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1 Corinthians 14:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Corinthians 14:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
11 Except I know then the power of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a Barbarian, and he that [a]speaketh, shall be a Barbarian unto me.
12 [b]Even so, forasmuch as ye covet spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel unto the edifying of the Church.
13 Wherefore, let him that speaketh a strange tongue, [c]pray that he may interpret.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:11 As the Papists in all their sermons and they that ambitiously pour out some Hebrew or Greek words in the Pulpit before the unlearned people, thereby to get them a name of vain learning.
- 1 Corinthians 14:12 The conclusion: if they will excel in those spiritual gifts, as it is meet, they must seek the profit of the Church, and therefore they must not use gift of tongues, unless there is an interpreter to expound the strange and unknown tongue, whether it be himself that speaketh, or another interpreter.
- 1 Corinthians 14:13 Pray for the gift of interpretation.
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