1 Corinthians 14:6-12

Prophecy and Tongues

⁶ Now, brothers, ₁ if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some _y revelation or knowledge or prophecy or _z teaching? ⁷ If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played? ⁸ And _a if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle? ⁹ So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be _b speaking into the air. ¹⁰ There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning, ¹¹ but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be _c a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. ¹² So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 14:26
   What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
   Ephesians 1:17
   That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 14:26
   What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
   Acts 2:42
   And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
   Romans 6:17
   But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.
   
3. Cross References
   Numbers 10:9
   And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
   Isaiah 58:1
   Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.
   Jeremiah 4:19
   My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
   Ezekiel 33:3 - 6
   And if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people.
   Joel 2:1
   Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 9:26
   So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 28:2
   The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.