Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying.
Original word: ἀπόδειξις
Transliteration: apodeixis
Definition (short): demonstration
Definition (full): a showing off, demonstration
Definition: a showing off, demonstration
NASB Translation: demonstration (1).
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KJV:
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
NASB:
and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,