If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

People's New Testament

14:30 If any thing be revealed. If the prophetic impulse comes upon a hearer,

let the first hold his peace. Let the first desist. Let only one speak at a time.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

30. If any thing-Translate, "But if any thing."

another that sitteth by-a hearer.

let the first hold his peace-Let him who heretofore spoke, and who came to the assembly furnished with a previous ordinary (in those times) revelation from God (1Co 14:26), give place to him who at the assembly is moved to prophesy by a sudden revelation from the Spirit.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:26-33 Religious exercises in public assemblies should have this view; Let all be done to edifying. As to the speaking in an unknown tongue, if another were present who could interpret, two miraculous gifts might be exercised at once, and thereby the church be edified, and the faith of the hearers confirmed at the same time. As to prophesying, two or three only should speak at one meeting, and this one after the other, not all at once. The man who is inspired by the Spirit of God will observe order and decency in delivering his revelations. God never teaches men to neglect their duties, or to act in any way unbecoming their age or station.