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1 Corinthians 14:14

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is barren.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

In Context

13Therefore let a man who has the gift of tongues pray for the power of interpreting them.

15How then does the matter stand? I will pray in spirit, and I will pray with my understanding also. I will praise God in spirit, and I will praise Him with my understanding also.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:15How then does the matter stand? I will pray in spirit, and I will pray with my understanding also. I will praise God in spirit, and I will praise Him with my 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 →

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