Essenes Gospel and its falsification Dez 18

speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the
assembly may be built up.
But now, brothers, * if I come to you speaking with other
languages, what would I profit you, unless I speak to you
either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying,
or of teaching? Even things without life, giving a voice,
whether pipe or harp, if they didn’t give a distinction in the
sounds, how would it be known what is piped or
harped? For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who
would prepare himself for war?
So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy
to understand, how would it be known what is spoken?
For you would be speaking into the air. There are, it may
be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them
is without meaning. If then I don’t know the meaning of
the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and
he who speaks would be a foreigner to me. So also you,
since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may
abound to the building up of the assembly. Therefore let
him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.
For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays,
but my understanding is unfruitful.
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray
with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I
will sing with the understanding also. Otherwise if you bless
with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned
say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he
doesn’t know what you say? For you most certainly give
thanks well, but the other person is not built up. I thank my
God, I speak with other languages more than you
all. However in the assembly I would rather speak five
words with my understanding, that I might instruct others
also, than ten thousand words in another language.
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