1 Corinthians 14:2

One who speaks in a tongue speaks to God, not to people, since no one understands. Uninterpreted tongues remain mysteries to the hearers.

Cross-references · 29

• Mark 16:17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
• Acts 10:46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
• Acts 19:6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
• Acts 2:4–11And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
• 1 Cor 13:2And 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.
• 1 Cor 2:10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
• Col 1:26–27Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
• 1 Cor 14:9–11So 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.
• Eph 3:3–9How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
• Eph 6:19And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
• 1 Tim 3:16And 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.
• Rev 10:7But 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.
• 1 Tim 3:9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
• 1 Cor 2:7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
• 1 Cor 14:18–23I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
• Col 2:2That 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;
• Gen 42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
• Deut 28:49The 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;
• Mark 4:11And 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:
• 1 Cor 15:51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
• Matt 13:11He 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.
• Ps 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
• Ps 49:3–4My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
• Acts 22:9And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
• Rom 16:25Now 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,
• Gen 11:7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
• 1 Cor 14:27–28If 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.
• 1 Cor 14:16Else 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?
• 2 Kgs 18:26Then 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.

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