1 Corinthians 14:19
1 Corinthians 14:18-19 The Message (MSG)
I’m grateful to God for the gift of praying in tongues that he gives us for praising him, which leads to wonderful intimacies we enjoy with him. I enter into this as much or more than any of you. But when I’m in a church assembled for worship, I’d rather say five words that everyone can understand and learn from than say ten thousand that sound to others like gibberish.
1 Corinthians 14:19 King James Version (KJV)
yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:19 New Century Version (NCV)
But in the church meetings I would rather speak five words I understand in order to teach others than thousands of words in a different language.
1 Corinthians 14:19 American Standard Version (ASV)
howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:19 New International Version (NIV)
But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
nevertheless, in public worship I would rather say five understandable words in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue [which others cannot understand].
1 Corinthians 14:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
But in a church meeting I would rather speak five understandable words to help others than ten thousand words in an unknown language.