Study it in the app“If then the whole assembly comes together in the same place and all speak in tongues, and uninstructed people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?”
Ifἐὰνthenοὖνthe wholeὅληassemblyἡ ἐκκλησίαcomes togetherσυνέλθῃin the same placeἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸandκαὶallπάντεςspeakλαλῶσινin tongues,γλώσσαιςandδὲuninstructed peopleἰδιῶταιorἢunbelieversἄπιστοιcome in,εἰσέλθωσινwill they notοὐκsayἐροῦσινthatὅτιyou are out of your minds?μαίνεσθε
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holē” appearschurch
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsia” appearscome together
To assemble in one place.
Where else “synelthēi” appearsspeak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalōsin” appearstongues
The gift of speaking in tongues the Spirit gives.
Where else “glōssais” appearsordinary person, layman
An ordinary person, without special training or office; unskilled, untrained.
Where else “idiōtai” appearsunbelieving
Someone who does not believe.
Where else “apistoi” appearsenter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthōsin” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “erousin” appearsbe insane
Be mad, rave, talk out of one's mind.
Where else “mainesthe” appears22So then, tongues are a sign not for those who believe but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.
23 · This verse (above)
24But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in, he is convicted by all, he is examined by all,
