1 Corinthians 14:21
It is written in the law:“By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” says the Lord.
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- Isa 28:11-12 : 11 For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people. 12 In the past he said to them,“This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.
- John 10:34 : 34 Jesus answered,“Is it not written in your law,‘I said, you are gods’?
- Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Jer 5:15 : 15 The LORD says,“Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.
- Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
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- Isa 28:11-122 verses83%
11For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.
12In the past he said to them,“This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.
- 1 Cor 14:22-243 verses80%
22So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
23So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?
24But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.
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21but as it is written:“Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
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2For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.
- 1 Cor 14:9-113 verses75%
9It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.
10There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.
11If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
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26when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.
- Ezek 3:5-62 verses73%
5For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel–
6not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand– surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!
- 1 Cor 14:18-203 verses73%
18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,
19but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
- Matt 13:13-142 verses73%
13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
- 1 Cor 14:4-74 verses73%
4The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.
5I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.
6Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
7It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?
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39So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.
- 1 Cor 14:13-153 verses72%
13So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
14If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.
15What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.
- Isa 29:12-132 verses71%
12Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say,“Read this,” he says,“I can’t read.”
13The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
- 1 Cor 14:26-283 verses70%
26Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.
27If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.
28But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.
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19You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand.
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27Then the LORD said to me,“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.
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21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
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9He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
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17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.
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10I answered,“Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, the LORD’s message is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
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26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.
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5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.
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9For these are rebellious people– they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s law.
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18But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
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8as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”
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8And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
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3There is no actual speech or word, nor is its voice literally heard.
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14How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?
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46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
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43Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.
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21An Appeal from Allegory Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?
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4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
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12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”