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I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:(1 Corinthians 14:18)
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.(1 Corinthians 14:19)
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.(1 Corinthians 14:20)
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.(1 Corinthians 14:22)
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?(1 Corinthians 14:23)
But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:(1 Corinthians 14:24)

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1 Corinthians 14:21 - Cross Reference

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. (Jeremiah 5:15)
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? (John 10:34)
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. (Romans 3:19)
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; (Deuteronomy 28:49)
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. (Isaiah 28:11)