1 Corinthians 14:10

10 It may be true that there are all kinds of sounds in the world, and none 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 And in a war, if the trumpet does not give a clear sound, who will prepare for battle?

9 It is the same with you. Unless you speak clearly with your tongue, no one can understand what you are saying. You will be talking into the air!

10 It may be true that there are all kinds of sounds in the world, and none is without meaning.

11 But unless I understand the meaning of what someone says to me, I will be a foreigner to him, and he will be a foreigner to me.

12 It is the same with you. Since you want spiritual gifts very much, seek most of all to have the gifts that help the church grow stronger.