哥林多前书14:20-25
20弟兄们，在心志上不要作小孩子。然而在恶事上要作婴孩。在心志上总要作大人。21律法上记着，主说，我要用外邦人的舌头，和外邦人的嘴唇，向这百姓说话。虽然如此，他们还是不听从我。22这样看来，说方言，不是为信的人作证据，乃是为不信的人。作先知讲道，不是为不信的人作证据，乃是为信的人。23所以全教会聚在一处的时候，若都说方言，偶然有不通方言的，或是不信的人进来，岂不说你们癫狂了吗？24若都作先知讲道，偶然有不信的，或是不通方言的人进来，就被众人劝醒，被众人审明。25他心里的隐情显露出来，就必将脸伏地，敬拜神，说神真是在你们中间了。
20Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind. 21It is written in the Scriptures#14:21a Greek in the law.:“I will speak to my own peoplethrough strange languagesand through the lips of foreigners.But even then, they will not listen to me,”#14:21b Isa 28:11-12.says the Lord. 22So you see that speaking in tongues is a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers. 23Even so, if unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your church meeting and hear everyone speaking in an unknown language, they will think you are crazy. 24But if all of you are prophesying, and unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your meeting, they will be convicted of sin and judged by what you say. 25As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring, “God is truly here among you.”
