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butἀλλὰinἐνthe assemblyἐκκλησίᾳI would ratherθέλωspeakλαλῆσαιfiveπέντεwordsλόγουςwith my mind,τῷ νοΐ μουso thatἵναI may alsoκαὶinstructκατηχήσωothers,ἄλλουςthanἢten thousandμυρίουςwordsλόγουςinἐνa tongue.γλώσσῃ
1 Corinthians 14:19
Study it in the app“but in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my mind, so that I may also instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 14:19, word by word
- the assemblyἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiai
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsiai” appears- I would ratherθέλωthelō
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelō” appears- speakλαλῆσαιlalēsai
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalēsai” appears- fiveπέντεpente
five
Five.
Where else “pente” appears- wordsλόγουςlogous
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logous” appears- with my mindνοΐnoi
mind
The capacity to think, judge and understand in each person.
Where else “noi” appears- instructκατηχήσωkatēchēsō
instruct
Instruct, teach by word of mouth; also inform.
Where else “katēchēsō” appears- othersἄλλουςallous
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “allous” appears- ten thousandμυρίουςmyrious
ten thousand
Ten thousand; also countless.
Where else “myrious” appears- a tongueγλώσσῃglōssēi
tongues
The gift of speaking in tongues the Spirit gives.
Where else “glōssēi” appears
The context
18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
19 · This verse (above)
20Brothers, do not be children in your thinking, but in malice be infants, and in your thinking be mature.