1 Corinthians 14:13

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue (h) pray that he may interpret.

(h) Pray for the gift of interpretation.

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That he may be able to interpret — Which was a distinct gift.

¹³ Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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