1 Corinthians 14:17

17 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.

1 Corinthians 14:17 in Other Translations

17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

17 For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.

17 You will be giving thanks very well, but it won’t strengthen the people who hear you.

17 Your blessing might be beautiful, but you have very effectively cut that person out of it.

17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

17 Your prayer of thanksgiving may be very good, but it doesn't help other people grow.

17 For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.

17 You might be giving thanks well enough. But the others are not being built up.

1 Corinthians 14:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:17

For thou verily givest thanks well
In very proper words, and pertinent expressions, with great affection and devotion, suitable to the service;

but the other is not edified;
the rest of the people, who do not understand the language in which thanks are given; "thy friend", as the Syriac version reads it; or thy next neighbour, he that stands by thee, receives no manner of profit by it, because he does not understand what is said.

1 Corinthians 14:17 In-Context

15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.

16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?

17 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.

18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Cross References

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