1 Corinthians 14:13
For this reason, too, whoever speaks in tongues, let him pray for the interpretation.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
In Context
14So, if I pray in tongues, my spirit prays, but my mind is without fruit.
Cross References
John 14:13And whatever you shall ask the Father in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Acts 4:29And now, O Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants that they may speak your word with all confidence,
1 Corinthians 12:10to another, miraculous works; to another, prophecy; to another, the discernment of spirits; to another, different kinds of languages; to another, the interpretation of words.
1 Corinthians 14:27If anyone is speaking in tongues, let there be only two, or at most three, and then in turn, and let someone 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 →