Let no servant of yours be put to shame may those be shamed who are false without cause.

Be my guide and teacher in the true way for you are the God of my salvation I am waiting for your word all the day.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times for he will take my feet out of the net.

The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

Go after love still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

Even things without life, having a voice, such as a music-pipe or other instrument, if they do not give out different sounds, who may be certain what is being played?

So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

But if the sense of the voice is not clear to me, I am like a man from a strange country to him who is talking, and he will be the same to me.

For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced?

The secrets of his heart are made clear and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn and let someone give the sense:

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort

For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace as in all the churches of the saints.

And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.

So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets but let no one be stopped from using tongues.