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20 Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
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Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.
21 In the Law it is written, "By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord."
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In the Law it is written: “With other tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”
22 Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers.
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Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
23 If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
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So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all,
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But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all,
25 the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.
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as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”
26 What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
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What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.
27 If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret.
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If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret.
28 But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God.
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If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.
29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.
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Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
30 If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.
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And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop.
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