eflected light, indistinctly; but then face to face: now I know
partially; but then shall I know even as I am known. (13)But now
abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greater of these is
love.

CHAP. XIV.

FOLLOW earnestly after love, and zealously seek spiritual gifts, but
rather that ye may prophesy. (2)For he that speaketh in an unknown
tongue, speaketh not to men, but to God: for no man understandeth him;
although in spirit he speaketh mysterious truths. (3)But he that
prophesieth, addresseth men for edification, and exhortation, and
consolation. (4)He that speaketh in an unknown tongue, edifieth
himself; but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church. (5)Now I could
wish that you all spake with tongues, but rather that ye should
prophesy: for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh
with tongues, except he interpret also, that the church may receive
edification. (6)Now I, brethren, if I should come unto you, speaking in
unknown languages, what should I profit you, unless I should speak to
you _intelligibly_ by revelation, or by science, or by prophecy, or by
doctrine? (7)In like manner things inanimate, giving sound, whether the
pipe, or the harp, unless they express a distinction in their tones,
how shall it be known what is piped, or what is harped? (8)For if the
trumpet also give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the
battle? (9)So also ye, unless with the tongue you speak an intelligible
discourse, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will speak to
the air. (10)For though there are so many different kinds of languages
in the world, yet is not one of them without its meaning. (11)If
therefore I know not the force of the expression, I shall be to him
that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian
unto me. (12)So also ye, if ye zealously affect spiritual gifts, seek
that ye may abound in them for the edification of the church.
(13)Therefore let him who speaketh in an unknown tongue, pray that he
may interpret also. (14)For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit
prayeth, but my mind produces no fruit. (15)What then is my object? I
will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also:
I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms with the
understanding also. (16)Else, though thou bless God in spirit, how
shall he who filleth the place of an illiterate man, say Amen after thy
thanksgiving, seeing he knoweth not what th