1 Corinthians 14:11

So, if-supposing I-may-have_not_beheld the enablement/empowerment of{the sound}, I-will-be foreign/non-Greek/uncivilized[translit. "barbarian"] to{the speaking}, and the speaking foreign/non-Greek/uncivilized[translit. "barbarian"] to{emphatically-me}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.

In Context

10the-which-the-same[plural] if it-might-occur become-s[noun] of{sounds}, it-is-being in to{[the] world}, and nothing soundless.

12The-same-ly also you, upon-if/since you-are-being zealots of{spirits} toward the house-build-ment of{the out-calling}, be-seeking in-which-place you-may-be-exceeding,

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Cross References

Acts 28:2Besides, the foreign/non-Greek/uncivilized[translit. "barbarians"] have-been-having-aside/presenting not the [normally]occurr[ing] fond-man-ia/humaneness to{us}, for, kindle[ing] [a] fire, they-take-toward-selves all us through the rain, the having-been-stood-upon, and through the cold.

Romans 1:14Both to{Greeks} and to{foreign/non-Greek/uncivilized[translit. "barbarians"]}, both to{wise} and to{mindless/thoughtless} I-am-being [an] owe-er,

Colossians 3:11which-where it-is_not_being-in Greek and Judean, circumcision and foreskin-ia, foreign/non-Greek/uncivilized[translit. "barbarian"], Scythian, slave, emancipated/liberated/released/free[adjective]; contrariwise, the all and in to{all} Anointed.

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 →

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