1 Corinthians 14:13
And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit.
Cross References
John 14:13Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Acts 4:29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings, and grant unto thy servants, that with all confidence they may speak thy word,
1 Corinthians 12:10To another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the discerning of spirits; to another, diverse kinds of tongues; to another, interpretation of speeches.
1 Corinthians 14:27If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in course, 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 →