1 Corinthians 14:21 meaning and explanation
It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 14:21, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to a church in Corinth that prized speaking in tongues. Here he quotes the Law, meaning the Old Testament, drawing on Isaiah 28:11-12, where God warned Israel that because they refused His plain word, He would address them through foreign invaders whose speech they could not understand.
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