1 Corinthians 14:13
Good News Translation
The person who speaks in strange tongues, then, must pray for the gift to explain what is said.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.

Contemporary English Version
When we speak languages that others don't know, we should pray for the power to explain what we mean.

New American Bible
Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray to be able to interpret.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret.

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And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret.

pray.

1 Corinthians 14:27,28 If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in course: and let one interpret. . . .

1 Corinthians 12:10,30 To another the working of miracles: to another, prophecy: to another, the discerning of spirits: to another, diverse kinds of tongues: to another, interpretation of speeches. . . .

Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive: and they shall come unto you.

John 14:13,14 Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. . . .

Acts 1:14 All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 4:29-31 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants that with all confidence they may speak thy word, . . .

Acts 8:15 Who, when they were come, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost.

Context
Prophecy and Tongues
12So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church. 13And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret. 14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth: but my understanding is without fruit.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:12
So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church.

1 Corinthians 14:14
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth: but my understanding is without fruit.

1 Corinthians 14:26
How is it then, brethren? When you come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation: let all things be done to edification.

1 Corinthians 14:27
If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in course: and let one interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:12
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