20Brethren, be not children in your understandings; but in malice be as children, but in your understandings be men.
21In the law it is written:
For with men of other tongues, and with strange lips,
I will speak to this people;
And not even so will they hearken to me, saith the Lord.
22So that the tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is not for the unbelieving, but for those who believe.
23If therefore the whole church is come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? 24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that is an unbeliever, or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all. 25The secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so falling on his face he will worship God, reporting that God is in truth among you.
26How is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each of you has a psalm, has an instruction, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to edification. 27If any one speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in turn; and let one interpret. 28But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
29And of prophets, let two or three speak, and the others judge. 30But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first be silent. 31For ye can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all be comforted. 32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
34Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as the law also says. 35And if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.