“He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Corinthians 14 contains 40 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.