1 Corinthians 14:11
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Context
This verse from 1 Corinthians Chapter 14 connects to 5 cross-references. Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, especially prophecy. One who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves; the prophet edifies the church. Paul would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct than ten thousand in a tongue. When you assemble each …
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.
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;
But if the sense of the voice is not clear to me, I am like a man from a strange country to him who is talking, and he will be the same to me.
Cross References
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; …
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man …
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because …
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and …
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.