1 Corinthians 14:6

Verse 6

Speaking with tongues - Without interpreting.

What shall I profit you? - i.e. I shall not profit you;

Except I shall speak to you either by revelation - Of some secret thing; or by knowledge, of some mystery; or by prophesying, foretelling some future event; or by doctrine, instructing you what to believe and practice. - See Whitby. These four words are taken in different acceptations by learned men. The general sense of the terms is that given above: but the peculiar meaning of the apostle is perhaps not easily discerned.
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