1 Corinthians 14:28 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 14:28

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

KJV

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ASV

but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

WEB

But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

YLT

and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.

DBT

but if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in [the] assembly, and let him speak to himself and toGod.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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1 verse on the floor

1 Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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), some other interpreter besides himself, who spoke; for to speak in an unknown tongue what he himself was afterwards to interpret could only be for ostentation. But, if another were present who could interpret, two miraculous gifts might be exercised at once, and thereby the church edified, and the faith of the hearers confirmed at the same time.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He forbids women speaking in the church; and closes this subject by requiring them to perform every thing in the public worship with order and decency,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), that is (as I think) in private, at home; for all who are present at public worship should join in it, and not be at their private devotions in public assemblies. Solitary devotions are out of time and place when the church has met for social worship.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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