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1 Corinthians 14:11

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If then I don’t know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.

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1 Corinthians 14:11 in other translations

If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me.

1 Corinthians 14:11 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 14:11 in context

  1. 9So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.
  2. 10There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
  3. 11If then I don’t know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.
  4. 12So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.
  5. 13Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.