Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, August 24th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
video advertismenet
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
1 Corinthians 14:18
I thank God that I speak in other tongues more than all of you;
I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more then you all.
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;
I thank God that I speak in different kinds of languages more than all of you.
I thank God that I speak in [unknown] tongues more than all of you;
I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
I thank God that I speak unknown languages more than any of you.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
I thank God I speak in a tongue more than all of you:
I thank God that my gift of speaking in different kinds of languages is greater than any of yours.
I thanke my God, I speake languages more then ye all.
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than you all:
I thank God that I speak in strange tongues much more than any of you.
I give thanks to God that I speak with tongues more than all of you,
I thank my God that I speak more languages than all of you.
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:
I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
I praise Aloha that more than all of you I speak with tongues;
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than all of you.
I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more the ye all.
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than you all.
I speak in a tongue, thank God, more than all of you;
Y thanke my God, for Y speke in the langage of alle you;
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than all of you:
I thank my God, I speak in languages more than ye all:
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than any of you.
I thank God that I speak in special sounds more than all of you.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you;
I give thanks unto God! - More than ye all, am I speaking with tongues;
I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
I thanke my god I speake with toges moare then ye all.
I give thanks to my God -- more than you all with tongues speaking --
I give thanks to my God—more than you all with tongues speaking—
I thanke my God, that I speake with tunges more then ye all.
I thank God, I speak more languages than you all:
I'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.
No one talks in tongues more than me.
Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes • Clarke's Bible Notes • Barnes' Bible Notes
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BridgewayParallel Translations
Christian Standard Bible®
I thank God that I speak in other tongues more than all of you;
I thank God that I speak in other tongues more than all of you;
King James Version (1611)
I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more then you all.
I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more then you all.
King James Version
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
English Standard Version
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
New American Standard Bible
I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;
I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;
New Century Version
I thank God that I speak in different kinds of languages more than all of you.
I thank God that I speak in different kinds of languages more than all of you.
Amplified Bible
I thank God that I speak in [unknown] tongues more than all of you;
I thank God that I speak in [unknown] tongues more than all of you;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;
I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;
Legacy Standard Bible
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
Berean Standard Bible
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
Contemporary English Version
I thank God that I speak unknown languages more than any of you.
I thank God that I speak unknown languages more than any of you.
Complete Jewish Bible
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
Darby Translation
I thank God I speak in a tongue more than all of you:
I thank God I speak in a tongue more than all of you:
Easy-to-Read Version
I thank God that my gift of speaking in different kinds of languages is greater than any of yours.
I thank God that my gift of speaking in different kinds of languages is greater than any of yours.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I thanke my God, I speake languages more then ye all.
I thanke my God, I speake languages more then ye all.
George Lamsa Translation
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than you all:
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than you all:
Good News Translation
I thank God that I speak in strange tongues much more than any of you.
I thank God that I speak in strange tongues much more than any of you.
Lexham English Bible
I give thanks to God that I speak with tongues more than all of you,
I give thanks to God that I speak with tongues more than all of you,
Literal Translation
I thank my God that I speak more languages than all of you.
I thank my God that I speak more languages than all of you.
American Standard Version
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
Bible in Basic English
I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:
I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:
Hebrew Names Version
I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
International Standard Version
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
Etheridge Translation
I praise Aloha that more than all of you I speak with tongues;
I praise Aloha that more than all of you I speak with tongues;
Murdock Translation
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than all of you.
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than all of you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more the ye all.
I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more the ye all.
English Revised Version
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
World English Bible
I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than you all.
I thank God, that I speak with tongues more than you all.
Weymouth's New Testament
I speak in a tongue, thank God, more than all of you;
I speak in a tongue, thank God, more than all of you;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y thanke my God, for Y speke in the langage of alle you;
Y thanke my God, for Y speke in the langage of alle you;
Update Bible Version
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than all of you:
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than all of you:
Webster's Bible Translation
I thank my God, I speak in languages more than ye all:
I thank my God, I speak in languages more than ye all:
New English Translation
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
New King James Version
I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;
I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;
New Living Translation
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than any of you.
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than any of you.
New Life Bible
I thank God that I speak in special sounds more than all of you.
I thank God that I speak in special sounds more than all of you.
New Revised Standard
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you;
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I give thanks unto God! - More than ye all, am I speaking with tongues;
I give thanks unto God! - More than ye all, am I speaking with tongues;
Douay-Rheims Bible
I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.
