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1 Corinthians 14:2

For if you have the ability to speak in tongues,* you will be talking only to God, since people won’t be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit,* but it will all be mysterious.

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1 Corinthians 14:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

I will explain why. Those who have the gift of speaking in different languages are not speaking to people; they are speaking to God. No one understands them; they are speaking secret things through the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For he that speaks with a tongue does not speak to men but to God: for no one hears; but in spirit he speaks mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

When a person speaks in another language, he doesn’t speak to people but to God. No one understands him. His spirit is speaking mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

For the person who speaks in another language is not speaking to men but to God, since no one understands him; however, he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For those who speak in a tongue do not speak to other people but to God; for nobody understands them, since they are speaking mysteries in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Anyone who speaks in a language he had not known before doesn’t speak to people. He speaks only to God. In fact, no one understands that person. What he says with his spirit remains a mystery.

1 Corinthians 14:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.


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