1 Corinthians 14:6 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Corinthians 14:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
νῦν
nŷn
G3568
now
δέ
dé
G1161
but
ἀδελφοί
adelphós
G80
brother
ἐὰν
eán
G1437
if
ἔλθω
érchomai
G2064
to come
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
γλώσσαις
glōssa
G1100
tongue
λαλῶν
laléō
G2980
to speak
τί
tís
G5101
who
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
ὠφελήσω
ōpheléō
G5623
to profit
ἐὰν
eán
G1437
if
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
λαλήσω
laléō
G2980
to speak
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ἀποκαλύψει
apokálypsis
G602
disclosure
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἐν
en
G1722
in
γνώσει
gnōsis
G1108
knowledge
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἐν
en
G1722
in
προφητείᾳ
prophēteía
G4394
prophecy
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
διδαχῇ
didachḗ
G1322
teaching
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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?
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King James Version Public Domain
Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I benefit you unless I speak to you either in revelation or in knowledge or in prophecy or teaching?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).