For anyone who speaks in a tongue[a](A) does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;(B) they utter mysteries(C) by the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:2 Or in another language; also in verses 4, 13, 14, 19, 26 and 27

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

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14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,(A) but my mind is unfruitful.

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14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

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28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.

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28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

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