1 Corinthians 14:13
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What 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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
- KJV
- Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
- WEB
- Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.
- ASV
- Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
- DARBY
- Wherefore let him that speaks with a tongue pray that he may interpret.
- BLB
- Therefore, the one speaking in a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret.
- ÅB
- Derfor, den som taler med tunge, han be om at han må kunne tyde det!
- OTB
- Derfor bør den som taler med tunger be om at han kan tolke.
- B1930
- Derfor, den som taler med tunge, han bede om at han må kunne tyde det!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Read in contextJohn 14:13–14
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:30
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
Read in contextActs 1:14
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:27–28
If 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.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
Read in contextActs 8:15
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
Read in contextActs 4:29–31
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
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