King James Version
1 Corinthians 14:18 in the King James Version says “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:”
1 Corinthians 14:18 · King James Version
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. men: Gr. perfect, or, of a ripe age
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“I thank”
G2168to be grateful, i.e., (actively) to express gratitude (towards); specially, to say grace at a meal
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“with tongues”
G1100the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
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