Lux Domini
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the LORD.

Study Helps

Interpretation

There can be no assent to prayers that are not understood. A truly Christian minister will seek much more to do spiritual good to men's souls, than to get the greatest applause to himself.

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This thought runs through 1 Corinthians 14:21-22.

1 Corinthians 14:21 1 Corinthians 14:22

Glossary

Tongues, Confusion of People
At Babel, the cause of the early separation of mankind and their division into nations. The descendants of Noah built a tower to prevent their dispersion; but God “confounded their language”.