1 Corinthians 14:10

10 No matter how many different languages there are in the world, not one of them is without meaning.

1 Corinthians 14:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:10

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices
(anvl) , "tongues", or "languages", as the Syriac version renders it; that is, as many as there are nations in the world; there may be seventy of them, as the Jews say there were at the confusion of languages at Babel; there may be more or less:

and none of them is without signification:
every language, and every word in a language, has a meaning in it, an idea annexed to it, which it conveys to him that understands it, and that cannot be done without a voice ordinarily speaking.

1 Corinthians 14:10 In-Context

8 For example, if the trumpet doesn't sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?

9 In the same way, if you don't speak in a way that can be understood, how will anyone know what you're saying? You will be talking into thin air.

10 No matter how many different languages there are in the world, not one of them is without meaning.

11 If I don't know what a language means, I will be a foreigner to the person who speaks it and that person will be a foreigner to me.

12 In the same way, since you're eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in them so that you help the church grow.