1 Corinthians 14:9-11

New International Reader's Version

⁹ It’s the same with you. You must speak words that people understand. If you don’t, no one will know what you are saying. You will just be speaking into the air. ¹⁰ It is true that there are all kinds of languages in the world. And they all have meaning. ¹¹ But if I don’t understand what someone is saying, I am a stranger to the person speaking. And that person is a stranger to me.