Tyndale(i)
1 Labour for love and covet spretuall giftes: and most chefly forto prophesye.
2 For he that speaketh with toges speaketh not vnto men but vnto god for no man heareth him how be it in the sprete he speaketh misteries.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh vnto men to edifyinge to exhortacion and to comforte.
4 He that speaketh with tonges proffiteth him silfe: he that prophesyeth edifieth the congregacion.
5 I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophisieth? then he yt speaketh with tonges except he expounde it also that the congregacion maye have edifyinge.
6 Now brehren if I come vnto you speakige wt tonges: what shall I profit you excepte I speake vnto you other by revelacio or knowledge or prophesyinge or doctrine.
7 Moreover whe thinges with out lyfe geve sounde: whether it be a pype or an harpe: except they make a distinccion in the soundes: how shall it be knowen what is pyped or harped?
8 And also if the trope geve an vncertayne voyce who shall prepare him silfe to fyght?
9 Eve so lykwyse whe ye speake with toges excepte ye speake wordes that have signification how shall yt be vnderstonde what is spoke? For ye shall but speake in the ayer.
10 Many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde and none of them are with out signification.
11 If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth I shalbe vnto him that speaketh an alient: and and he that speaketh shalbe an alient vnto me
12 Eve so ye (for as moche as ye covet spretuall giftes) seke that ye maye have plentye vnto ye edifyinge of the congregacion.
13 Wherfore let him that speaketh with tonges praye that he maye interpret also.
14 If I praye with tonge my sprete prayeth: but my mynde is with out frute.
15 What is it then? I will praye with the sprete ad will praye wt the mynde also. I will singe with the sprete and will singe with the mynde also.
16 For els when thou blessest with ye sprete how shall he that occupieth the roume of the vnlearned saye amen at thy gevinge of thankes seynge he vnderstondeth not what thou sayest
17 17. Thou verely gevest thankes well but the other is not edyfied.
18 I thanke my god I speake with toges moare then ye all.