16  Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say "Amen"when you give thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?

16  Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

17  For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.

17  In this case, certainly, you give thanks well, but the other person is not edified.

17  For indeed you bless well, but your fellow man is not enlightened.

18  I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;

19  but in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, in order that I may instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.

19  howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

19  But in the Church, I prefer to speak five words from my mind, so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in tongues.

20  Brothers, do not be children in your understanding; rather, in malice be children, but in understanding be men.

20  Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

20  My brethren, be not like infants in your intelligence, only to evil things be like children, but in your understanding be mature.

21  In the law it is written: "With men of other tongues and by strange lips I will speak to this people; and yet not even in this way will they hear Me,"says YHWH.

21  It is written in the law: “I will speak to this people with other tongues and other lips, and even so, they will not heed me, says the Lord.”

22  So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

23  If then the whole church comes together at the same place, and all speak in tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?

23  If therefore the whole church be assembled together and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?

23  If then, the entire Church were to gather together as one, and if all were to speak in tongues, and then ignorant or unbelieving persons were to enter, would they not say that you were insane?

24  But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an unlearned person comes in, he is reproved by all, he is discerned by all.

24  But if everyone prophesies, and one who is ignorant or unbelieving enters, he may be convinced by it all, because he understands it all.

25  And so the secrets of his heart become clear; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God, reporting that God is truly among you!

25  the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.