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For in fact the body is not one member but many.

that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

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

I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for [fn] he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.

For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?

So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.

In the law it is written: "With men of other tongues and other lipsI will speak to this people;And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me," Isaiah 28:11, 12 ">[fn] says the Lord.

Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged.

For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

Let your [fn] women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.

And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.