I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
Parallel translations
- WEB I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
- KJV I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
- NKJV I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;
- NASB I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;
- NLT I thank God that I speak in tongues more than any of you.
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Quick answer
Paul thanks God that he speaks in tongues more than all of them. He is no opponent of the gift he is regulating.
Overview
Paul forestalls any charge that he disparages tongues by affirming his own abundant exercise of the gift. His concern is not to suppress tongues but to order their use for the church's good. This personal note lends weight to the instruction that follows about preferring intelligible speech in the assembly.
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Cross-references · 2
- 1 Cor 1:4–6I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Cor 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
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