1 Corinthians 14:18
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I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.

1 Corinthians 1:4-6 I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God that is given you in Christ Jesus: . . .

1 Corinthians 4:7 For who distinguisheth thee? Or what hast thou that thou hast not received, and if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Context
Prophecy and Tongues
17For thou indeed givest thanks well: but the other is not edified. 18I thank my God I speak with all your tongues. 19But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:2
For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:4
He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5
And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive edification.

1 Corinthians 14:17
For thou indeed givest thanks well: but the other is not edified.

1 Corinthians 14:19
But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Lexicon
I thank
Εὐχαριστῶ (Eucharistō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2168: From eucharistos; to be grateful, i.e. to express gratitude; specially, to say grace at a meal.

God
Θεῷ (Theō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

that I speak
λαλῶ (lalō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

in tongues
γλώσσαις (glōssais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1100: The tongue; by implication, a language.

more
μᾶλλον (mallon)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3123: More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.

than all
πάντων (pantōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

of you.
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


Additional Translations
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

I thank God, speaking in tongues more than all of you.

I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

I thank God I speak in a tongue more than all of you:

I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

I thank my God, I speak in languages more than ye all:

I speak in a tongue, thank God, more than all of you;

I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.

I give thanks to my God -- more than you all with tongues speaking --
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