1 Corinthians 14

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Make love your aim, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.	1 Make love your aim; but be eager, too, for spiritual gifts, and especial y for prophesying.
2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.	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 On the other hand, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.	3 On the other hand, someone who prophesies speaks to other people, building them up and givingthem encouragement and reassurance.
4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.	4 Those who speak in a tongue may build themselves up, but those who prophesy build up thecommunity.
5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless some one interprets, so that the church may be edified.	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 to you speaking in tongues, how shall I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?	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 If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will any one know what is played?	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 And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?	8 If the trumpet sounds a cal which is unrecognisable, who is going to get ready for the attack?
9 So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking 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 doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning;	10 However many the languages used in the world, al of them use sound;
11 but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to 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 So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up 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 Therefore, he who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to 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 a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind 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 am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind 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 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?	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 you may give thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.	17 You may be making your thanksgiving wel , but the other person is not built up at al .
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;	18 I thank God that I speak with tongues more than any of you;
19 nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a 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, do not be children in your thinking; be babes in evil, but in thinking be mature.	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, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says 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 Thus, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.	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 assembles and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you 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 an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by 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 the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.	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 What then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.	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 speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn; 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 is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silence in church and 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 two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.	29 Let two prophets, or three, speak while the rest weigh their words;
30 If a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first be silent.	30 and if a revelation comes to someone else who is sitting by, the speaker should stop speaking.
31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged;	31 You can al prophesy, but one at a time, then al wil learn something and al receive encouragement.
32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.	32 The prophetic spirit is to be under the prophets' control,
33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the 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 the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.	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 If there is anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in 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! Did the word of God originate with you, or are you the only ones it has reached?	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 one thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command 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 If any one does not recognize this, he is not recognized.	38 If anyone does not recognise this, it is because that person is not recognised himself.
39 So, my brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues;	39 So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not suppress the gift of speaking in tongues.
40 but all things should be done decently and in order.	40 But make sure that everything is done in a proper and orderly fashion.