1 Corinthians 14:13
Wherefore, let him that speaketh a strange tongue, pray, that he may interprete.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 strange togue, my spirit prayeth: but mine vnderstading is without fruite.
Cross References
John 14:13And whatsoeuer ye aske in my Name, that will I doe, that the Father may be glorified in the Sonne.
Acts 4:29And nowe, O Lord, beholde their threatnings, and graunt vnto thy seruants with all boldnesse to speake thy word,
1 Corinthians 12:10And to another the operations of great workes: and to another, prophecie: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, diuersities of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:27If any man speake a strange tongue, let it be by two, or at the most, by three, and that by course, and let one interprete.
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 →