1 CORINTHIANS 14:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.”
If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God — practical rule: if interpretation is unavailable, the tongue-speaker must refrain publicly but may pray privately. The priority is clear: corporate edification outweighs personal spiritual experience in the assembly.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:28
“But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the Church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.” What do you say, tell me? Having spoken so much of tongues, that the gift is a thing unprofitable, a thing superfluous, if it have no interpreter, do you command again to speak with tongues? I do not command, says he, neither do I forbid; as when he says, “if any of them that believe not bid you to a feast and you be disposed to go,” he says it not laying down a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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