There are No doubt; so many kinds of voices Or languages; in the world As ye speak; and none of them is without signification To those that are acquainted with them. Therefore Nevertheless; if I know not the meaning of the voice The import of the particular language which is used in my hearing; I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian What I say will appear unintelligible jargon; and he a barbarian unto me We shall be incapable of holding any conversation with each other. “The Greeks, after the custom of the Egyptians, mentioned by Herodotus, lib. 2., called all those barbarians who did not speak their language. In process of time, however, the Romans, having subdued the Greeks, delivered themselves by force of arms from that opprobrious appellation, and joined the Greeks in calling all barbarians who did not speak either the Greek or the Latin language. Afterward, the word barbarian signified any one who spake a language which another did not understand. Thus the Scythian philosopher, Anacharsis, said, that among the Athenians, the Scythians were barbarians; and among the Scythians, the Athenians were barbarians. This is the sense of the word barbarian in this passage.” Even so, &c.
Wherefore ye also, that ye may not be barbarians to each other; forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts And are ready to vie with each other in the exercise of them, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church And not merely for your own honour. Strive for the greatest share of those gifts whereby you may be useful to your fellow-Christians.