Quotes about Understanding
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
— 1 Corinthians 9:22
I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
— 1 Corinthians 10:15
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
— 1 Corinthians 13:4
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
— 1 Corinthians 13:5
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
— 1 Corinthians 13:9
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
— 1 Corinthians 13:12
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
— 1 Corinthians 14:2
Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
— 1 Corinthians 14:6
So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
— 1 Corinthians 14:9
Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
— 1 Corinthians 14:10
If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
— 1 Corinthians 14:11
Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
— 1 Corinthians 14:13