1 Corinthians 14:19
but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, that others also may learn, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
18I praise Aloha that more than all of you I speak with tongues;
20MY brethren, be not children in your minds, but in evils be you babes, and in your minds be perfect.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:21In the law it is written, In a strange language and in another tongue Will I speak with this people; Yet so will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:16-21
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 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. 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? 17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. 18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 19 Yet in… Read the whole commentary →