¹⁷ And these ^[a]signs will accompany those who have believed: ^(A)in My name they will cast out demons, they will ^(B)speak with new tongues;

¹⁰ and to another the workings of ^(A)miracles, and to another ^(B)prophecy, and to another the ^[a](C)distinguishing of spirits, to someone else various ^(D)kinds of tongues, and to another the ^[b](E)translation of tongues.

²⁸ And God has ^[a](A)appointed in ^(B)the church, first ^(C)apostles, second ^(D)prophets, third ^(E)teachers, then ^[b](F)miracles, then ^(G)gifts of healings, helps, ^(H)administrations, various ^(I)kinds of tongues.

³⁰ Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all ^[a](A)translate?

The Excellence of Love

13 If I speak with the ^(A)tongues of men and of ^(B)angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a ^(C)clanging cymbal.

¹⁸ I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all; ¹⁹ however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

^20 (A)Brothers, ^(B)do not be children in your thinking; rather in evil ^(C)be infants, but in your thinking be mature. ²¹ In ^(D)the Law it is written, “^(E)By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the ^[a]Lord. ²² So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but ^(F)prophecy is for a sign not to unbelievers but to those who believe. ²³ Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and ^[b]uninformed men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that ^(G)you are out of your mind? ²⁴ But if all ^(H)prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ^[c]uninformed man enters, he is ^(I)convicted by all, he is called to account by all; ^25 (J)the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will ^(K)fall on his face and worship God, declaring that ^(L)surely God is among you.

Orderly Worship

^26 (M)What is the outcome then, ^(N)brothers? When you assemble, ^(O)each one has a ^(P)psalm, has a ^(Q)teaching, has a ^(R)revelation, has a ^(S)tongue, has a ^[d](T)translation. Let ^(U)all things be done for edification. ²⁷ If anyone speaks in a ^(V)tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must ^[e](W)translate; ²⁸ but if there is no ^[f]translator, he must keep silent in the church, and let him speak to himself and to God. ²⁹ And let two or three ^(X)prophets speak, and let the others ^(Y)pass judgment. ³⁰ But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent. ³¹ For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted. ³² And the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; ³³ for God is not a God of ^(Z)confusion but of ^[g]peace, as in ^(AA)all the churches of the ^(AB)saints.

³⁴ The women are to ^(AC)keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but ^(AD)are to subject themselves, just as ^(AE)the Law also says. ³⁵ But if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church. ^36 [h]Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it arrived to you only?

^37 (AF)If anyone thinks he is a prophet or ^(AG)spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you ^(AH)are the Lord’s commandment. ³⁸ But if anyone remains ignorant about this, he ^[i]is ignored by God.

³⁹ Therefore, my brothers, ^(AI)earnestly desire to ^(AJ)prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues. ⁴⁰ But ^(AK)all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.