1 Corinthians 14:13
Wherefore let him that speaks in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
Updated King James Version
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 (o. pneuma) prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Cross References
John 14:13And whatsoever all of you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Acts 4:29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto your servants, that with all boldness they may speak your word, (o. logos)
1 Corinthians 12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; (o. pneuma) to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
1 Corinthians 14:27If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; 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 →