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Albert Barnes on 1 Corinthians 14:11

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1 Corinthians14:11

The meaning of the voice. Of the language that is uttered, or the sounds that are made.

I shall be unto him, etc. What I say will be unintelligible to him, and what he says will be unintelligible to me. We cannot understand one another any more than people can who speak different languages.

A barbarian. Rom 1:14. The word means one who speaks a different or a foreign language.

(+) "voice" "language" (a) "barbarian" Rom 1:14

Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament, 1 Corinthians 14:11. Public domain.

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