1 Corinthians 14:18

Amplified Bible

I thank God that I speak in [unknown] tongues more than all of you;

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
No one talks in tongues more than me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
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;

Bible in Basic English
I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:

Darby Translation
I thank God I speak in a tongue more than all of you:

Christian Standard Bible®
I thank God that I speak in other languages more than all of you;

World English Bible
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.

Weymouth's New Testament
I speak in a tongue, thank God, more than all of you;

King James Version (1611)
I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more then you all.

Literal Translation
I thank my God that I speak more languages than all of you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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:

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.

American Standard Version
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

Revised Standard Version
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.

Update Bible Version
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:

Young's Literal Translation
I give thanks to my God -- more than you all with tongues speaking --

New Century Version
I thank God that I speak in different kinds of languages more than all of you.

New English Translation
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Complete Jewish Bible
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

English Standard Version
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
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:

Hebrew Names Version
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.

Etheridge Translation
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.

New King James Version
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.

New Life Bible
I thank God that I speak in special sounds more than all of you.

English Revised Version
I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

New Revised Standard
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;

Douay-Rheims Bible
I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.

King James Version
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

Lexham English Bible
I give thanks to 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
I thank God that my gift of speaking in different kinds of languages is greater than any of yours.

New American Standard Bible
I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;

Good News Translation
I thank God that I speak in strange tongues much more than any of you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y thanke my God, for Y speke in the langage of alle you;

Contextual Overview

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]. ¹⁶Otherwise if you bless [and give thanks to God] in the spirit only, how will any outsider or someone who is not gifted [in spiritual matters] say the "Amen" [of agreement] to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? ¹⁷You are giving thanks well enough [in a way that God is glorified], but the other person [who does not understand you] is not edified [and spiritually strengthened since he cannot join in your thanksgiving]. ¹⁸I thank God that I speak in [unknown] tongues more than all of you;¹⁹nevertheless, in public worship I would rather say five understandable words in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue [which others cannot understand]. ²⁰Brothers and sisters, do not be children [immature, childlike] in your thinking; be infants in [matters of] evil [completely innocent and inexperienced], but in your minds be mature [adults].

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 (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 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand and sworn an oath to the LORD God Most High, the Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth,

Ruth 3:10
Then he said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have made your last kindness better than the first; for you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.

2 Samuel 2:5
So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, "May you be blessed by the LORD because you showed this graciousness and loyalty to Saul your lord (king), and buried him.

Psalms 7:17
I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness and justice, And I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalms 50:14
"Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;

Psalms 57:2
I will cry to God Most High, Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].

Psalms 76:2
His tabernacle is in Salem (Jerusalem); His dwelling place is in Zion.

Micah 6:6
With what shall I come before the LORD [to honor Him] And bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?

Acts 7:48
"However, the Most High [the One infinitely exalted above humanity] does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet [Isaiah] says,

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.