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1 Corinthians 14:21 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 14 · verse 21
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the LORD.1 Corinthians 14:21 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 14:21 in context
19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the LORD.
22Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
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Key words (Strong's)
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- writtenhotithat, because, sinceG3754 →
- peoplelaosa people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language…G2992 →
- speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- lipscheilosa lip, of the speaking mouth, metaph. the sea shoreG5491 →
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In this passage the apostle pursues the argument, and reasons from other topics; as, I. Tongues, as the Corinthians used them, were rather a token of judgment from God than mercy to any people (Co1 14:21): In the law (that is, the Old Testament) it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-25