1Cor 14:28 | RWP | e4.org | But if there be no interpreter ( εαν δε μη η διερμηνευτης ). Third class condition. Earliest known instance and possibly made by Paul from verb in verse . Reappears in Byzantine grammarians. Keep silence in church ( σιγατω εν εκκλησια ). Linear action (present active imperative). He is not even to speak in a tongue once. He can indulge his private ecstasy with God.

‏ 1 Corinthians 14:28

But if there be no interpreter ( εαν δε μη η διερμηνευτης ). Third class condition. Earliest known instance and possibly made by Paul from verb in verse 27. Reappears in Byzantine grammarians.

Keep silence in church ( σιγατω εν εκκλησια ). Linear action (present active imperative). He is not even to speak in a tongue once. He can indulge his private ecstasy with God.