The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

LAbour for love and covet spretuall gif¦tes: [ A] & most chefly forto prophesye. For he that speaketh with tōges speaketh* 1.1 not vnto men / but vnto god / for no man hea∣reth him / howbeit in the sprete he speaketh misteries. But he that prophesieth / speaketh vnto men / to edifyinge / to exhortacion and to comforte. He that speaketh with tonges / prof¦fiteth him silfe: he that prophesyeth edifieth the congregacion. I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophisieth? then he y^t

speaketh with tonges / except he expounde it* 1.2 also / that the congregacion maye have edi∣fyinge. [ B] Now brehren if I come vnto you speak••ge w^t tonges: what shall I profit you / excepte I speake vnto you / other by revelaciō or knowledge / or prophesyinge / or doctrine.

Moreover whē thing{is} with out lyfe / geve sounde: whether it be a pype or an harpe: ex∣cept they make a distinccion in the soundes: how shall it beknowen what is pyped or har∣ped? And also if the trōpe geve an vncertayne voyce / who shall prepare him silfe to fyght? Evē so lykwyse whē ye speake with tōge / ex¦cepte ye speake wordes that have significati∣on / how shall yt be vnderstonde what is spo∣kē? For ye shall but speake in the ayer.

Many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde [ C] and none of them are with out signification. If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth / I shalbe vnto him that speaketh / an alient: and and he that speaketh shalbe an alient vnto me Evē so ye (for as moche as ye covet spretuall giftes) seke that ye maye have plentye vnto y^• edifyinge of the congregacion.

Wherfore let him that speaketh with ton∣ges / praye that he maye interpret also. If I praye with tonge / my sprete prayeth: but my mynde is with out frute. What is it then? I will praye with the sprete / ād will praye w^t the mynde also. I will singe with the sprete / and will singe with the mynde also.

For els when thou blessest with y^e * 1.3 sprete / [ A] how shall he that occupieth the roume of the

vnlearned / saye amen at thy gevinge of than∣kes / seynge he vnderstondeth not what thou sayest. Thou verely gevest thanke well / but [ D] the other is not edyfied. I thanke my god / I speake with tōges moare then ye all. Yet had I lever in y^e cōgregaciō / to speake five wordes with my mynde to y^• informaciō of other / ra∣ther then ten thousande wordes w^t the tonge.

Brethrē be not chyldrē in * 1.4 witte. How be it as cōcerninge maliciousnes be chyldrē: but in witte be perfet. In the lawe it is written / with other tōges / & with other lyppes wyll I speake vnto this people / & yet for all that will they not heare me / sayth the Lorde. Wherfo∣re / tonge are for a signe / not to them that bele¦ve: but to them that beleve not. Contrary wy∣se / prophesyinge serveth not for them that be¦leve not: but for them which beleve.

Yf therfore when all the cōgregacion is co¦me to gedder / & all speake with tonges / ther come in they y^• are vnlearned / or they which beleve not: will they not saye that ye are out of youre wittes? But & yf all prophesy / & ther [ E] come in one that beleveth not / or one vnlear∣ned / he is rebuked of all men / & is iudged of every man: & so are y^• secretes of his hert opē¦ned & so falleth he doune on his face / & worsh¦ippeth God / & sayth y^t God is w^t you in dede.

How is it then brethrē? When ye come to▪ gedder / every mā hath his songe / hath his doc¦tryne / hath his tōge / hath his revelaciō / hath his interpretaciō. Let all thing{is} be done vnto edifyinge. If eny man speake w^t tonges / let

it be two atonce or at the most thre atonce & that by course: & let another interprete it. But yf ther be no interpreter / let him kepe silence in the cōgregacion / and let him speake to him selfe and to God.

Let the Prophete speake two atonce / or thre [ F] at once / & let other iudge. Yf eny revelaciō be made to another that sitteth by / let the fyrst holde his peace. For ye maye all prophesy one by one / that all maye learne / & all maye have comforte. For y^• spretes of the Prophete are in the power of the Prophetes. For God is not causer of stryfe: but of peace / as he is in all other congregacions of the saynctes.

Let youre wyves kepe silence in the cōgre∣gacions. [ G] For it is not permitted vnto them to* 1.5 speake: but let them be vnder obedience / as sayth the lawe. If they will learne eny thin∣ge / let thē aye their husbandes at home. For* 1.6 it is a shame for wemen to speake in the cōgre¦gaciō. Sprōge y^e worde of god frō you? Ether came it vnto you only? Yf eny mā thinke him sylfe a prophet ether spirituall: let him vnder stonde / what thinges I write vnto you. For they are the cōmaundementes of the Lorde. But & yf eny man be ignorāt / let him beigno∣rant. Wherfore brethren covet to prophesye / & forbyd not to speake with tonges. And let all thinges be done honestly & in order.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Prophe¦sienge is here takē for expo undynge /
• * 1.2

  Wordes y^• are not v∣nderston∣de proff∣yt not.
• * 1.3

  to speake with ton∣ges or wi¦th the spi¦rite / is to speake th∣at other v¦nderston∣de not / as prestes sa¦ye their se¦ruyce. To spea∣ke with y^• mynde is to speake that other vnderston¦de / as wh¦en the pre¦acher pre∣ache••g.
• * 1.4

  all dedes must be sa¦w sed with the doctry¦ne of Go¦d / and not with go∣od meany¦nge onlye
• * 1.5

  j. timo. ij. gene. iij. c
• * 1.6

  The wo∣man must be in sub∣ieccion to hir. hus∣band.