1 Corinthians 14:16 meaning and explanation
Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
1 Corinthians 14:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to a church in Corinth that prized speaking in tongues, and here he presses a practical problem. If a believer blesses God in a tongue, an uninstructed person present, likely a visitor unfamiliar with the practice, cannot join in.
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