1 Corinthians 14:27

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No more than two or three people should speak in another language, and they should speak one at a time. Then someone must explain what was said.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:26

Brothers and sisters, what should we say then? When you come together, each of you should bring something—a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a message in another language, or an explanation of what was said in another language. Everything must be done to build up the church.

1 Corinthians 12:10

To another he gives the power to do miracles, or to prophesy, or to tell spirits apart, or to speak in different kinds of languages they hadn’t known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages.

1 Corinthians 14:2

Anyone who speaks in an unknown language doesn’t speak to people. They speak only to God. In fact, no one understands them, because what they say by the Spirit remains a mystery.

1 Corinthians 14:5

I’d like all of you to speak in unknown languages, but I’d rather have you prophesy. The person who prophesies is more helpful than the one who speaks in an unknown language, unless someone explains what they’re saying; then the whole church can be built up.

1 Corinthians 14:13

So anyone who speaks in an unknown language should pray that they’ll be able to explain what they say.

1 Corinthians 14:28

But if there’s no one to explain, they should keep quiet in the church and only speak to themselves and to God.