1 Corinthians 14:14

If ¹  I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

For if I pray in tongues, my spirit is praying, but I don’t understand what I am saying.

If I pray in tongues, my spirit prays but my mind lies fallow, and all that intelligence is wasted.

For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

If ¹  I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

¹ tc ‡ Most witnesses, including some important ones (א A D^s Ψ 048 Ï lat sy bo), have γάρ (gar, “for”) here, while an equally impressive array of witnesses lack the conjunction (Ì⁴⁶ B F G 0243 1739 1881 sa). This conjunction was frequently added by scribes in epistolary literature as a clarifying word, making the connection with the preceding more explicit. As such, it has the earmarks of being a motivated reading and thus should be rejected. NA²⁷ places the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.