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So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

De même vous, si par la langue vous ne donnez pas une parole distincte, comment saura-t-on ce que vous dites? Car vous parlerez en l'air.

KJV

So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.

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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