2. speaketh . . . unto God —who alone understands all languages. no man understandeth —generally speaking; the few who have the gift of interpreting tongues are the exception. in the spirit —as opposed to "the understanding" ( :- ). mysteries —unintelligible to the hearers, exciting their wonder, rather than instructing them. Corinth, being a mart resorted to by merchants from Asia, Africa, and Europe, would give scope amidst its mixed population for the exercise of the gift of tongues; but its legitimate use was in an audience understanding the tongue of the speaker, not, as the Corinthians abused it, in mere display. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"
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pericope/per-1co-14-001
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological