1 Corinthians 14:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.”

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BSBPD

“If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 14:11 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Acts 28:2The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
  2. Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
  3. Romans 1:14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
  4. 1 Corinthians 14:21It 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.”
  5. Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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