1Cor 14:9 | RWP | e4.org | Unless ye utter speech easy to be understood ( εαν μη ευσημον λογον δωτε ). Condition of third class again ( εαν and aorist subjunctive). Ευσημον ( ευ , well, σημα , sign) is old word, here only in N.T., well-marked, distinct, clear. Good enunciation, a hint for speakers. Ye will be speaking into the air ( εσεσθε εις αερα λαλουντες ). Periphrastic future indicative (linear action). Cf. αερα δερων (beating the air) in . Cf. our talking to the wind. This was before the days of radio.

‏ 1 Corinthians 14:9

Unless ye utter speech easy to be understood ( εαν μη ευσημον λογον δωτε ). Condition of third class again ( εαν and aorist subjunctive). Ευσημον ( ευ, well, σημα, sign) is old word, here only in N.T., well-marked, distinct, clear. Good enunciation, a hint for speakers.

Ye will be speaking into the air ( εσεσθε εις αερα λαλουντες ). Periphrastic future indicative (linear action). Cf. αερα δερων (beating the air) in 9:26. Cf. our talking to the wind. This was before the days of radio.