1 Corinthians 14:23

If then all the church be assembled, and all of you speak with tongues, and the ignorant, or those who believe not enter, will they not say you are insane?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

22Hence, tongues are appointed for a sign, not to the believing, but to those who believe not: but prophecy, not for those who believe not, but for those who believe.

24And if all should prophesy, and there come in to you the ignorant, or of those who believe not, he is convicted by you all, and reproved by you all;

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Cross References

Acts 2:13But others mocked them, saying, These have drunk new wine, and are inebriate.

1 Corinthians 11:18For, first, when you are assembled in the church, there are divisions, (as) I hear, among you, and in some measure I believe.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:22-26

On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 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. 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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