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"If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive."
— 1 Corinthians 14:14, NET Bible
“For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.”
“For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. ”
“For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.”
“For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth: but my understanding is without fruit.”
“For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.”
“For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.”
If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.
So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.
What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.
Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.