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Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh [shall be] a barbarian unto me.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

si donc je ne connais pas le sens de la langue, je serai un barbare pour celui qui parle, et celui qui parle sera un barbare pour moi.

KJV

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh [shall be] a barbarian unto me.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    hout understanding them, which pertains to the gift of prophecy, his own mind would not be edified ( 1 Cor. 14:7-14 ). Thirdly, as to unbelievers for whose especial benefit the gift of tongues seems to have been given; since perchance they might think those who speak in tongues t…

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