1 Corinthians 14:12-17 So it is with you; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in building up the church.

Common⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² So it is with you; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in building up the church. ¹³ Therefore, he who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret. ¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. ¹⁵ What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. ¹⁶ Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? ¹⁷ For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.