I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Je désire que vous parliez tous en langues, mais encore plus que vous prophétisiez. Celui qui prophétise est plus grand que celui qui parle en langues, à moins que ce dernier n'interprète, pour que l'Eglise en reçoive de l'édification.
KJV
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
gift of prophecy, particularly as regards a part of the latter. On the contrary, The Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 14:5 ): "Greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues." I answer that, The gift of prophecy surpasses the gift of tongues, in three ways. First, because…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
of speeches is more excellent than the gift of tongues, as appears from the saying of the Apostle ( 1 Cor. 14:5 ), "Greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues; unless perhaps he interpret." Yet the interpretation of speeches is placed after the gift of tong…
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