howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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.

πλην εν τη εκκλησια πεντε λογους προτιμω να λαλησω δια του νοος μου, δια να κατηχησω και αλλους, παρα μυριους λογους με γλωσσαν αγνωριστον.

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.