Quotes about Interpretation
Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
— 1 Corinthians 14:6
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
What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
— 1 Corinthians 14:26
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
— 1 Corinthians 14:27
But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.
— 1 Corinthians 14:28
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
— Titus 1:15
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
— 2 Peter 1:20
This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
— Revelation 1:20
Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
— Revelation 13:18
This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
— Revelation 17:9