1 CORINTHIANS 14:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.”
In the Law it is written: 'Through men of strange tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,' says the Lord — Paul cites Isaiah 28:11-12. In Isaiah, foreign languages are God's judgment: incomprehensible speech marks alienation. Paul applies this: uninterpreted tongues in worship may paradoxically signal judgment rather than blessing.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:21
“In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord.” Yet surely it is no where written in the Law, but as I said before, he calls always the whole of the Old Testament, the Law: both the prophets and the historical books. And he brings forward his testimony from Esaias the prophet, again covertly detracting from the glory of the gift, for their profit;…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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