NET Bible
"For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened."
— 1 Corinthians 14:17, NET Bible
“For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.”
“For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. ”
“For you most certainly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.”
“For thou indeed givest thanks well: but the other is not edified.”
“For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.”
“For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.”
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.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.