1 Corinthians 14:13
So let him who speaks with tongues pray that he may interpret.
Montgomery New Testament
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 prays, but my mind is barren.
Cross References
John 14:13"And whatever’ you ask in my name I will do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Acts 4:29"And now Lord, listen to their threats, and grant to thy slaves to proclaim thy message with all boldness,
1 Corinthians 12:10to another the powers which work miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:27If any one speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that in turn, and let some 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 →