1Co 14:2
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. {understandeth: Gr. heareth}
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And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
And when Paul had laid {his} hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
And though I have {the gift of} prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
But God hath revealed {them} unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
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. {easy...: Gr. significant}
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, {afore...: or, a little before}
{Even} the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, {even} the hidden {wisdom}, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
And they knew not that Joseph understood {them}; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. {he spake...: Heb. an interpreter was between them}
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, {as swift} as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; {understand: Heb. hear}
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all {these} things are done in parables:
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart {shall be} of understanding.
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand {it}: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that {are} on the wall.
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
If any man speak in an {unknown} tongue, {let it be} by two, or at the most {by} three, and {that} by course; and let one interpret. {two...: by two or three sentences separately}
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
For if I pray in an {unknown} tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?