Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
speaketh . . . unto God--who alone understands all languages.
no man understandeth--generally speaking; the few who have the gift of interpreting tongues are the exception.
in the spirit--as opposed to "the understanding" (1 Corinthians 14:14).
mysteries--unintelligible to the hearers, exciting their wonder, rather than instructing them. Corinth, being a mart resorted to by merchants from Asia, Africa, and Europe, would give scope amidst its mixed population for the exercise of the gift of tongues; but its legitimate use was in an audience understanding the tongue of the speaker, not, as the Corinthians abused it, in mere display.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Corinthians 12:10
1 Corinthians 12:10
1 Corinthians 13:1
1 Corinthians 14:1
1 Corinthians 14:28
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