1 Corinthians 14:13
Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Revised Version 1895
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 tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Cross References
John 14:13And whatsoever 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 unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,
1 Corinthians 12:10and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:
1 Corinthians 14:27If any man speaketh in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most three, and that 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 →