Verse 11
1 Corinthians 14:11
Young's Literal Translation
11
if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;
Original Language Text
greek
ἐὰν οὖν μὴ εἰδῶ τὴν δύναμιν τῆς φωνῆς, ἔσομαι τῷ λαλοῦντι βάρβαρος καὶ ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ βάρβαρος.
English Translation
If therefore I do not know the power of the voice, I will be to the one speaking a barbarian, and the one speaking will be a barbarian to me.
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Chapter 14 Context
1
Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,
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for he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- to men he doth not speak, but to God (Elohim), for...
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and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;
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he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembl...
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and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is pr...
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And now, brethren, if I may come unto you speaking tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall...
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yet the things without life giving sound -- whether pipe or harp -- if a difference in the sounds th...
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for if also an uncertain sound a trumpet may give, who shall prepare himself for battle?
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so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give -- how shall that which...
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There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,
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if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and h...
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so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly...
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13
wherefore he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue -- let him pray that he may interpret;
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14
for if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.
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What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will si...
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since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall...
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for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
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I give thanks to my God (Elohim) -- more than you all with tongues speaking --
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but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instr...
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Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understa...
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in the law it hath been written, that, 'With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this...
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so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy [...
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If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongu...
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and if all may prophecy, and any one may come in, an unbeliever or unlearned, he is convicted by all...
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and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon [his] face, he will bow b...
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What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching,...
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if an [unknown] tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one...
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and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak,...
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And prophets -- let two or three speak, and let the others discern,
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and if to another sitting [anything] may be revealed, let the first be silent;
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for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,
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and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,
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for God (Elohim) is not [a God (Elohim)] of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the sa...
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Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, bu...
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and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame...
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From you did the word of God (Elohim) come forth? or to you alone did it come?
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if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to...
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and if any one is ignorant -- let him be ignorant;
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so that, brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and to speak with tongues do not forbid;
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let all things be done decently and in order.
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