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1 Corinthians 14:28

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

KJV

ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ διερμηνευτής, σιγάτω ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἑαυτῷ δὲ λαλείτω καὶ τῷ θεῷ.

Greek NT

Si autem non fuerit interpres, taceat in ecclesia : sibi autem loquatur, et Deo.

Vulgate

but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

ASV

But if there be no interpreter, let him hold his peace in the church and speak to himself and to God.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διερμηνευτής
diermeneutes
noun · 1×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
σιγάω
sigao
verb · 10×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐκκλησία
ekklesia
noun · 114×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: διερμηνευτής | WH/NIV/RP: διερμηνευτής | Treg: ἑρμηνευτής
  • διερμηνευτήςSBLGNT
  • διερμηνευτήςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ἑρμηνευτήςTregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§752In Christian usage, the word "church" designates the liturgical assembly,141 but also the local community142 or the whole universal community of believers.143 These three meanings are inseparable. "The Church" is the People that God gathers in the whole world. She exists in local communities and is made real as a liturgical, above all a Eucharistic, assembly. She draws her life…

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.