1 Corinthians 14:23
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
KJV
ἐὰν οὖν συνέλθῃ ἡ ἐκκλησία ὅλη ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ πάντες λαλῶσιν γλώσσαις, εἰσέλθωσιν δὲ ἰδιῶται ἢ ἄπιστοι, οὐκ ἐροῦσιν ὅτι μαίνεσθε;
Greek NT
Si ergo conveniat universa ecclesia in unum, et omnes linguis loquantur, intrent autem idiotæ, aut infideles : nonne dicent quod insanitis ?
Vulgate
If therefore the whole church be assembled together and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?
ASV
If therefore the whole church come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels, will they not say that you are mad?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- λαλῶσιν γλώσσαις — SBLGNT
- λαλῶσιν γλώσσαις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- γλώσσαις λαλῶσιν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Although it is lawful for any man privately at home to read the Holy Scriptures and to instruct his family in the true religion, yet in order that the Word of God may be duly taught to the people, and supplications and prayers be publicly made, also that the sacraments may be duly administered, and that collections may be made for the poor and for defraying all necessary charge…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 11:17 — Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
- 1Cor 12:10 — To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
- Acts 2:13 — Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
- Acts 2:13 — Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
- Acts 11:26 — And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christia
- Acts 14:27 — And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
- Gen 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
- Gen 11:9 — Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
- Heb 10:25 — Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.