A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 14:28
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But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 14:26
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
- 1 Corinthians 14:27
If 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 Corinthians 14:29
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
- 1 Corinthians 14:30
If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.