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1 Corinthians 14:22

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Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

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1 Corinthians 14:22 in other translations

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.

1 Corinthians 14:22 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 14:22 in context

  1. 20Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
  2. 21In the law it is written, “By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. They won’t even hear me that way, says the Lord.”
  3. 22Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.
  4. 23If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?
  5. 24But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.