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1 Corinthians 14:18
1 Corinthians 14:18 is verse 18 of 1 Corinthians chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
King James Version
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
World English Bible
I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
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1 Corinthians 14:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
17 You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
19 But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Corinthians 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 1:5For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
1 Corinthians 1:6because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?