1 Corinthians 14:14
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
In Context
13Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
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 →