I wouldthat ye all spakewithtongues, but ratherthat ye prophesied: for greater is he thatprophesieththan he thatspeakethwithtongues, except he interpret, that the church may receiveedifying.
Now, brethren, if I comeunto you speakingwithtongues, whatshall I profit you, except I shallspeak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
What is it then? I willpraywith the spirit, and I willpraywith the understandingalso: I willsingwith the spirit, and I willsingwith the understandingalso.
Elsewhenthoushaltblesswith the spirit, how shall he thatoccupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not whatthousayest?
Yet in the church I had ratherspeakfivewordswith my understanding, that by my voice I mightteachothersalso, than ten thousandwords in an unknowntongue.
Whereforetongues are for a sign, not to themthatbelieve, but to themthatbelieve not: but prophesyingserveth not for themthatbelieve not, but for themwhichbelieve.
If therefore the wholechurch be cometogetherinto one place, and all speakwithtongues, and therecome in thosethat are unlearned, or unbelievers, willthey not say that ye are mad?
How is it then, brethren? when ye cometogether, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be doneuntoedifying.