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Sunday, July 27th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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1 Corinthians 14:17
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Christian Standard Bible®
For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.
For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.
King James Version (1611)
For thou verily giuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
For thou verily giuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
King James Version
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
English Standard Version
For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.
For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.
New American Standard Bible
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
New Century Version
You may be thanking God in a good way, but the other person is not helped.
You may be thanking God in a good way, but the other person is not helped.
Amplified Bible
You are giving thanks well enough [in a way that God is glorified], but the other person [who does not understand you] is not edified [and spiritually strengthened since he cannot join in your thanksgiving].
You are giving thanks well enough [in a way that God is glorified], but the other person [who does not understand you] is not edified [and spiritually strengthened since he cannot join in your thanksgiving].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
Legacy Standard Bible
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
Berean Standard Bible
You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
Contemporary English Version
You may be worshiping God in a wonderful way, but no one else will be helped.
You may be worshiping God in a wonderful way, but no one else will be helped.
Complete Jewish Bible
For undoubtedly you are giving thanks very nicely, but the other person is not being edified.
For undoubtedly you are giving thanks very nicely, but the other person is not being edified.
Darby Translation
For *thou* indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For *thou* indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Easy-to-Read Version
You may be thanking God in a good way, but others are not helped.
You may be thanking God in a good way, but others are not helped.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For thou verely giuest thankes well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verely giuest thankes well, but the other is not edified.
George Lamsa Translation
For indeed you bless well, but your fellow man is not enlightened.
For indeed you bless well, but your fellow man is not enlightened.
Good News Translation
Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.
Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.
Lexham English Bible
For indeed you are giving thanks well, but the other person is not edified.
For indeed you are giving thanks well, but the other person is not edified.
Literal Translation
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not built up.
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not built up.
American Standard Version
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Bible in Basic English
For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.
For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.
Hebrew Names Version
For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
International Standard Version
It's good for you to give thanks, but it does not build up the other person.
It's good for you to give thanks, but it does not build up the other person.
Etheridge Translation
For thou blessest well, but thy neighbour is not edified.
For thou blessest well, but thy neighbour is not edified.
Murdock Translation
Thou blessest, indeed, very well; but thy neighbor is not edified.
Thou blessest, indeed, very well; but thy neighbor is not edified.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou veryly geuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
Thou veryly geuest thankes well: but the other is not edified.
English Revised Version
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
World English Bible
For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For thou verily givest thanks well; yet the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well; yet the other is not edified.
Weymouth's New Testament
Rightly enough you are giving thanks, and yet your neighbor is not benefited.
Rightly enough you are giving thanks, and yet your neighbor is not benefited.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thou doist wel thankyngis, but an othir man is not edefied.
For thou doist wel thankyngis, but an othir man is not edefied.
Update Bible Version
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Webster's Bible Translation
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
New English Translation
For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.
For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.
New King James Version
For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
New Living Translation
You will be giving thanks very well, but it won't strengthen the people who hear you.
You will be giving thanks very well, but it won't strengthen the people who hear you.
New Life Bible
You are honoring and giving thanks to God, but it is not helping other people.
You are honoring and giving thanks to God, but it is not helping other people.
New Revised Standard
For you may give thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.
For you may give thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, thou, indeed, excellently art giving thanks, but, the other, is not being built up.
For, thou, indeed, excellently art giving thanks, but, the other, is not being built up.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou indeed givest thanks well: but the other is not edified.
For thou indeed givest thanks well: but the other is not edified.
Revised Standard Version
For you may give thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.
For you may give thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Thou verely gevest thankes well but the other is not edyfied.
Thou verely gevest thankes well but the other is not edyfied.
Young's Literal Translation
for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou geuest well thankes, but the other is not edifyed.
Thou geuest well thankes, but the other is not edifyed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
thy thanksgiving indeed is right, but the other is not all edified by it.
thy thanksgiving indeed is right, but the other is not all edified by it.
Simplified Cowboy Version
You might be saying a thousand thanks to God, but not a single person will understand it. If they don't understand it, they ain't helped by your words.
You might be saying a thousand thanks to God, but not a single person will understand it. If they don't understand it, they ain't helped by your words.
