He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet’s word does good to the church.
1 Corinthians 14:4
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The Supremacy Of Love Over Languages
1Co 13:1 I may speak in different languages, whether human or even of angels. But if I don’t have love, I am only a noisy bell or a ringing cymbal.
ERV
1Co 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
KJV
1Co 13:1 If I speak in the languages of humans and angels but have no love, I have become a reverberating gong or a clashing cymbal.
ISV
1Co 13:1 Si yo hablara lenguas humanas y angélicas, pero no tengo amor, he llegado a ser como metal que resuena o címbalo que retiñe.
NBLH
1Co 13:1 Si je parle dans les langues des hommes et des anges, mais que je n’aie pas l’amour, je suis comme un airain qui résonne ou comme une cymbale retentissante.
FDB
1Co 13:1 Al ware het, dat ik de talen der mensen en der engelen sprak, en de liefde niet had, zo ware ik een klinkend metaal, of luidende schel geworden.
DSV
1Co 13:1 Wenn ich mit Menschen-und mit Engelzungen redete, und hätte der Liebe nicht, so wäre ich ein tönend Erz oder eine klingende Schelle.
GLB
1Co 13:1
Search for Love, and all the spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy
Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet’s power.
1 Corinthians 14:1
Continue reading Search for Love, and all the spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy
If I have not love, I am nothing, and of no profit.
1Co 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
KJV
If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.
And if I have a prophet’s power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.
And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.