The letter’s word that other languages are a sign to the unbelieving
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1 Corinthians 14:20–25: the letter says, “Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature. In the law it is written, ‘By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. They won’t even listen to me that way, says the Lord.’ Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe. If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy? But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all. And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.” The Korean Revised Version opens the words of the law at 14:21 with 주께서 가라사대, where WEB sets “says the Lord” at the end of the quotation.
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- 1CO 14:20–25, engwebp
20Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
21In the law it is written, “By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. They won’t even listen to me that way, says the Lord.”
22Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.
23If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?
24But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.
25And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
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Current wording: 1 Corinthians 14:20–25: the letter says, “Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature. In the law it is written, ‘By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. They won’t even listen to me that way, says the Lord.’ Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe. If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy? But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all. And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.” The Korean Revised Version opens the words of the law at 14:21 with 주께서 가라사대, where WEB sets “says the Lord” at the end of the quotation.
Cited evidence: 1CO 14:20–25, engwebp
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