1 Corinthians 14:2

New Century Version

I will explain why. Those who have the gift of speaking in different languages are not speaking to people; they are speaking to God. No one understands them; they are speaking secret things through the Spirit.

Cross References

Genesis 11:7

Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not be able to understand each other.”

Genesis 42:23

When Joseph talked to his brothers, he used an interpreter, so they did not know that Joseph understood what they were saying.

2 Kings 18:26

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew, because the people on the city wall can hear you.”

Psalm 78:2

I will speak using stories; I will tell secret things from long ago.

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “You have been chosen to know the secrets about the kingdom of heaven, but others cannot know these secrets.

Mark 16:17

And those who believe will be able to do these things as proof: They will use my name to force out demons. They will speak in new languages.

Mark 4:11

Jesus said, “You can know the secret about the kingdom of God. But to other people I tell everything by using stories

Acts 10:46

These believers heard them speaking in different languages and praising God. Then Peter said,

Acts 19:6

Then Paul laid his hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came upon them. They began speaking different languages and prophesying.

Acts 22:9

Those who were with me did not understand the voice, but they saw the light.

Romans 16:25

Glory to God who can make you strong in faith by the Good News that I tell people and by the message about Jesus Christ. The message about Christ is the secret that was hidden for long ages past but is now made known.

1 Corinthians 12:10

The Spirit gives to another person the power to do miracles, to another the ability to prophesy. And he gives to another the ability to know the difference between good and evil spirits. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak in different kinds of languages and to another the ability to interpret those languages.

1 Corinthians 12:28

In the church God has given a place first to apostles, second to prophets, and third to teachers. Then God has given a place to those who do miracles, those who have gifts of healing, those who can help others, those who are able to govern, and those who can speak in different languages.

1 Corinthians 13:1

I may speak in different languages of people or even angels. But if I do not have love, I am only a noisy bell or a crashing cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:2

I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 14:16

If you praise God with your spirit, those persons there without understanding cannot say amen to your prayer of thanks, because they do not know what you are saying.

1 Corinthians 14:26

So, brothers and sisters, what should you do? When you meet together, one person has a song, and another has a teaching. Another has a new truth from God. Another speaks in a different language, and another person interprets that language. The purpose of all these things should be to help the church grow strong.

1 Corinthians 15:51

But look! I tell you this secret: We will not all sleep in death, but we will all be changed.

1 Corinthians 2:10

But God has shown us these things through the Spirit. The Spirit searches out all things, even the deep secrets of God.

1 Corinthians 2:7

I speak God’s secret wisdom, which he has kept hidden. Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory.

Ephesians 6:19

Also pray for me that when I speak, God will give me words so that I can tell the secret of the Good News without fear.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the world, and it will swoop down like an eagle. You won’t understand their language,

Colossians 2:2

I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love so that they may be rich in their understanding. This leads to their knowing fully God’s secret, that is, Christ himself.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: He was shown to us in a human body, proved right in spirit, and seen by angels. He was proclaimed to the nations, believed in by the world, and taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:9

With a clear conscience they must follow the secret of the faith that God made known to us.

Revelation 10:7

In the days when the seventh angel is ready to blow his trumpet, God’s secret will be finished. This secret is the Good News God told to his servants, the prophets.”