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NASB | 1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 13:1 ¶ If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God's love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]. |
Subject: Can anyone speak in tonges |
Bible Note: In the natural, known languages are spoken every day. Yet many times the services of an interpreter are needed. Why? Because the language spoken may not be KNOWN by everyone listening. For that matter in 1 Corinthians 14:2 the word "unknown" does not appear in the Greek text. It is added for clarity. This is indicated in the KJV by the use of italics. Literally it reads, "He that speaketh in a tongue (language)..." So the mysterious and religious phrase "unknown tongue" in accurate English becomes simply "language". Grace to you, Kalos |