If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ἐὰνeanIfἐάνconjunction — “If”G1437if.Ifοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.thereforeσυνέλθῃsunelthēbe come togetherσυνέρχομαι (sunerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “be come together”, a single actionG4905I come or go with, accompany; I come together, assemble.be come togetherἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίαekklēsiaassemblyἐκκλησίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “assembly”, the subject formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.ὅληholēallὅλος (holos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “all”, the subject formG3650all, the whole, entire, complete.This verse uses “all”.ἐπὶepiintoἐπίpreposition — “into”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.intoτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτὸautoone placeαὐτός (autos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “one place”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.one placeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allλαλῶσινlalōsinspeakλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.speakγλώσσαιςglōssaiswith tonguesγλῶσσα (glōssa)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “with tongues”, the to- or for-formG1100the tongue, a language, a nation (usually distinguished by their speech).with tonguesεἰσέλθωσινeiselthōsinthere come inεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “there come in”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “come in”.there come inδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἰδιῶταιidiōtaithose that are unlearnedἰδιώτης (idiōtēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “those that are unlearned”, the subject formG2399(unofficial, hence) an amateur, an unprofessional man, a layman; an ungifted person.those that are unlearnedἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orἄπιστοιapistoiunbelieversἄπιστος (apistos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “unbelievers”, the subject formG571unbelieving, incredulous, unchristian; sometimes subst: unbeliever.unbelieversοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)particle — “not”G3756no, not.notἐροῦσινerousinto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, an action still aheadG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G4483 (ῥέω, utter).ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatμαίνεσθεmainestheye are madμαίνομαι (mainomai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye are mad”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3105I am raving mad, speak as a madman.ye are mad
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
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American Standard Version (1901)
If therefore the whole church be assembled together and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?
Young’s Literal Translation
If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
World English Bible
If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?
Darby Translation
If therefore the whole assembly come together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and simple [persons] enter in, or unbelievers, will not they say ye are mad?
Douay-Rheims
If therefore the whole church come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels, will they not say that you are mad?
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