What does 1 Corinthians 14:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.c"
Verse 20. _BE NOT CHILDREN IN UNDERSTANDING_] There are _three_ words here to which we must endeavour to affix the proper sense. 1. παιδια signifies _children_ in general, but particularly such as ar...
BRETHREN, BE NOT CHILDREN IN UNDERSTANDING - Be not childish; do not behave like little children. They admire, and are astonished at what is striking, novel, and what may be of no real utility. They a...
4. PROPHECY AND SPEAKING WITH A TONGUE. CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Prophecy the better gift. (1 Corinthians 14:1 .)_ 2. Intelligibility demanded. (1 Corinthians 14:14 .) 3. Practical instructions for the pub...
1 CORINTHIANS 14. PROPHECY AND SPEAKING WITH TONGUES, THEIR RELATIVE VALUE AND THEIR PLACE IN THE CHURCH GATHERING. Paul now comes to the direct comparison between the two types of ecstatic speech on...
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE WORSHIP (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)...
BE. become. CHILDREN. App-108. UNDERSTANDING. Greek. _phren._ Only here. MALICE. App-128. BE YE CHILDREN. act as babes. Greek. _nepiazo_. Compare App-108. MEN, i.e. of mature age and thought. Gre...
_howbeit in malice be ye children_ This is subjoined lest the Apostle should be charged with contradicting his Master. There is a sense in which all Christians must be children. What it is the Apostle...
1 Corinthians 14:1-25. THE SUPERIORITY OF THE GIFT OF PROPHECY OVER THAT OF TONGUES...
_TONGUES MIGHT BRING REPROACH - 1 CORINTHIANS 14:20-25:_ Paul said the brethren at Corinth were acting like children when it came to the matter of spiritual gifts. They had shown malice toward each ot...
ΠΑΙΔΊΑ _пот. pl. от_ ΠΑΙΔΊΟΝ (G3813) дитя малое. Praed. _пот._ без артикля подчеркивает характер, ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, быть. _Praes. imper._ с отр. явля...
BE NOT CHILDREN IN UNDERSTANDING:— This is an admirable stroke of true oratory, adapted to humble their spirits, by representing those things in which they were most ready to pride themselves, as comp...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Proving by Tongues (1 Corinthians 14:13-25) 13 Therefore, he who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. 14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays...
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. BRETHREN - an appellation to conciliate their favourable attention. CHILDREN IN UNDERSTA...
11 The time came when the apostle admonished and taught in order that he should present every man _ mature _ in Christ (Col_1:28). Epaphras struggled in prayers that they should stand mature and compl...
14:20 children (c-4) _ Paidion_ . see 1 John 2:13 . grown (d-18) i.e. 'full-grown,' as Ephesians 4:13 ....
_(e) Spiritual Gifts (iii) The Gift of Tongues subordinate to Prophecy_ The Apostle in this chapter deals with the abuse of the gift of tongues which characterised the Corinthians, and declares that i...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 14 *PROPHECY AND TONGUES 14:1-40 1. THE EFFECT OF *PROPHECY 14:1-5 V1 Follow the way of love. You should be eager to have the gifts of th...
HOWBEIT IN MALICE BE YE CHILDREN. — Better, _however in evil be ye infants._ There are three grades spoken of here in the original — infants, children, full-grown men. Their conduct in exalting these...
CHAPTER 20 SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND PUBLIC WORSHIP Is the first twenty-five verses of this chapter Paul gives his estimate of the comparative value of the two chief spiritual gifts: speaking with tongues...
§ 46. THE ΝΟΥΣ THE NEEDED ALLY OF THE ΠΝΕΥΜΑ. In § 44 the Ap. has insisted on _edification_ as the end and mark of God's gifts to His Church, and in § 45 on _intelligibility_ as a condition necessary...
UNDERSTANDING PROMOTES EDIFYING 1 Corinthians 14:13 The Apostle here gives two practical directions, in order to restore the rule of the understanding above the babble of incoherent sounds, which wa...
The apostle now submitted certain gifts to the test of love. Prophesying is desirable because it edifies others. Then as to Tongues. It was a gift that enabled men to speak to God, perhaps in prayer,...
Tongues, A Sign to Unbelievers Paul appealed to the members of Christ's family at Corinth to quit being like children desiring the prettiest gift. Instead, he wanted them to be like men using good ju...
(9) Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. (9) Now he reproves those freely for their childish folly, who do not see how this gift...
Tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers, according to what the law (under which he comprehends the prophet Isaias, xxviii. 11.) said: In other tongues, and other lips, I will spea...
“Brethren, become not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, and in understanding be men.” The address _brethren_, is fitted to bring them back to the feeling of Christian dignit...
(16) Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? (17) For thou ver...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_BABES, YET MEN_ ‘Brethren, be not children in mind: howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.’ 1 Corinthians 14:20 (R. V.) Two kinds of childishness are indicated by the Apostle, the one...
20._Brethren, be not children in understanding _He proceeds a step farther; for he shows that the Corinthians are so infatuated, that they, of their own accord. draw down upon themselves, and eagerly...
Two Verses in this Chapter 14 demand a little attention (1 Corinthians 14:1-2 the 3rd and the 6th (1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Corinthians 14:6). Verse 3 (1 Corinthians 14:3) is the effect, or rather the qu...
