Quotes about Language
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
- Acts 2:8
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
- Acts 14:11
As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
- Acts 21:37
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- Acts 22:2
“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
- Romans 3:14
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 14:2
So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
- 1 Corinthians 14:9
Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
- 1 Corinthians 14:10
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.
- 1 Corinthians 14:11
Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
- 1 Corinthians 14:13
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
- 1 Corinthians 14:14
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:18