1 Corinthians 14:2 - Catholic Public Domain Version

² For whoever speaks in tongues, speaks not to men, but to God. For no one understands. Yet by the Spirit, he speaks mysteries.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the understanding].

American Standard Version (1901)

² For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

Common English Bible

² This is because those who speak in a tongue don’t speak to people but to God; no one understands it—they speak mysteries by the Spirit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² For he that speaketh in a tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries.

English Standard Version 2016

² For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:2 Cross References

Genesis 11:7

Therefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor."

Genesis 42:23

But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter.

2 Kings 18:26

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh: "We beseech you, that you may speak to us, your servants, in Syriac. For we understand that language to some extent. And do not speak to us in the Jews' language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall."

Psalm 78:2

They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.

Matthew 13:11

Responding, he said to them: "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it has not been given to them.

Mark 16:17

Now these signs will accompany those who believe. In my name, they shall cast out demons. They will speak in new languages.

Mark 4:11

And he said to them: "To you, it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those who are outside, everything is presented in parables:

Acts 10:46

For they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God.

Acts 19:6

And when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came over them. And they were speaking in tongues and prophesying.

Acts 22:9

And those who were with me, indeed, saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of him who was speaking with me.

Romans 16:25

But to him who is able to confirm you according to my Gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in accord with the revelation of the mystery which has been hidden from time immemorial,

1 Corinthians 12:10

to another, miraculous works; to another, prophecy; to another, the discernment of spirits; to another, different kinds of languages; to another, the interpretation of words.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And indeed, God has established a certain order in the Church: first Apostles, second Prophets, third Teachers, next miracle-workers, and then the grace of healing, of helping others, of governing, of different kinds of languages, and of the interpretation of words.

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 14:16

Otherwise, if you have blessed only with the spirit, how can someone, in a state of ignorance, add an "Amen" to your blessing? For he does not know what you are saying.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What is next, brothers? When you gather together, each one of you may have a psalm, or a doctrine, or a revelation, or a language, or an interpretation, but let everything be done for edification.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery. Certainly, we shall all rise again, but we shall not all be transformed:

1 Corinthians 2:10

But God has revealed these things to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

1 Corinthians 2:7

Instead, we speak of the wisdom of God in a mystery which has been hidden, which God predestined before this age for our glory,

Ephesians 6:19

and also for me, so that words may be given to me, as I open my mouth with faith to make known the mystery of the Gospel,

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will lead over you a nation from far away, even from the furthest parts of the earth, like an eagle flying with great force, whose language you are not able to understand:

Colossians 2:2

May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:16

And it is clearly great, this mystery of piety, which was manifested in the flesh, which was justified in the Spirit, which has appeared to Angels, which has been preached to the Gentiles, which is believed in the world, which has been taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:9

holding to the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

Revelation 10:7

but in the days of the voice of the seventh Angel, when he shall begin to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God will be completed, just as he has proclaimed in the Gospel, through his servants the Prophets.