1 Corinthians 14

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Follow after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts; but rather that you 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 a tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by 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 to men unto 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 a 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 And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive edification.	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 But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in 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 Even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction of 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 you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said ? For you shall 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, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world; and none is without voice.	10 However many the languages used in the world, al of them use sound;
11 If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian; and he that speaketh, a barbarian 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 you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto 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 And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him 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 a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit.	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, I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding.	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 if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing ? because he knoweth 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 indeed 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 all your tongues.	18 I thank God that I speak with tongues more than any of you;
19 But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also; 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 become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.	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: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; and neither so will they 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 believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecies not to unbelievers, but to 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 come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels, 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 there come in one that believeth not, or an unlearned person, 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 The secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so, falling down on his face, he will adore God, affirming that God is among you indeed.	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 you come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation: let all things be done to 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 with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in 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 hold his peace in the 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 And let the prophets speak, two or three; and let the rest judge.	29 Let two prophets, or three, speak while the rest weigh their words;
30 But if any thing be revealed to another sitting, 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 you may all prophesy one by one; that all may learn, and all may be exhorted:	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 God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach 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 Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.	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 But if they would learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman 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 Or did the word of God come out from you ? Or came it only unto you ?	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 seem to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know the things that I write to you, that they 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 know not, he shall not be known.	38 If anyone does not recognise this, it is because that person is not recognised himself.
39 Wherefore, brethren, be zealous 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 But let all things be done decently, and according to order.	40 But make sure that everything is done in a proper and orderly fashion.