1 Corinthians 14:13
Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
In Context
14For if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays, but my intellect is unfruitful.
Cross References
John 14:13And anything whatever ye may ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Acts 4:29And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,
1 Corinthians 12:10and to another, workings of miracles, and to another, prophecy, and to another, discerning of spirits, and to a different man, kinds of tongues, and to another, the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:27If any man speaks in a tongue, be according to two, or at the most three, and in succession. And let one interpret.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:7-15
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words… Read the whole commentary →