Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 14:20-25

Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order

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20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

21It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

22Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

24But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,

25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

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Verse 20

Original words

BrothersἈδελφοίG80Noun - Vocative Masculine PluralstopμὴG3361Adverb-ταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine PluralthinkingφρεσίνG5424Noun - Dative Feminine PluralvvvγίνεσθεG1096Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plurallike childrenπαιδίαG3813Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural-ἀλλὰG235ConjunctionIn [regard to]τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularevilκακίᾳG2549Noun - Dative Feminine Singularbe infantsνηπιάζετεG3515Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralbutδὲG1161Conjunctionin [your]ταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine PluralthinkingφρεσὶνG5424Noun - Dative Feminine PluralbeγίνεσθεG1096Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluralmatureτέλειοιG5046Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 21

Original words

It is writtenγέγραπταιG1125Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularLawνόμῳG3551Noun - Dative Masculine Singular-ὅτιG3754ConjunctionByἘνG1722Prepositionstrange tonguesἑτερογλώσσοιςG2084Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction-ἐνG1722PrepositionforeignἑτέρωνG2087Adjective - Genitive Masculine PlurallipsχείλεσινG5491Noun - Dative Neuter PluralI will speakλαλήσωG2980Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularto thisτούτῳG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularpeopleλαῷG2992Noun - Dative Masculine Singular[but]καὶG2532Conjunctionevenοὐδ’G3761AdverbthenοὕτωςG3779Adverbthey will {not} listen toεἰσακούσονταίG1522Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person PluralMeμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person SingularsaysλέγειG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[the] LordΚύριοςG2962Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • Isaiah 28:11–12
Verse 22

Original words

TonguesγλῶσσαιG1100Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralthenὭστεG5620Conjunction-αἱG3588Article - Nominative Feminine PluralareεἰσινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural-εἰςG1519Prepositiona signσημεῖόνG4592Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularnotοὐG3756AdverbforτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralbelieversπιστεύουσινG4100Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine PluralbutἀλλὰG235ConjunctionforτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralunbelieversἀπίστοιςG571Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine Singular-δὲG1161ConjunctionProphecyπροφητείαG4394Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularhoweverἀλλὰG235Conjunction[is] forτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralbelieversπιστεύουσινG4100Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine PluralnotοὐG3756AdverbforτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralunbelieversἀπίστοιςG571Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Verse 23

Original words

SoοὖνG3767ConjunctionifἘὰνG1437ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularwholeὅληG3650Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularchurchἐκκλησίαG1577Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularcomesσυνέλθῃG4905Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingulartogetherἐπὶG1909Preposition. . .τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Singular. . .αὐτὸG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctioneveryoneπάντεςG3956Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralspeaksλαλῶσινG2980Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Pluralin tonguesγλώσσαιςG1100Noun - Dative Feminine PluralandδὲG1161Conjunctionsome who are uninstructedἰδιῶταιG2399Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralorG2228Conjunctionsome unbelieversἄπιστοιG571Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralcome inεἰσέλθωσινG1525Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person PluralvvvοὐκG3756Adverbwill they not sayἐροῦσινG2046Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralthatὅτιG3754Conjunctionyou are out of your mindsμαίνεσθεG3105Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Verse 24

Original words

ButδὲG1161ConjunctionifἐὰνG1437ConjunctionanτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularunbelieverἄπιστοςG571Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularorG2228Conjunctionuninstructed personἰδιώτηςG2399Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularcomes inεἰσέλθῃG1525Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularwhileδέG1161ConjunctioneveryoneπάντεςG3956Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralis prophesyingπροφητεύωσινG4395Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Pluralhe will be convictedἐλέγχεταιG1651Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular-ὑπὸG5259Preposition-πάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural[and] called to accountἀνακρίνεταιG350Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularbyὑπὸG5259PrepositionallπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 25

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[and] theτὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralsecretsκρυπτὰG2927Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralofτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularhisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularheartκαρδίαςG2588Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularwill beγίνεταιG1096Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularmade knownφανερὰG5318Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralSoκαὶG2532Conjunction. . .οὕτωςG3779Adverbhe will fallπεσὼνG4098Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularvvvἐπὶG1909PrepositionfacedownπρόσωπονG4383Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular[and] worshipπροσκυνήσειG4352Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularGodΘεῷG2316Noun - Dative Masculine SingularproclaimingἀπαγγέλλωνG518Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-ὅτιG3754Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularisἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartrulyὌντωςG3689AdverbamongἐνG1722PrepositionyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural

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