Murdock(i)
1 Follow after love; and be emulous of the gifts of the Spirit, and especially, that ye may prophesy.
2 For he that speaketh in a tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no one understandeth what is said; yet in the spirit, he speaketh a mystery.
3 But he that prophesieth, speaketh unto men, for edification, and exhortation, and consolation.
4 He that speaketh in a tongue, edifieth himself: and he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
5 Now I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh in a tongue, unless he interpret; and if he interpret, he edifieth the church.
6 And now, my brethren, if I should come among you, and speak to you in tongues, what should I profit you; unless I should speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecy, or by doctrine?
7 For even inanimate things that emit sound, whether pipe or harp, if they make no distinction between one sound and another, how will it be known, what is sung or what is harped?
8 And if the trumpet shall give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?
9 So likewise if ye utter a discourse in a tongue, and there is no interpretation given, how will it be known what ye have said? Ye will have been as if ye spoke into the air.
10 For lo, there are many kinds of tongues in the world; and there is not one of them without meaning.
11 But if I do not know the import of the sound, I shall be a barbarian to him that speaketh, and the speaker will be a barbarian to me.
12 So also ye, since ye are emulous of the gifts of the Spirit for the edification of the church, seek ye to excel.
13 And let him that speaketh in a tongue, pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I should pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruits.
15 What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, and will pray with my understanding; and I will sing with my spirit, and will sing with my understanding.
16 Otherwise, if thou blessest in the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of one unlearned, say Amen, on thy giving thanks; for he knoweth not what thou sayest?
17 Thou blessest, indeed, very well; but thy neighbor is not edified.
18 I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than all of you.