BRETHREN, BE NOT CHILDREN IN UNDERSTANDING,.... There are some things in children in which it is reproachful for believers to be like them; as nonproficiency in knowledge, want of capacity to receive,...
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. Ver. 20. _Be not children_] _Mentibus scilicet, sed moribus, Matthew 18:3_. _See Trapp on "_...
_Brethren, be not children in understanding_ By exercising the gift of tongues in the manner you do, preferring the things which make a fine show and gain applause, above things more useful and solid....
NOT CHILDREN; not carried away with sound and show, but men who look not to show, but to the edification of their brethren. To be carried away or greatly influenced by sound, external display, or any...
Only through the understanding of the hearer does the utterance of the Spirit result in edification:...
Chapter 12 has shown the placing of every gift in its own place in the body by the Spirit of God. Chapter 13 insists on love as the pervading influence for unity and peace in the functioning of the bo...
MEN: _ Gr._ perfect or of a ripe age...
BRETHREN, BE NOT CHILDREN IN MIND: YET IN MALICE BE YE BABES, BUT IN MIND BE MEN. 'be not children in mind' -'do not be children in your thinking' (NASV); 'Do not be content to think childish though...
15-25 There can be no assent to prayers that are not understood. A truly Christian minister will seek much more to do spiritual good to men's souls, than to get the greatest applause to himself. This...
BE NOT CHILDREN IN UNDERSTANDING; in understanding the differences of gifts, and which are more excellent, or of the right use of gifts. HOWBEIT IN MALICE BE YE CHILDREN, BUT IN UNDERSTANDING BE MEN;...
Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men. [The apostle here reiterates the thought at 1 Corinthians 13:11. To desire showy and comparatively worthless gifts was...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV But who are they that are saved now, and receive life eternal? Is it not those who love God, and who believe His promises, and who "in malice have become as little c...
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren G80 not G3361 be G1096 (G5737) children G3813 understanding G5424 however G235 malice G2549 babes G3515 (G5720) but G1161 understanding G5424 be G1096 (G5737) mature G5046...
THE USE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN THE GATHERINGS OF GOD'S PEOPLE (14:1-40). Having raised us up to heaven Paul now brings us abruptly back to earth as he continues to advise on the use of spiritual gifts...
1 Corinthians 14:20. BRETHREN, BE NOT CHILDREN IN UNDERSTANDING ‘power of judging,' HOWBEIT IN MALICE BE CHILDREN, BUT IN UNDERSTANDING BE MEN _(Gr._ ‘perfect,' ‘mature'): let your manly sense be appl...
BE NOT CHILDREN IN MIND (μη παιδια γινεσθε ταις φρεσιν). "Cease becoming children in your intellects," as some of them evidently were. Cf. Hebrews 5:11-14 for a like complaint of intellectual dulne...
BE NOT CHILDREN (Greek, "paidion", "youths"). BE YE CHILDREN Babies....
CONTENTS: Prophecy and speaking in tongues. The order of the ministry of this gift in the church. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: That is the best and most eligible gift which best a...
What is the subject of this chapter? Does it refer to the constant manner in which worship was conducted in the primitive churches; or does it refer to the manner in which men possessed of secondary g...
DO NOT BE LIKE CHILDREN. The "competitive spirit" and the desire to "show off" are _childlike._ SO FAR AS EVIL IS CONCERNED. Little children are "innocent" in many ways. Compare Matthew 18:1-5. BUT BE...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 14:20 Paul tells them not to speak in tongues in church without interpretation, for that would be acting like CHILDREN and not caring for the needs of others. Compa...
CHAPTER XIV SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He puts prophecy before the gift of tongues, because (_a_) it is of great use in edifying others, and tongues are not, unless some one interpret; (_b_) because...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 14:1. FOLLOW AFTER.—Taking up the thought of a “way,” 1 Corinthians 12:31; as this whole verse resumes the theme of 12, after the digression or episode of 13 “_Pursue_”...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1 _The_ _gift of preaching superior to the gift_ _tongues_. 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1 FOLLOW AFTER CHARITY; literally, _chase; pursue. _The word is one of which St. Paul is fo...
So Paul exhorts, Follow after love and desire spiritual (1 Corinthians 14:1), But rather, that you may prophecy. We were told to covet earnestly the best gifts. Now, again, he is saying the same thi...
1 Corinthians 13:11; 1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:2; 1 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 3:18; Ephesians 4:14; Ephesians 4:15; Hebrews 5:12;...
Understanding [σ ρ ε σ ι ν]. Only here in the New Testament. Originally, in a physical sense, the diaphragm. Denoting the reasoning power on the reflective side, and perhaps intentionally used instea...
TALKING IN TONGUES 1 Corinthians 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The need for spiritual guidance in the matter of tongues. The church of today is beset by a group of people who very dogmatically assert...
Be not children in understanding — This is an admirable stroke of true oratory! to bring down the height of their spirits, by representing that wherein they prided themselves most, as mere folly and c...
As if the apostle had said, My brethren, be not like children in understanding, who prefer gay and gaudy things, which make. fine show, as the gift of tongues does, before things more useful. Thus, d...