1 Corinthians 14:13
Wherefore let him that speaks with a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Darby Translation
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 with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Cross References
John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Acts 4:29And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,
1 Corinthians 12:10and to another operations of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; and to a different one kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:27If any one speak with a tongue, [let it be] two, or at the most three, and separately, 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 →