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If then I don`t know the meaning of the voice, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.
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Who is a 'Barbarian'?
Commentators explain that a 'barbarian' in this context isn't an uncivilized person but simply a foreigner. The term, used by Greeks and Romans for anyone who didn't speak their language, describes a state of mutual unintelligibility. When a language isn't understood, both the speaker and the hearer are like foreigners to each other, unable to communicate or connect.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The meaning of the voice. Of the language that is uttered, or the sounds that are made.
I will be to him, etc. What I say …
The meaning of the voice (την δυναμιν της φωνης). The power (force) of the voice.
A barbarian (βαρβαρος). …
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore if I do not know the meaning of the voice.—Language is useless unless we know what meaning is attached to each …
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Paul’s reference to the “languages in the world” and the “foreigner” substantiates the conclusion that in his discussion of tongues he has in mind …
16th Century
Protestant
I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian. The tongue should be an index of the mind—not merely in the sense of the proverb, but in the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice The force and power of a language, the signification of it, the ide…
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Even an apostle could not edify unless he spoke so as to be understood by his hearers. To speak words that have no meaning to those who hear them i…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Apostle addresses a potential objection or misunderstanding that could arise from what he just said. Some might believe that since the Apo…
