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1 Corinthians 14:11 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 14 · verse 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.1 Corinthians 14:11 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 14:11 in context
9So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11Therefore 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.
12Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- barbarianbarbarosone whose speech is rude, rough and harsh, one who speaks a foreign or strange language…G915 →
- speakethlaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- meaningdynamisstrength power, ability, inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its…G1411 →
- voicephōnēa sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments, a voice, of the sound of…G5456 →
- knoweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
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In this paragraph he goes on to show how vain a thing the ostentation of speaking unknown and unintelligible language must be. It was altogether unedifying and unprofitable (Co1 14:6): If I come to you speaking with tongues, what will it profit you, unless I speak to you by revelation, or by knowledge, or by…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14