1 CORINTHIANS 14:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God — the tongue-speaker communes with the divine through Spirit-enabled utterance, bypassing rational speech. This is valid spiritually (no one understands unless the Spirit interprets), yet it cannot accomplish corporate edification. The distinction marks tongues as legitimate but limited in ecclesial function.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:2
Thus, inasmuch as he had with exactness rehearsed unto them all the excellence of love, he exhorts them in what follows, with alacrity to lay hold of it. Wherefore also he said, “Follow after:” for he that is in chase beholds that only which is chased, and towards that he strains himself, and leaves not off until he lay hold of it. He that is in chase, when by himself he cannot, by those that are before him he does overtake the fugitive, beseeching those who are near with…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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