1 Corinthians 14:11
But if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks shall be a foreigner to me.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
10There are, it may be, many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
12So with you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in edifying the church.
Cross References
Acts 28:2And the native people showed us unusual kindness: for they kindled a fire, and welcomed every one of us, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
Romans 1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and to the foolish.
Colossians 3:11Here there is neither Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian or Scythian, slave or free: but Christ is all, and in all.
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 →