King James Version (KJV)
1 Corinthians 14:12
“Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.”
Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 14
10
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them [is] without signification.
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Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh [shall be] a barbarian unto me.
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Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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Wherefore let him that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue pray that he may interpret.
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For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
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