1 Corinthians 14:26

“What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.”

1 Corinthians 14:26 · direct translation from the Greek
Study it in the app

When they meet, each one brings something to build upThe Church and Community

With the Greek beneath

26

1 Corinthians 14:26, word by word

is itἐστινestin

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “estin” appears
brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi

brother in faith

A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.

Where else “adelphoi” appears
Whenὅτανhotan

when, whenever

When, whenever.

Where else “hotan” appears
you come togetherσυνέρχησθεsynerchēsthe

come together

To assemble in one place.

Where else “synerchēsthe” appears
each oneἕκαστοςhekastos

each

Each, each one.

Where else “hekastos” appears
hasἔχειechei

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

Where else “echei” appears
a psalmψαλμὸνpsalmon

psalm

Psalm: a song of praise; the book of Psalms.

Where else “psalmon” appears
a teachingδιδαχὴνdidachēn

teaching

Teaching.

Where else “didachēn” appears
a revelationἀποκάλυψινapokalypsin

revelation

Revelation: an uncovering, making known what was hidden.

Where else “apokalypsin” appears
a tongueγλῶσσανglōssan

tongues

The gift of speaking in tongues the Spirit gives.

Where else “glōssan” appears
an interpretationἑρμηνείανhermēneian

interpretation

Interpretation: explaining what was said in another language.

Where else “hermēneian” appears
be doneγινέσθωginesthō

happen

For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.

Where else “ginesthō” appears
building upοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēn

building up

Helping others grow in faith.

Where else “oikodomēn” appears

The context

25the secrets of his heart become evident, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

26 · This verse (above)

27If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be by two or at the most three, and in turn, and let one interpret.

Read all of 1 Corinthians 14

How to use it