1 Corinthians 14:9-13
1 Corinthians 14:9
So you too, unless you produce intelligible speech by the tongue, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will just be talking to the air.
1 Corinthians 14:10
There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and none is incapable of meaning.
1 Corinthians 14:11
So if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be unintelligible to the one who speaks, and the one who speaks will be unintelligible to me.
1 Corinthians 14:12
So you too, since you are eager to possess spiritual gifts, strive to excel for the edification of the church.
1 Corinthians 14:13
Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue is to pray that he may interpret.