1 CORINTHIANS 14:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.”
Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning — even exotic languages Paul has never heard possess semantic force. This underscores that human speech always aims at meaning-making. The implication: if Corinthian glossolalia genuinely aims at communication, interpretation should follow; if it does not, the gift must be regulated for communal good.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:10
“So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue, speech easy to be understood, you will be speaking into the air:” i.e., calling to nobody, speaking unto no one. Thus every where he shows its unprofitableness. “But if it be unprofitable, why was it given?” says one. So as to be useful to him that has received it. But if it is to be so to others also, there must be added interpretation. Now this he says, bringing them near to one another; that if a person himself have not the gift…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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