1 Corinthians 14:17
1 Corinthians 14:13-17 The Message (MSG)
So, when you pray in your private prayer language, don’t hoard the experience for yourself. Pray for the insight and ability to bring others into that intimacy. If I pray in tongues, my spirit prays but my mind lies fallow, and all that intelligence is wasted. So what’s the solution? The answer is simple enough. Do both. I should be spiritually free and expressive as I pray, but I should also be thoughtful and mindful as I pray. I should sing with my spirit, and sing with my mind. If you give a blessing using your private prayer language, which no one else understands, how can some outsider who has just shown up and has no idea what’s going on know when to say “Amen”? Your blessing might be beautiful, but you have very effectively cut that person out of it.
1 Corinthians 14:17 King James Version (KJV)
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
1 Corinthians 14:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
1 Corinthians 14:17 New Century Version (NCV)
You may be thanking God in a good way, but the other person is not helped.
1 Corinthians 14:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
1 Corinthians 14:17 New International Version (NIV)
You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.
1 Corinthians 14:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
1 Corinthians 14:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
You are giving thanks well enough [in a way that God is glorified], but the other person [who does not understand you] is not edified [and spiritually strengthened since he cannot join in your thanksgiving].
1 Corinthians 14:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
You will be giving thanks very well, but it won’t strengthen the people who hear you.