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# you with the tongue. If you utter speech
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or "you. If with the tongue you utter speech"
# with the tongue
The word "tongue" here is a synecdoche for all the parts of the body which a person uses in order to speak. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# If you utter speech that is not clear
Clear speech is language that people can understand. Paul was talking about people speaking in other languages during church services. Alternate translation: "If you speak in a language that people do not know"
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# how will what is said be understood
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These passive clauses can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "how will anyone understand what you have said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])