1 Corinthians 14:21

In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. IN THE LAW - the whole Old Testament, all being the law of God (cf. the Psalms cited as the "Law," ). The Quotation is from Isaiah 28:11, where God virtually saith of Israel, 'This people hear me not, though I speak to them in their familiar language: I will therefore speak to them in other tongues, those of the foes whom I will send against them; but even then they will not hearken to me;' which Paul thus applies, 'Ye see, it is a penalty to be associated with men of a strange tongue, yet ye impose this on the Church by abusing, the tongues, instead of using them intelligibly.' They who speak in foreign tongues sp...

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 is proving himself the servant of Christ. Children are apt to be struck with novelty; but do not act like them. Christians should be like children, void of guile and malice; yet they should not be unskilful as to the word of righteousness, but only as to the arts of mischief. It is a proof that a people are forsaken of God, when he gives them up to the rule of those who teach them to worship in another language. They can never be benefitted by such teaching. Yet thus the preachers did who delivered their instructions in an unknown tongue. Would it not make Christianity ridiculous to a heathen, to hear the ministers pray or preach in a language which neither he nor the assembly understood? B...

Verse 21. _IN THE LAW IT IS WRITTEN_] But the passage quoted is in Isaiah 28:11. Here is no contradiction, for the term _torah_, LAW, was frequently used by the Jews to express the whole _Scriptures_, law, prophets, and hagiographia; and they used it to distinguish these sacred writings from the words of the _scribes_. _WITH_ MEN OF _OTHER TONGUES_] Bishop Pearce paraphrases this verse as follows: "With the tongues of foreigners and with the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people; and yet, for all that, will they not hear me, saith the Lord." To enter into the _apostle's_ meaning we must enter into that of the _prophet_. The Jewish people were under the _teaching_ of the prophets who were sent from God; these _instructed, reproved_, and _corrected_ them by this Divine authority. They h

IN THE LAW IT IS WRITTEN - This passage is found in Isaiah 38:11. The word “law” here seems to mean the same as revelation; or is used to denote the Old Testament in general. A similar use occurs in John 10:34, and John 15:25. WITH MEN OF OTHER TONGUES ... - This passage, where it occurs in Isaiah, means, that God would teach the rebellious and refractory Jews submission to himself, by punishing them amidst a people of another language, by removing them to a land - the land of Chaldea - where they would hear only a language that to them would be unintelligible and barbarous. Yet, notwithstanding this discipline, they would be still, to some extent, a rebe

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 fond (Romans 9:30, Romans 9:31; Romans 13:13; Romans 14:19;...

In the law it is written,.... In Isaiah 28:11 for the word law is not be confined to the five books of Moses, but includes all the writings of the Old Testament; and this entirely agrees with the sense of the Jews. Says R. Azarias q "is it not to be found with our wise men, of blessed memory, in many places, that the word תורה, "law", comprehends the prophets, and the holy writings?'' And he gives an instance out of the Talmud, and which indeed is very pertinent to the purpose, and is rightly produced, and will support the apostle in calling the prophecy of Isaiah the law, since it is so called in the following passage r. R. Chijah bar Aba says, that "R. Jochanan said, from whence is the resurrection of the dead to be proved, מן התורה, "out of the law?" from what is said in Isaiah

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 public use of these gifts. (1 Corinthians 14:26 .) It is evident from the contents of this chapter that the Corinthians had unduly magnified the gift of speaking in a strange tongue. It had a spectacular aspect which they enjoyed. He therefore shows them that the gift of prophecy is more to be coveted than speaking in an unknown tongue. The speaking in an unknown tongue is intelligible to God, but he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, e

Such over-valuing of tongues reveals an infantile intelligence (a sharp thrust for a church so rich in intellectuals); only in malice is it proper to be babes. Scripture announces that the Lord will speak by men of strange tongues to this people and yet they will not hear. Tongues then are a sign to unbelievers, not to believers; prophecy is for believers, not unbelievers. So if the church is assembled and all speak with tongues, and non-members or unbelievers come in, they will think the whole assembly has gone mad. But if a man belonging to one of these classes comes in and all prophesy, he is convicted and judged by all, the things he supposes to be known only to himself are dragged into the light, and thus he is brought to worship God and recognise His presence. The point of 1 Corinthians 14:22_ a_ is not that tongues are a sign conducing to the salvation of unbelievers, and

THE FALSE AND THE TRUE WORSHIP (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)...

THE LAW. The Scriptures of the O.T. are called "the law", "the law and the Prophets", "the law, the Prophets, and the Psalms". Here the law includes Isaiah, just as in John 10:34; John 15:25, it includes the Psalms. WITH. In. App-104. OTHER TONGUES. Greek. _heteroglossos_. other-tongued. Only here. AND OTHER LIPS. and with lips of others. PEOPLE. Greek. _laos._ See Acts 2:47. YET FOR ALL THAT, &C. = not even (Greek. _oude)_ so will they. HEAR. hearken to. Greek. _eisakouo._ Elsewhere, Matthew 6:7;...