1st Corinthians Chapter 14 verse 27 Holy Bible
If any man speaketh in a tongue, `let it be' by two, or at the most three, and `that' in turn; and let one interpret:
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If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:
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If any one speak with a tongue, [let it be] two, or at the most three, and separately, and let one interpret;
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If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
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If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
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if an `unknown' tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - And that by course; rather, and that in turn. He does not allow more than one glossolalist to speak at a time, and not more than three at the most in any one service. This rule alone tended to extinguish the disorderly exhibition of" tongues." To control the passion which leads to it is, sooner or later, to stop the manifestation - a result which St. Paul would probably have been the last to regret, when its purpose had been accomplished.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) If any man speak in an unknown tongue.--Better, If any man speak in a tongue. Here is the practical application of the general rule just laid down to the exercise of the gift of tongues. Those who had that gift were not all to speak together, and so cause confusion; only two, or at the most three, were to speak in each assembly, and each of such group was to speak in turn, one at a time. There was to be with each group one who had the gift of interpretation, and he was to interpret to the listeners.
