1 Corinthians 14:11
If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian; and he that speaketh, a barbarian to me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world; and none is without voice.
Cross References
Acts 28:2For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain, and of the cold.
Romans 1:14To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor;
Colossians 3:11Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all, and in all.
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 →