1 Corinthians 14:20-25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁰ Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.

²¹ In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord.

²² Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecies not to unbelievers, but to believers.

²³ If therefore the whole church come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels, will they not say that you are mad?

²⁴ But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or an unlearned person, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all.

²⁵ The secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so, falling down on his face, he will adore God, affirming that God is among you indeed.