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And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.

And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.

But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And yet, I am going to show you a far better way.

If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also have been fully known.

For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people, but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

Yet even lifeless instruments, whether flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp?

There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and none is incapable of meaning.

Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue is to pray that he may interpret.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

nevertheless, in church I prefer to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

So then, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.

What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things are to be done for edification.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it must be by two or at the most three, and each one in turn, and one is to interpret;

But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one is to keep silent.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church.