1 Corinthians 14:13 · KJV
“Wherefore let him that speaketh in an {unknown} tongue pray that he may interpret.”
— 1 Corinthians 14:13
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual {gifts}, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. {of spiritual gifts: Gr. of spirits}
For if I pray in an {unknown} tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
1 Corinthians 14 — Context
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.
12Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual {gifts}, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. {of spiritual gifts: Gr. of spirits}
13Wherefore let him that speaketh in an {unknown} tongue pray that he may interpret.
14For if I pray in an {unknown} tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Cross References
Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive {them}, and ye shall have {them}.
John 14:13-14
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
1 Corinthians 12:30
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
Acts 1:14
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Acts 4:29-31
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
1 Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another {divers} kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
Acts 8:15
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
1 Corinthians 14:27-28
If any man speak in an {unknown} tongue, {let it be} by two, or at the most {by} three, and {that} by course; and let one interpret. {two...: by two or three sentences separately}