Yet in the ekklesia I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. |
What is the result then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding. |
however, in the ekklesia I desire to speak five words with my mind, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue. |
But in the ekklesia I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. |
Nevertheless, in public worship, I would rather say five words with my understanding and intelligently in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a [strange] tongue language. |
but in the ekklesia assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding in order that I might instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. |
yet when I am in ekklesia I would rather speak five words with my mind (which might teach something to other people) than ten thousand words in a “tongue” which nobody understands. |
But in the public congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind in action, in order to instruct the people too, than ten thousand words in ecstasy. |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
- Ekklesia - A Word Study - Neil Girrard Reading the Scriptures with the word “church” in them has done centuries of damage to the body of Christ. A simple reading of these Scriptures with the Greek word “ekklesia” re-inserted can be a real eye-opener.
- First Corinthians 13:8; The End Time Men - W.W. Fischer It is rather plain that preaching, knowledge, prophecy and speaking in tongues will be taken away at a future date when the partial is replaced as the totality of perfection is revealed.