Contextual Overview
18I'm grateful to God for the gift of praying in tongues that he gives us for praising him, which leads to wonderful intimacies we enjoy with him. I enter into this as much or more than any of you. But when I'm in a church assembled for worship, I'd rather say five words that everyone can understand and learn from than say ten thousand that sound to others like gibberish. 20To be perfectly frank, I'm getting exasperated with your infantile thinking. How long before you grow up and use your head—your adult head? It's all right to have a childlike unfamiliarity with evil; a simple no is all that's needed there. But there's far more to saying yes to something. Only mature and well-exercised intelligence can save you from falling into gullibility. It's written in Scripture that God said, In strange tongues and from the mouths of strangers I will preach to this people, but they'll neither listen nor believe. So where does it get you, all this speaking in tongues no one understands? It doesn't help believers, and it only gives unbelievers something to gawk at. Plain truth-speaking, on the other hand, goes straight to the heart of believers and doesn't get in the way of unbelievers. If you come together as a congregation and some unbelieving outsiders walk in on you as you're all praying in tongues, unintelligible to each other and to them, won't they assume you've taken leave of your senses and get out of there as fast as they can? But if some unbelieving outsiders walk in on a service where people are speaking out God's truth, the plain words will bring them up against the truth and probe their hearts. Before you know it, they're going to be on their faces before God, recognizing that God is among you.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
but: 1 Corinthians 14:4, 1 Corinthians 14:6
Reciprocal: 1 Corinthians 10:23 - edify 1 Corinthians 12:7 - General
Cross-References
Judges 11:34
Jephthah came home to Mizpah. His daughter ran from the house to welcome him home—dancing to tambourines! She was his only child. He had no son or daughter except her. When he realized who it was, he ripped his clothes, saying, "Ah, dearest daughter—I'm dirt. I'm despicable. My heart is torn to shreds. I made a vow to God and I can't take it back!"
Jephthah came home to Mizpah. His daughter ran from the house to welcome him home—dancing to tambourines! She was his only child. He had no son or daughter except her. When he realized who it was, he ripped his clothes, saying, "Ah, dearest daughter—I'm dirt. I'm despicable. My heart is torn to shreds. I made a vow to God and I can't take it back!"
1 Samuel 18:6
As they returned home, after David had killed the Philistine, the women poured out of all the villages of Israel singing and dancing, welcoming King Saul with tambourines, festive songs, and lutes. In playful frolic the women sang, Saul kills by the thousand, David by the ten thousand! This made Saul angry—very angry. He took it as a personal insult. He said, "They credit David with ‘ten thousands' and me with only ‘thousands.' Before you know it they'll be giving him the kingdom!" From that moment on, Saul kept his eye on David.
As they returned home, after David had killed the Philistine, the women poured out of all the villages of Israel singing and dancing, welcoming King Saul with tambourines, festive songs, and lutes. In playful frolic the women sang, Saul kills by the thousand, David by the ten thousand! This made Saul angry—very angry. He took it as a personal insult. He said, "They credit David with ‘ten thousands' and me with only ‘thousands.' Before you know it they'll be giving him the kingdom!" From that moment on, Saul kept his eye on David.
2 Samuel 18:18
While alive, Absalom had erected for himself a pillar in the Valley of the King, "because," he said, "I have no son to carry on my name." He inscribed the pillar with his own name. To this day it is called "The Absalom Memorial."
While alive, Absalom had erected for himself a pillar in the Valley of the King, "because," he said, "I have no son to carry on my name." He inscribed the pillar with his own name. To this day it is called "The Absalom Memorial."
Proverbs 14:20
An unlucky loser is shunned by all, but everyone loves a winner.
An unlucky loser is shunned by all, but everyone loves a winner.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth attracts friends as honey draws flies, but poor people are avoided like a plague.
Wealth attracts friends as honey draws flies, but poor people are avoided like a plague.
Hebrews 7:1
Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the Highest God. He met Abraham, who was returning from "the royal massacre," and gave him his blessing. Abraham in turn gave him a tenth of the spoils. "Melchizedek" means "King of Righteousness." "Salem" means "Peace." So, he is also "King of Peace." Melchizedek towers out of the past—without record of family ties, no account of beginning or end. In this way he is like the Son of God, one huge priestly presence dominating the landscape always.
Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the Highest God. He met Abraham, who was returning from "the royal massacre," and gave him his blessing. Abraham in turn gave him a tenth of the spoils. "Melchizedek" means "King of Righteousness." "Salem" means "Peace." So, he is also "King of Peace." Melchizedek towers out of the past—without record of family ties, no account of beginning or end. In this way he is like the Son of God, one huge priestly presence dominating the landscape always.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For thou verily givest thanks well,.... In very proper words, and pertinent expressions, with great affection and devotion, suitable to the service;
but the other is not edified; the rest of the people, who do not understand the language in which thanks are given; "thy friend", as the Syriac version reads it; or thy next neighbour, he that stands by thee, receives no manner of profit by it, because he does not understand what is said.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For thou verily givest thanks well - That is, even if you use a foreign language. You do it with the heart; and it is accepted by God as your offering; but the other, who cannot understand it, cannot be benefited by it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 17. Thou verily givest thanks well — Because he felt gratitude, and, from a sense of his obligation, gave praise to God; but because this was in an unknown tongue, those who heard him received no edification.
