in the ayer.
10 Manye kindes of voices are in the worlde and none of them are wythout significacion.
11 If I knowe not what the voice meaneth, I shalbe vnto hym that speaketh, an alient: and he that speaketh shall be alient vnto me
12 Euen so ye (for as much as ye couete spiritual gyftes) seke that ye maye haue plentye vnto the edifiyng of the congregation.
13 Wherfore let him that speaketh with tounges praye, that he maye interprete also.
14 If I praye wyth tounges, my spyryte prayeth: but my mynde is wythout fruite.
15 What is it then? I wyl praye with the spirite, and wyll praye with mynde also. I wil singe with the spyrite, and wil singe with the minde also.
16 For els when thou blessest with the spirite howe shal he that occupieth the roume of the vnlearned saye amen at thy geuynge of thankes, saynge: he vnderstandeth not what thou sayeste?
17 Thou verelye geueste thankes wel, but the other is not edifyed.
18 I thanke my God, I speake with tounges more then ye all.