I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.
Revised Standard Version
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I thanke my god I speake with toges moare then ye all.
I thanke my god I speake with toges moare then ye all.
Young's Literal Translation
I give thanks to my God -- more than you all with tongues speaking --
I give thanks to my God -- more than you all with tongues speaking --
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I thanke my God, that I speake with tunges more then ye all.
I thanke my God, that I speake with tunges more then ye all.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I thank God, I speak more languages than you all:
I thank God, I speak more languages than you all:
THE MESSAGE
I'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.
I'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.
Simplified Cowboy Version
No one talks in tongues more than me.
No one talks in tongues more than me.
Contextual Overview
15What then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with my understanding. I will sing praise with the spirit, and I will also sing praise with my understanding. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and wil pray with vnderstanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the vnderstanding also. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 15 What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. 15 What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit, but I will sing with the mind also. 15 So what should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind. 15Then what am I to do? I will pray with the spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me] and I will pray with the mind [using words I understand]; I will sing with the spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me] and I will sing with the mind [using words I understand]. 15 What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. 15What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. 15What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Corinthians 1:4-6, 1 Corinthians 4:7
Reciprocal: Acts 2:4 - began 1 Corinthians 1:14 - thank 1 Corinthians 14:4 - edifieth the 2 Corinthians 12:12 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 14:10
Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sedom and `Amorah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain.
Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sedom and `Amorah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain.
Genesis 14:10
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains.
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains.
Genesis 14:10
There were many tar pits in the Valley of Siddim. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies ran away, some of the soldiers fell into the tar pits, but the others ran away to the mountains.
There were many tar pits in the Valley of Siddim. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies ran away, some of the soldiers fell into the tar pits, but the others ran away to the mountains.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but some survivors fled to the hills.
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but some survivors fled to the hills.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar (bitumen) pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them. But the remainder [of the kings] who survived fled to the hill country.
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar (bitumen) pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them. But the remainder [of the kings] who survived fled to the hill country.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country.
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country.
Genesis 14:10
Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits, & the Kings of Sodom & Gomorah fled and fell there: and ye residue fled to the mountaine.
Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits, & the Kings of Sodom & Gomorah fled and fell there: and ye residue fled to the mountaine.
Genesis 14:10
now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits—and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them; but those who remained behind fled to the hill country.
now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits—and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them; but those who remained behind fled to the hill country.
Genesis 14:10
was full of tar pits, and when the troops from Sodom and Gomorrah started running away, some of them fell into the pits. Others escaped to the hill country.
was full of tar pits, and when the troops from Sodom and Gomorrah started running away, some of them fell into the pits. Others escaped to the hill country.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all. This the apostle says, to observe to them that he did not despise speaking with tongues: nor did he endeavour to beat them off, and dissuade them from desiring them, or envied their having them, because he was destitute of them himself; for he had this gift in a very eminent manner, and oftentimes made use of it, and was frequently under a necessity of so doing; he could speak with more tongues than any of those that had them, and spoke them oftener than they did; having occasion for them through his travelling into different countries, and preaching the Gospel to people of divers languages; and this he mentions also not in a boasting manner, but in great humility, giving thanks to God, and acknowledging him to be the author of this gift.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I thank my God - Paul here shows that he did not undervalue or despise the power of speaking foreign languages. It was with him a subject of thanksgiving that he could speak so many; but he felt that there were more valuable endowments than this; see the next verse.
With tongues more than ye all - I am able to speak more foreign languages than all of you. “How many” languages Paul could speak, he has no where told us. It is reasonable, however, to presume that he was able to speak the language of any people to whom God in his providence, and by his Spirit, called him to preach. He had been commissioned to preach to the “Gentiles,” and it is probable that he was able to speak the languages of all the nations among whom he ever traveled. There is no account of his being under a necessity of employing an interpreter wherever he preached.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 18. I speak with tongues more than ye all — He understood more languages than any of them did: and this was indispensably necessary, as he was the apostle of the Gentiles in general, and had to preach to different provinces where different dialects, if not languages, were used. In the Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, and Latin, he was undoubtedly well skilled from his education; and how many he might understand by miraculous gift we cannot tell. But, even literally understood, it is very probable that he knew more languages than any man in the Church of Corinth.
