1 Corinthians 14:13
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an [[unknown]] tongue pray that he may interpret.
Noyes Bible
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 an [[unknown]] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Cross References
John 14:13and whatever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Acts 4:29And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
1 Corinthians 12:10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:27If any one speak in an [[unknown]] tongue, let it be by two, or, at the most, by three, and in turn; 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 →