1 Corinthians 14

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.	1 Make love your aim; but be eager, too, for spiritual gifts, and especial y for prophesying.
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.	2 Those who speak in a tongue speak to God, but not to other people, because nobody understandsthem; they are speaking in the Spirit and the meaning is hidden.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.	3 On the other hand, someone who prophesies speaks to other people, building them up and givingthem encouragement and reassurance.
4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.	4 Those who speak in a tongue may build themselves up, but those who prophesy build up thecommunity.
5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.	5 While I should like you all to speak in tongues, I would much rather you could prophesy; since thosewho prophesy are of greater importance than those who speak in tongues, unless they can interpret what theysay so that the church is built up by it.
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?	6 Now suppose, brothers, I come to you and speak in tongues, what good shal I do you if my speakingprovides no revelation or knowledge or prophecy or instruction?
7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?	7 It is the same with an inanimate musical instrument. If it does not make any distinction between notes,how can one recognise what is being played on flute or lyre?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?	8 If the trumpet sounds a cal which is unrecognisable, who is going to get ready for the attack?
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.	9 It is the same with you: if you do not use your tongue to produce speech that can be readilyunderstood, how can anyone know what you are saying? You will be talking to the air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.	10 However many the languages used in the world, al of them use sound;
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.	11 but if I do not understand the meaning of the sound, I am a barbarian to the person who is speaking,and the speaker is a barbarian to me.
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.	12 So with you, as you are eager to have spiritual powers, aim to be rich in those which build up thecommunity.
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.	13 That is why anybody who speaks in a tongue must pray that he may be given the interpretation.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.	14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit may be praying but my mind derives no fruit from it.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.	15 What then? I shal pray with the spirit, but I shall pray with the mind as wel : I shall sing praises withthe spirit and I shal sing praises with the mind as well.
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?	16 Otherwise, if you say your blessing only with the spirit, how is the uninitiated person going to answer'Amen' to your thanksgiving, without understanding what you are saying?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.	17 You may be making your thanksgiving wel , but the other person is not built up at al .
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:	18 I thank God that I speak with tongues more than any of you;
19 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.	19 al the same, when I am in the assembly I would rather say five words with my mind, to instructothers as wel , than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.	20 Brothers, do not remain children in your thinking; infants in wickedness-agreed, but in your thinkinggrown-ups.
21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.	21 It says in the written Law: In strange tongues and in a foreign language I wil talk to this nation, andeven so they will refuse to listen, says the Lord.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.	22 So then, strange languages are significant not for believers, but for unbelievers; whereas on theother hand, prophesying is not for unbelievers, but for believers.
23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?	23 Suppose that, if the whole congregation were meeting and al of them speaking in tongues, andsome uninitiated people or unbelievers were to come in, don't you think they would say that you were all raving?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:	24 But if you were al prophesying when an unbeliever or someone uninitiated came in, he would findhimself put to the test by al and judged by al
25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.	25 and the secrets of his heart revealed; and so he would fal down on his face and worship God,declaring that God is indeed among you.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, everyone of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.	26 Then what should it be like, brothers? When you come together each of you brings a psalm or someinstruction or a revelation, or speaks in a tongue or gives an interpretation. Let al these things be done in a waythat wil build up the community.
27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.	27 If there are to be any people speaking in a tongue, then let there be only two, or at the most three,and those one at a time, and let one of these interpret.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.	28 If there is no interpreter, then let each of them be quiet in the assembly, and speak only to himselfand God.
29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.	29 Let two prophets, or three, speak while the rest weigh their words;
30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.	30 and if a revelation comes to someone else who is sitting by, the speaker should stop speaking.
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.	31 You can al prophesy, but one at a time, then al wil learn something and al receive encouragement.
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.	32 The prophetic spirit is to be under the prophets' control,
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.	33 for God is a God not of disorder but of peace. As in al the churches of God's holy people,
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.	34 women are to remain quiet in the assemblies, since they have no permission to speak: theirs is asubordinate part, as the Law itself says.
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.	35 If there is anything they want to know, they should ask their husbands at home: it is shameful for awoman to speak in the assembly.
36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?	36 Do you real y think that you are the source of the word of God? Or that you are the only people towhom it has come?
37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.	37 Anyone who claims to be a prophet, or to have any spiritual powers must recognise that what I amwriting to you is a commandment from the Lord.
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.	38 If anyone does not recognise this, it is because that person is not recognised himself.
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.	39 So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not suppress the gift of speaking in tongues.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.	40 But make sure that everything is done in a proper and orderly fashion.