Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 14:20-25

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

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

21 It 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.”

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

23 So 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?

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

25 and 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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References and Original Words

Verse 20

Original words

Brothers Ἀδελφοί G80 Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural stop μὴ G3361 Adverb - ταῖς G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Plural thinking φρεσίν G5424 Noun - Dative Feminine Plural vvv γίνεσθε G1096 Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural like children παιδία G3813 Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural - ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction In [regard to] τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular evil κακίᾳ G2549 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular be infants νηπιάζετε G3515 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural but δὲ G1161 Conjunction in [your] ταῖς G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Plural thinking φρεσὶν G5424 Noun - Dative Feminine Plural be γίνεσθε G1096 Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural mature τέλειοι G5046 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 21

Original words

It is written γέγραπται G1125 Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular Law νόμῳ G3551 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular - ὅτι G3754 Conjunction By Ἐν G1722 Preposition strange tongues ἑτερογλώσσοις G2084 Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction - ἐν G1722 Preposition foreign ἑτέρων G2087 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural lips χείλεσιν G5491 Noun - Dative Neuter Plural I will speak λαλήσω G2980 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular to this τούτῳ G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular - τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular people λαῷ G2992 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular [but] καὶ G2532 Conjunction even οὐδ’ G3761 Adverb then οὕτως G3779 Adverb they will {not} listen to εἰσακούσονταί G1522 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural Me μου G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular says λέγει G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular [the] Lord Κύριος G2962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • Isaiah 28:11–12
Verse 22

Original words

Tongues γλῶσσαι G1100 Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural then Ὥστε G5620 Conjunction - αἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Plural are εἰσιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural - εἰς G1519 Preposition a sign σημεῖόν G4592 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular not οὐ G3756 Adverb for τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural believers πιστεύουσιν G4100 Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural but ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction for τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural unbelievers ἀπίστοις G571 Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural - G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular - δὲ G1161 Conjunction Prophecy προφητεία G4394 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular however ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction [is] for τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural believers πιστεύουσιν G4100 Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural not οὐ G3756 Adverb for τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural unbelievers ἀπίστοις G571 Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Verse 23

Original words

So οὖν G3767 Conjunction if Ἐὰν G1437 Conjunction the G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular whole ὅλη G3650 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular church ἐκκλησία G1577 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular comes συνέλθῃ G4905 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular together ἐπὶ G1909 Preposition . . . τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular . . . αὐτὸ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction everyone πάντες G3956 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural speaks λαλῶσιν G2980 Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural in tongues γλώσσαις G1100 Noun - Dative Feminine Plural and δὲ G1161 Conjunction some who are uninstructed ἰδιῶται G2399 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural or G2228 Conjunction some unbelievers ἄπιστοι G571 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural come in εἰσέλθωσιν G1525 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb will they not say ἐροῦσιν G2046 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction you are out of your minds μαίνεσθε G3105 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Verse 24

Original words

But δὲ G1161 Conjunction if ἐὰν G1437 Conjunction an τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular unbeliever ἄπιστος G571 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular or G2228 Conjunction uninstructed person ἰδιώτης G2399 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular comes in εἰσέλθῃ G1525 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular while δέ G1161 Conjunction everyone πάντες G3956 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural is prophesying προφητεύωσιν G4395 Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural he will be convicted ἐλέγχεται G1651 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular - ὑπὸ G5259 Preposition - πάντων G3956 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural [and] called to account ἀνακρίνεται G350 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular by ὑπὸ G5259 Preposition all πάντων G3956 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 25

Original words

[and] the τὰ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Plural secrets κρυπτὰ G2927 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural of τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular his αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular heart καρδίας G2588 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular will be γίνεται G1096 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular made known φανερὰ G5318 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural So καὶ G2532 Conjunction . . . οὕτως G3779 Adverb he will fall πεσὼν G4098 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular vvv ἐπὶ G1909 Preposition facedown πρόσωπον G4383 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular [and] worship προσκυνήσει G4352 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular - τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular God Θεῷ G2316 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular proclaiming ἀπαγγέλλων G518 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular - ὅτι G3754 Conjunction - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular God Θεὸς G2316 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular is ἐστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular truly Ὄντως G3689 Adverb among ἐν G1722 Preposition you ὑμῖν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural

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