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1 Corinthians 14:14-16
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14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. 16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an enquirer,[a] say ‘Amen’ to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for enquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.
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