1 Corinthians 14:9

1 Corinthians 14:9

7 Even things without life, whether flute or harp, when they make a sound, unless they make a distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is piped or played?

8 For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?

9 So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without¹ significance.

11 Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a¹ foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.

12 Even so you, since you are¹ zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the² edification of the church that you seek to excel.

13 Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may ^ainterpret.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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So . . . ye—who have life; as opposed to "things without life" (I Corinthians 14:7).

by the tongue—the language which ye speak in.

ye shall speak—Ye will be speaking into the air, that is, in vain (I Corinthians 9:26).

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