Adam Clarke, on 1Cor 14:9

“So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said? For you shall be speaking into the air.”

“Likewise ye - If ye do not speak in the Church so as to be understood, your labor is useless; ye shall speak into the air - your speech will be lost and dissipated in the air, without conveying any meaning to any person: there will be a noise or sound, but nothing else. Gifts of that kind, thus used, are good for nothing.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.